CTMH Inspirational Wednesday!

Welcome back for week 2 of our Close to My Heart Inspirational Wednesdays.    I am having so much fun playing with my stamps.  These stamps are awesome, they are clear so you can position the image in just the right place.

This week, I used "Snowflakes" it is a set of 11 stamps.  The order number if you want to order it yourself is, D1480 and retails for 17.95.

 

The cardbase is Recollections pack of 24 cards from last Christmas. 

I cut white cardstock 3 x 5 and cut strips approx 1 1/8th x 5"

Then you put the pieces back together, stamp and then reposition them with just a small space in between each strip. 

I wanted my card to be more dimensional so I used the Art Philosophy cartridge and cut out the coordinating shape of each snowflake and popped it up.

 

I love how the Art Philosophy cartridge has coordinating stamps - really makes the possibilities endless.

 

If you are interested in the Cricut cartridge Art Philosophy or the Artiste cartridge or you just want a

great quality stamp set, visit www.pattiross.cthm.com .  Don't forget while you are there to check out the "while it last" section, they have some great deals going on right now.

 

Unfortunately, I do not have a winner of the petite perks stamps set, so I will offer it again this week along with a Close to My Heart catalog.  The catalog is a great inspirational resource!!

 

Please leave a comment and you might be the winner.  I will announce the winner next Wednesday.

 

For some more CTMH Inspiration visit:

www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com

www.leeleecarddesigns.blogspot.com

 

THANKFUL HEARTS AND WARM WINTER WISHES BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Paper Piecings By Nikki Design Team's November Blog Hop, "Thankful Hearts and Warm Winter Wishes". We are so very thankful for all our fans. You are truly an inspiration to all of us. So grab a cup of hot cocoa and hop along with us. We are hoping to inspire all of you with some Paper Piecing Fun!

If you've arrived here from my sisters Patti's  blog, then you are in the right spot. If you'd like to start at the very beginning, you can start at Nikki's blog. www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com

Today, I made a popcorn slider!  These are a lot of fun to make and there are so many ways of decorating them.

 

 

Cut the wrapper at 6 x 9, punched a hole at the top and threaded about 13 inches of ribbon through the holes.  Then you push the ribbon down as you slide the popcorn in, when the popcorn is all the way in, tie a knot and then a bow - you now have your slider :)

 

I used Nikki's "sitting reindeer" file along with my Martha Stewart snowflake punch.  To dress it up a little more, I added some liquid glass to the reindeers nose and crystal stickles to the rim of his santa hat and pom pom. 

Next stop will be Kimi and Pam . If you get lost along the way, here is the whole line up:

Nikki - www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com
Patti - www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com
Linda - www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com
Kimi and Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Mary www.scrappintoday.blogspot.com


If you would like to be considered for a guest designer spot in our next hop, make sure you link up a project at www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com - use any PPBN file and let your creativity run wild! Thank you for hopping with us!!!

New CTMH Inspirational Wednesday - Winter

Welcome to the first CTMH Inspirational Wednesday.  This weeks theme is Winter.

For my project I chose to work with the stamp set called "To You and Yours" . 

I used my spellbinders dies for the circles and cut them out using glitter paper.  I stamped,  colored and hand cut the cardinal out and popped it up on some foam squares.  The sentiment is also from that same stamp set which reads "Love and Joy to you and yours".  I just love this stamp set!  If you would like to order this stamp set, please visit www.pattiross.ctmh.com the order number is B1403.

Special for the Month. If you order $50 or more, you can get the stamp of the month set for only $5. This month the stamp set is called "Save The Date". Here's a peek:

If you purchase this stamp set, you can also get a stamp set of your choice for 50% off!!!! Also, CTMH will be donating $1 of every sale to the Hurricane relief effort, to help those affected by Sandy.

Please visit www.pattiross.ctmh.com to shop for all of your Close to My Heart supplies.

I have the pleasure of being on a fantastic team, with my sister Patti who I have so much fun with.  Whenever I need some inspiration, she is just a phone call away. And a very talanted woman, Diana Lynn Martin.  Please visit there blogs and see what they have made for this weeks inspiration.

Patti - www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com
Diana - www.leeleecarddesigns.blogspot.com
 

Please leave a comment and become a follower.  I am giving away a petite perk stamp set to a lucky winner!!!  I will annouce the winner next Wednesday for our next CTMH inspirational Wednesday.

What a cute MONKEY!!!

Happy Monday everyone.  Today is my turn to post a project for www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com.  She has so many adorable files, and this one is only .99!  I fell in love with this little monkey the second I saw him.

I used the png file and hand cut this money out (but you could use the silhouette and print and cut ) the monkey measures 3 1/2 inches.  Then I went to the silhouette studio and found this cut file.  It is actually called bookends, the other side of it says baby, but I just wanted the cute, and then wrote the baby's name and info on it to make it personal.  This monkey just makes me smile!!!

If you have not had the pleasure of shopping over at www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com I suggest you do, she has the cutest files!!

Snow is Coming - lets celebrate!

There is something special and exciting about the first snow of the season.  I live in Maine and tonight we are expecting the first "Nor Easter".  Not your typical Maine Nor Easter because they are only calling for 1-3 inches of snow.  A typical Nor Easter for Maine is 10-14 + inches of snow.  But the first snow is coming so I made my first winter/Christmas card.

My image came from www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com it is her freebie snowman file.  I didn't want to make a typical standing snowman so I made him  looking up at the sky - as if he was watching the snowflakes falling to the ground.

Red cardstock - Pebbles "Welcome Christmas" paper stack (really nice weight paper)
White cardstock - from my stash, embossed with the cuttlebug embossing folder
glitter - Crystal snow, from Stampendous!
Crystal stickles were used on the hats rim
Liquid Glass, from CTMH were used on the eyes

I am entering this card in 10 challenges!!! 
www.onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com - anything goes
www.raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com - anything goes
www.anythingchallenge.blogspot.com - anything goes
www.cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com - card - anything goes
www.craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com - use the color red
www.craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com - no flowers
www.divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com - Lets get Cute
www.clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com - use the color red - anything goes
www.kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com - anything goes
www.foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com - anything goes

Winner of Fall Celebrations Blog hop!

Thank you to everyone that played along with us on the Fall Celebrations Blog hop last week.  I had 3 people that went to www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com and told me what their favorite files were.  The winner of the Martha Stewart circle cutter is...

SILVIA from http://sillyscrap.blogspot.com/.  Congratulations Silvia, I sent you an email, as soon as I get your mailing address, I will mail you this great circle cutter.

Fall Celebrations Blog Hop - Link Up Party!

Welcome to our FALL CELEBRATIONS BLOG HOP. The design team is thinking outside the box this fall to bring you some new crafty inspiration. Whether you are celebrating a fall birthday or anniversary - birth of a new baby or a Halloween celebration...and let's not forget those of us in the US celebrating our Thanksgiving...there are plenty of ways to celebrate in the fall. Please hop along with us as we show you ways to celebrate those special fall occasions.

If you arrived here from Patti's blog then you are in the right spot. If you'd like to start at the beginning, please start at www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com. In case you get lost along the way, here is our complete lineup.

Nikki - www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com

Patti - www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com

Linda - www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com

Kimi/Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

Barb - http://mommaducksblog.blogspot.com/

Mary- www.scrappintoday.blogspot.com

Amanda S - http://scrapbookinghayven.blogspot.com/

Mindy - http://mindyscreations11.blogspot.com/

Amanda B- http://thescrapoholiccandyshop.blogspot.ca

I love Fall, it is one of my most favorite seasons.  As Halloween gets closer, I like to make luminaries to line the walk way to the front door.  Where I live now, we don't get any little trick or treaters :( - but I can still enjoy luminaries on my table.

 

The luminary base came from the Silhouette Studio, in the software I was able to take an image from Nikki's  "Beary Scary" file and cut a hole in his belly for the tea light to shine through.  The smaller luminary, I used Nikki's "print and cut" feature and cut the shape of the Frankenstein bear and then placed two colored ones on each side.  Nikki's files are so versatile with all the different file types, the possibilities are truly endless.

 

Here is a picture of them lit up with battery tea lights.

I placed a little sheet of vellum behind the openings.  I love how they came out and you can do this with any of Nikki's files - like I said, the possibilities are endless.  Hope I inspired you to think outside the box.

 

I am offering BLOG CANDY!!  All you have to do is go to www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com and tell me what your favorite file is.  You can win a Martha Stewart's CIRCLE CUTTER.

 

 

 

 

Now for some fun!!! After you've hopped through our design teams amazing projects, come back to www.paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com and link up your own fall celebrations project. The rules are simple.

1) Make a fall celebrations project using a file from Paper Piecings By Nikki

2) Become a follower of the paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com

3) Like "Paper Piecings By Nikki" on facebook and join in all the fun challenges and giveaways we have every week!

You may enter more than one project - but no more than three.

We will be picking one lucky person to be a guest designer in our November Blog Hop. The person we pick will be able to pick the file of their choice - FREE and use it to create a project in our hop. We can't wait to see what you all create. You will have one week to link up your project (s). Happy Paper Crafting and Piecing!!!