Southern Breezes

My Favorite New Party Favor

has got to be this adorable cupcake stand!

 

Lots of different colors and coordinating cupcake wrappers available at One Little Spark!!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

and don't forget the bling!

 These are just two of the new 2012 Hero Arts stamp sets that will be available at ONE LITTLE SPARK'S Hero Arts Preview Party this Sunday, December 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Supplies:

Stamps -  Hero Arts-Sizzix Style is Eternal  and Stripes & Frames stamp sets

Paper  -  Neenah Cream; Basic Grey's Little Black Dress

Inks -  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers EOO & Y38

Other  -  A Muse Clear twinkle gems; 1/8" Black satin ribbon

Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 1

Could not resist playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas this year! I do believe the new Winter Edition of Distress Inks are my all time favorites! All three were used on this "JOY" tag.

After the #8 tag was inked I stamped the Hero Arts music background stamp on the tag with VersaMark ink and embossed the image with PK Glitz's Purple Reign EP Light embossing powder.

The holly branch and berries, plus the "JOY", were all cut using a Slice machine and the FA LA LA Design Card.  The holly branch was a piece of green paper found in my scrap box and the striped paper for JOY is A Muse Studio's candy cane paper. The snowflake was cut from white card stock using the  A Muse Studio snowflake die and then covered with PK Glitz's white pearl glitter. The berries were covered using Viva Decor's  gold pearl pen.

I'm really looking forward to Day 2!!

Holiday Extravaganza!

Learn fun embossing and distressing techniques while creating this card from Saturday's Holiday Extravaganza "Nature's Beauty" class at 1 p.m. at ONE LITTLE SPARK

Call 609.296.2751 for more information or to register for class.

Photo Card #2

Most of us have furry family members so why shouldn't they be featured on a photo card?!? Here's my little fella, Spike.  The sentiment from AMuse is perfect for this card...

 

Photo Card

This card was inspired by Nichol Magouirk's newsletter card featured on Day 4 of the Holiday Card Boot Camp....

This card can hold a small newletter, but since I don't send those yearly holiday updates I opted to print our name and the year on regular copy paper. The paper was trimmed to fit into the pocket formed by the strip of red card stock that was originally meant to hold a newsletter.  One thing I discovered - if you place a strip of adhesive down the center of the red strip it forms two pockets in which one gift card will fit perfectly into each pocket! Sort of a "His" and "Hers" gift card holder :)

The photos were inserted into a digital filmstrip, printed and adhered to the red strip. Once the photo strip was in place the bird and branch were added.

Before adhering the red strip to the base card, I stamped the sentiment and flourishes using white pigment ink.

Supplies:

Paper: A Muse Studio Onyx and Cherry card stock; white copy paper

Stamps: Impression Obsession Miracle sentiment stamp; Memory Box Classic Flourish

Inks: VersaMagic Frost White pigment ink

Other: Stampin'Up bird punch; Fiskars Scallop border punch; digital film strip

Gingerbread Family Card

Did you ever find yourself in one of those slumps where nothing seems to come together in reality  the way it looks in your head?  That's where I've been lately so last week I decided I needed a little creative boost with my card making. I had been reading about the Holiday Card Boot Camp and it sounded fun. I figured I didn't have much to lose so I signed up for the class. I'm SO glad I did!! There's so much inspiration going on over in that classroom ! You may want to check it out for yourself ;)

Today's class included 3 sketch cards and the sketch by Kristina Werner was too fun to pass up.  Now to try my hand at the other two sketches!

Supplies:  

                                                                                                                                                             Paper:White Neenah, blue and red scrap paper pieces   

Inks & Pens: Versa Magic red chalk ink; Spica red glitter pen; Signo white gel pen 

Other: red and white bakers twine; scallop border punch; A Muse Studio gingerbread man die; A Muse Studio black twinkles                                                                                                                                                  

Stamps: Hero Arts Season of Giving stamp set

22 Days to Halloween

and over 80 degrees outside so what better day for a Christmas card?  PK Glitz's "Autumn in New England" collection of  coordinating glitters and embossing powders arrived at ONE LITTLE SPARK a few days ago and I could hardly wait to play with the beautiful autumn colors!!

The wreath was stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with Grape Leaf embossing powder.

 Copic E57 was used to color the pinecones and the berries are made with Poppy Jasper glitter. 

 

I've always been a firm believer that everything is better with glitter on it and I truly don't think I've ever come across a glitter that is a bright and beautiful as the PK Glitz glitter and the new autumn colors are breathtaking!

Paper: Stardream Jupiter red and Neenah white card stock

Stamps: Hero Arts Pinecone Wreath; Memory Box sentiment

Inks: VersaMark Embossing Ink; Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: PK Glitz Grape Leaf EP Max; PK Glitz Poppy Jasper glitter, Sakura Glue Pen; Copic E57; 1/2" sheer red ribbon

Sweet Treat Holder

Why is it that I made three cards and one treat holder today and the only thing I took a picture of was the treat holder?  *shaking head*  Maybe because I really like making treat holders this time of year.  Truthfully, I like making treat holders any time of the year! 

 

Notice the orange strip of paper attached to the inside of the top flap - when you open this treat box a mini Hershey bar attached to the other end of that orange strip  slowly lifts out!! Such a fun treat holder!

 

Hopefully I'll remember to take pictures of the cards tomorrow.

A little pumpkin fun

Today was a perfect autumn day! Sunny, cool and crisp!  I love everything about this time of year - the smells, the colors, the pumpkins - oh yes, especially the pumpkins. They even showed up on this card...

  

Paper:   A Muse Studio French Roast, orange gingham and kraft papers; Graphic 45 Wizard of Oz paper

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Hero Arts'  Season of Giving clear stamp set 

Other:  1/4 inch brown grogain ribbon