I Love This Stamp!!!

Hello friends!  It's Saturday afternoon here in (un)sunny California.  Rain rain rain... the forecast doesn't look any sunnier for the next couple of days.  It's OK with me though.  I have so much that I need to get caught up with.  I haven't had time to visit any of you this week :(

Last night, I gave my testimony at Celebrate Recovery.  It was so amazing as God spoke through me.  I was totally transparent (meaning that I hid nothing).  I spoke of things I haven't thought about in YEARS!  I truly believe that as we are honest with one another, taking off the masks that we wear to look good, people begin to trust us and relationships are formed.  That's what this life is about...developing relationships with one another, hopefully shining through 'cracked pots.'

I've been a 'cracked pot' for so many years, it's amazing that I'm still in one piece.  I know that it's Jesus, the Master Potter who has taken the broken pieces of my life and molded me into the vessel He desires.  Can you picture this?  Think of an upside down clay pot which has been broken and glued back together, but all of the pieces don't match exactly because some of the pieces have been worn away or chipped.  Now put a brightly shining candle inside.  Where does the light shine through?  The cracks!  In the same way, as Jesus heals the brokenness of our hearts, the scars (or cracks) are still there, but His light shines BEST through those cracks!  Oh blessed be His glorious Name!!!

God has taken the ashes of my life and turned them into beauty (if you read the Bible, I'm referring to Isaiah 61 - beauty for ashes!).  This image truly is a beauty!!!  I am totally in love with it ♥  It's one of the beauties from the Natural Beauty Collection by Carmen Medlin for SCACD, Naturally Styled.

Don't you just love it?  Carmen has created so many 'winners' in this collection, 

it is next to impossible to choose only one lol!

Copics used:  Dress - BG18 BG15 BG13 BG11 BG10 BG000 B14 B01 B00 B000; Wood Stand - E35 E34 E33 E31 E30; Leaves - B00 YG63; Flowers RV66 RV63 RV34 RV11 RV10; Background B01 B00 B000 BG0000 E31 E30.

 

I've also used my white gel pen to add highlights, dot the dress and faux stitching.  The image was die cut with Large Classic Oval and Large Classic Scalloped Oval Nestabilities.  Although it's a little hard to see much of the detail on this dp, it's from BoBunny Gabrielle Collection.  I adore these beautiful papers!

Here are the challenges I've entered:
Delicious Doodles - #28 Texture
Divas by Design - Florals
Wags 'n Whiskers - #55 Stitches
Make It Monday #39
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #154 Flower Power
Whoopsi Daisy - Lace and Ribbon
ABC - V is for Variety
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Favorite Stamp (this one... for the mo!)

I decided that this image needed the look of flowers, pearls and lace... um... LOVE it!!!  When are flowers, pearls and lace not appropriate... duh!  OK, well, obviously the guys won't appreciate it, but honestly, I don't do many guy cards.

I've used both 'real' and faux pearls on this card.  As you can see, I placed two strings of pearls along the edge of the ribbon lace.  All other pearls are from my fave Viva Decor Pearl Pens!  Turquoise in two of the corners and Cream as accents around the beautiful roses.  These happen to be Wild Orchid roses, but Susana has similar roses Here.  The leaf punch is by MS...

Do you love this stamp as much as I do?

SCACD New Product Alert

• Make It Crafty is Here!  Awesome stamps and gorgeous laser cut chipboard from Australia
• New BoBunny 6x6 Paper
• New BoBunny Trinkets 
• New Embossing Folders from Provocraft

Now... me thinks I want to go shopping!!!

If you haven't already done so, you might want to take a peek at my Magnolia Lace and Pearls Blog Candy Here.

Thanks for stopping by.  I love you ♥

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

For You My Dear Friend ♥

Hiya!  As I'm writing this post, I have my little furbaby over my shoulder... In my post yesterday, I told you that he is just a baby (a four year old baby!).  I'm tellin' ya...he acts just like one.  He loves to cuddle and put his head on my shoulder!  It's WONDERFUL when it's cold : )  He's the best heater!

Well, I'm still gone on a business trip, but wanted to get this posted so you could see another fabulous image by Carmen Medlin for SCACD.  This is definitely one of my favorite stamps from the new Natural Beauty Collection.  Here's my take on Gathering Love:

This card has already gone to a good home...  one of my dear friends had a birthday on Saturday and I decided that she needed this beauty.  I chose the color palette she likes... which is not one that I normally use... but have decided that I needed to get out of the box more often!  Do you find that you reach for your favorite colors most often too?  It's so easy to do.  When I use colors or a style of paper that isn't my first choice, I actually am not sure if it looks good.  Isn't that funny?  Then... of course, I think, 'Maybe what I think is beautiful, someone else is gagging!' LOL!!!  Oh well.

I do think this card is pretty and turned out nice : )  She's stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Cryogen White and colored with copics:  Hair - E35 E34 YR21 YR20; Dress - Y17 Y15 Y13 Y11; Bow/Flower/Hearts - YR24 YR16 YR15 YR14 YR12 YR01 YR00; Grass/leaves - YG63 YG05 YG03 YG01.

Papers are printed from Nitwit.  I'm really enjoying using digi papers cuz you can print them over and over as many times as you need!  Roses are Prima and Cream Pearls from Viva Decor Paper Pen.  I've added Citrus Crush Ultra Fine Flower Soft over the grass area for the feeling of being in a meadow... Isn't she the sweetest?  Yes... just for you, my Dear Friend!!!

I'll be back in a few days with more projects... I'm hoping to have some serious coloring time while I'm gone!  I'm almost positive that I won't have access to a computer, so I'll miss you :(  Maybe my phone will be charged enough at the right time to be able to hop over to a few of your blogs!

See you soon, my lovely friends ♥

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

She's Sitting Pretty

Welcome to My Comfort Cottage!  Thank you for popping in to see me today!!!  It gives me great pleasure to know that you care : )  I pray that you are having a wonderful day... it's quite dreary here in California.  Where oh where has the sun gone?

Tomorrow I'll be headed down to Southern California.  I have mixed feelings about it... On one hand, I'm very excited because we'll get to promote the water pouches that NutraKist has come out with.  They are like Capri-Sun juice pouches, but obviously with water.  They are currently being sold in Safeway/Von's in a 10 pack.  They are great for sporting events as well as school lunches - they can also be frozen to keep food cool until lunchtime - or especially for the heat of summer, water gets warm very quickly!  Hopefully, you'll soon be able to see them in a store near you!!!

So... the other hand has a little bit of sadness.  The last time I traveled for a number of days, my little puppy dog, Sammy went 'emo' as my sons call it!  I really think that he was depressed, poor thing.  My hubby said that he didn't even get excited to get a treat.  He just moped... boo hoo!  Isn't it funny how attached we get to our pets?  I mean really... the Dog Whisperer would say, 'He's a DOG, not a human.'  But he's just a baby - a four year old baby that is... hee hee.

Have you seen the new release by Carmen Medlin for SCACD?  They are beautiful!  A sweet mixture of beauty and nature all rolled up into fabulousness : )  This one's called, "Sitting Pretty"

For a closer look at the sparkle, click on the photo...

As usual, I began stamping the image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Cryogen White.  Although I used quite a few copic colors, they are only in two color families... well, except for a couple of browns.  Hair:  E35 E34 YR21 YR20; Clothing: Y28 Y26 Y23 Y21 Y11; Chair: BG75 BG72 BG02 BG01.  The leaf and vine were originally colored with the same colors as the chair, but then I added yellow to make the green!  Voila' - perfect match for the blues!

For bling this time, I used Glamour Dust.  I think it shows up better for the camera - at least in the closeup...  Her skirt got a generous dusting of bling, but then I decided that the smaller areas needed Stardust Stickles (bow and butterfly).  Wanna see it closer?  Click on the photo...

 

Papers are My Mind's Eye, Stella and Rose - Hattie.  I didn't want a lot of 'clutter' so I placed a couple of photo corners (which were cut out with Paper Shapers) in two corners, topped with Viva Decor Gold Pearl Pen pearls.  To balance it out a little bit, I gave the other corners their own pearls : )

More Viva Decor pearls!  Yes, there is a Viva Decor Pen to match any color palette!  This time I used Turquoise.  Are you using Viva Decor?  I don't know how much money I've already saved by not buying the pre-made pearls...  I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Viva Decor Pens!!!

That's it from me today...  Enjoy your blogging time and say 'Hi!' to everybody for me lol!

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

Natural Beauty Collection Blog Hop

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Happy Happy Friday to you my lovely friends!  As I type this, the sun is peeking through the kitchen window reminding me that it's been a wonderful day filled with lots of sunshine.  After so many rainy and/or cloudy days, it is definitely a welcomed sight.  Thank You, LORD ♥

I do hope that you enjoyed the last five days of sneak peeks.  We sure had fun showcasing some of the Natural Beauty Collection images by Carmen Medlin for SCACD.  Aren't they awesome?  I just love how each one brings out a mixture of beauty and nature, don't you?  I'm so glad that Susana has these in a money saving set... it's too hard to pick lol!

So... have you arrived from Crystal's blog?  If so, you can rest assured you are right on track!  If not, you can find the beginning of the Hop at Elaine's Blog.

And now... the moment you've been waiting for!  If you participated in the Sneak Peeks, you've already seen Elaine's FABULOUS creation using The Travelers.  I'm excited to share with you today my own version of The Travelers by Carmen Medlin for SCACD...

After stamping the image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Cryogen White, I reached for my trusty copics in the following colors:  Hair - E49 E59 E25 E53; Clothing - BG75 BG72 B14 B12 BG000 BG0000 W7 W5 W3 W1; Wolf - W7 W5 W3 W1 E25 E21 E00 YR24 YR21 YR20 - yep, a lot of colors!

The name of this stamp inspired my project.  The books reminded me that when one begins to read a good story, it can take you anywhere!  In my darkest times, I needed to have a lot of 'Calgon Take Me Away' books lol!  Anyone ready for a Road Trip?????  Let's go with The Travelers : )

I came across this printable template from Daisie Company after I had colored the image.  What?!?  Thank You, LORD... it's perfect!!!  I plan to give it to my hubby for Father's Day (shhhhhh!).  Can you believe that I am EARLY for once?  That rarely happens lol!

 A side shot...  The tag was part of the kit.
I printed two of them, cut out the key and popped it up.

Because the inside was more of an afterthought, you can see both the white of the base and the copic marker I used to try and hide the white.  Oh well...

  Here's a couple of the yummy goodies I'm including as part of my hubby's Father's Day gift.  
LORD, please help me not to open up the bag of chocolate... hee hee

Want FREE Roses?

With every Natural Beauty Collection (7 image) set purchased Susana is giving away for FREE 1 tooled rose's set from Prima (contains 9 roses - Approx 1" each). Susana will pick the color :o) Only good for the 1st week of the release - offer ends May 29th. Only available at SCACD.

IN THE UK/EUROPE, you can find Carmen Medlin for SCACD at Quixotic Paperie

Don't forget that my Magnolia Lace and Pearls

BLOG CANDY is going on right now... See post HERE

Your next stop is the fabulous Mary Lou... 

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

Last Day for SCACD BLOG CANDY and Sneak Peek Day Five!

*** MAGNOLIA LACE & PEARLS BLOG CANDY ***

Happy Sneak Peek Day Four!!!  If you've missed Elaine's, Dianne's, Danni's or my previous Sneak Peek post, you'll definitely want to go back and do that so you don't miss out on the BLOG CANDY!  Make sure you leave a comment on ALL of the designers' Sneak Peek posts this week.  You have 5 chances to comment!  Susana is generously giving away a fabulous prize... and you'll WANT it!!!  SCACD Candy Ends TONIGHT at 7 pm PST.

Full details on the previews and prize can be found on the SCACD Store Blog.


Today's Designer:
Carolyn has designed a fabulous creation for you today, so head on over and leave her some love ♥ You won't be disappointed... ALL of Carmen's new images are wonderful!  Here's a little sneak peek to pique your interest : )

IN THE UK/EUROPE, you can find Carmen Medlin for SCACD at Quixotic Paperie

The new release will be available in both the US and UK/EUROPE on May 20, 2011.

MY BLOG CANDY

See post below to enter...

 A few of my favorite things...

 These are the actual stamps the winner will receive.  

They are VERY GENTLY used...

SCACD Reminder - 5 Chances to win! 

If you haven't done so yet, leave a comment on the following blog posts as well as today's SCACD designer, Carolyn!

1. Elaine
2. Me : ) 
3. Dianne 
4. Danni

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope that you've had as much fun as I have!!!

I'll see ya tomorrow for the Blog Hop :)

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

Sneak Peek Day Two and More CANDY!

Edited 5/16 @ 10:15pm:  CANDY ALERT: Susana is giving away a fantastic prize,  including a full set of the new release, to ONE lucky winner.  To be in with a chance, all you need to do is comment on each of the sneak peek posts over the next few days.  A winner will be drawn at random from the comments left on the designers’ blogs.  Full details on the prize can be found over at the SCACD Store Blog.  The winner will be drawn after 7pm PST on May 19th.

So... if you haven't already commented on Elaine's and my sneak peek posts, you'll want to do that now!  I'll have another puzzle piece for ya tomorrow with another fabulous designer :)

A Surprise for You!!!

Welcome friends!  It's a very special Monday because I have the honor of sharing my Sneak Peek Card with you - yay!!!  In case you didn't have the opportunity to read my post yesterday, Elaine rocked Sneak Peek Day One Here.  You'll definitely want to drool over her fabulous work!

Also, I forgot to tell you that SCACD has a brand new Designer.  Join me as we welcome Melanie Holtz!  I am looking forward to working with you, Melanie.  I already can tell that you are a 'Sweetheart' : ) 

Now... I present to you... Sneak Peek Day Two - Water Babies by Carmen Medlin for SCACD.  This cutie will be available May 20 along with the rest of this FABULOUS collection!  Carmen's images are so detailed, giving them that extra special something, making them so much fun to color!!!  The name of this new release says it all:  Natural Beauty Collection!

I began stamping the image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Cryogen White paper.  Of course, I've used my fave copics again to color.  Honestly, I have no desire to change lol!  I LOVE my copics :)  Hair:  E35 E34 YR21 YR20; Body: V99 V17 V15 V12 V01 V000/B18 B16 B14 B12 B01 B00; Shells: E15 E21 B16 B14 B12; C7 C5 V99 V17 V12; Seaweed: G28 G24 G21 G20; Background: B00 B000 V000.  
The rocks have a touch of B00 for shading and then I smothered them with Glamour Dust!  My sweet friend Mandy takes the most fabulous photos of her sparkly creations... sorry - you'll have to put up with my inferior ones... IRL the sparkle factor on this card is out of this world!!!

The oval and scalloped oval were die cut with my (large) nesties... I used this fun water paper I picked up one day at my local craft store.  To give it more dimension, I covered each water droplet with Diamond Glaze as well as creating some bubbles around the image.  The shells and her lower body also received a thick coat of Diamond Glaze.  The color and sparkle shows through beautifully.

Although subtle, I embossed the lilac cs with a 'circles' quickutz embossing folder.  Deep edge border punch by MS using white cs gives a nice 'pop' against the darker colors.  To soften the edge, I've added a bit of lace and stuck on a few white dew drops for more interest.  I adore the look of pearls and lace!  Don't you?  Susana has similar 'drops' Here.

This card was feeling 'undone' still, so I added some sparkly roses compliments of Diamond Stickles.  Susana has similar roses Here.

So what do you think?

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Really Reasonable Ramblings - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch?
Tuesday Throwdown #48 - Die Cuts
My Time to Craft #140 - Scallops
PaperPlay wk 19 - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me #34 - Punches
Alphabet Challenge - B is for Brads and Bling (dew drops ok?)
Crafty Creations #118 - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Scrap-Creations - Circles (embossing folder, brads, bubbles, oval?)

Blog Candy!!!  Details HERE.

Ha Ha Ha Ha... why use lots of words when all you want to know is where? Hee Hee...

New Product Alert!

• Epiphany Crafts -  New charms and embellishments
• 6 x 6 Paper Pads - Echo Park, Memory Box, My Minds Eye and BasicGrey
• Glubers - Create your own flowers using scraps of fabric, ribbon or trim
• Memory Box Dies - These are fabulous!

AND... Here's a sneak peek of a little bit of my own BLOG CANDY coming very soon!

Have I told you lately that I love you?  I dooooooooo, I doooooooo!!! See you soon, my sweet friends ♥

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

Sneak Peek Day One plus CANDY!

Just For You!

Happy Happy Sunday to you, my sweet friends!  This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!!!  Today I have a special surprise for you...  Not only is this the first Sneak Peek day of Carmen Medlin for SCACD Natural Beauty Collection, it is also CANDY day!!! Yippppeeeeee!

Isn't this the greatest sneak peek pic you've seen?  I LOVE it!  Elaine not only has the first Sneak Peek up on her blog, she also created this fabulous puzzle piece.  Thank you so much sweetie - you are wonderful and oh-so-talented!!!

Now on to the deets...  I know that you are intrigued about the CANDY, but hold on... Elaine has some fabulous eye candy for you to drool over.  Check out Elaine's blog HERE.

When you're done soaking in all the inspiration from Elaine, head on over to the Store Blog HERE.  You will find some very yummy CANDY there!  Don't worry, Elaine will also point you to the CANDY hee hee!

But that's not all... lol!

Very very soon, you will be pointed back here for Sneak Peek Day Two - yahoooooo!  I promise that you will not be disappointed when you return... hint hint...

Thanks for playing with me today!  I've missed you a lot... God has had me pretty busy lately :)  But He knows that I must have my craft and special friends time too.  So... until next time ~

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

I Loved This Challenge!!!

Howdy!!!  So nice to see you again :D  I've just finished dinner and I'm kicking back in my office chair while I type this.  I was just thinking about my silly puppy dog.  He was lounging on the sofa with my hubby while I prepared dinner.  He probably was watching TV... As soon as I said, "Dinner's ready!" my hubby said that he (Sammy) got all excited and wanted to get down so he could come to dinner!  Do you think that your pet knows what you say?  I'm sure they understand more than they let on - you know, selective hearing LOL!  Oh, Sammy is sooooo spoiled!  Why do we let them take over the household?  What is it that we fall head over heels in love and let them do things that we'd NEVER let our (human) children do?  hee hee...  Just a few thoughts...

OK... I'm gonna be totally honest with you (not that I haven't been!)... I was so not looking forward to coloring this image.  It just looks intimidating!  I don't have a ton of experience coloring animals and I didn't really know how to begin.  With that said, I am pleased with the results!  Do you also shy away from images that you're not sure how to color?  Really... this wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.  Once I decided that the sun would be shining on the deer's face, the rest just kinda fell into place.  I KNOW that I still need to work on perfecting my coloring - I hope that I never stop learning!

So this is Forest Fairy by Victoria Case for SCACD.  She's one of the 'From the Vault' stamps at SCACD!

I used a ton of copic colors - some which surprised me lol!  Deer: E59 E57 E55 E53 E51 E50 YR24 YR23 YR21 Y21 R20; Greens: G40 G85 G94; Hair: E35 E34 YR21 YR20; Eyes/Flower: BG05 BG02 BG000.  Sparkly wings?  Stardust Stickles of course!
 

 Look Mom, no flowers!!!  Or  p i n k  hee hee...

 A little bit of decorating inside... I usually don't have time!  

AND... you know that I gotta use my paper pens!!!  This time it's Moss Green :)

This last shot is just so you can see how Diamond Glaze makes the eyes 'pop' - love this stuff!

New SCACD Product Alert!

• New Basic grey - Sweet Threads and Lauderdale 6 x 6 papers
• New My Minds Eye
• New Crafty Individual Stamps
• New gorjuss 
• Artist mini canvases

I'm off to a meeting now... then home to color up more images - yipppppeeeeeee!!!

See you soon my friends ♥

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

Happy Birthday CLP!!!

Hello my friends!  I pray you are having a wonderful weekend.  Today, I'm attending a Donor's Luncheon with a dear friend who lost her daughter about a year and half ago.  This is the first time she is able to go on behalf of her daughter, so a group of us girls are accompanying her.  Such an emotional time... I know that the LORD is bringing healing to her soul, but it sure is a long and hard road!  I pray today for anyone who has lost a loved one.  I send you heart hugs and ask the LORD to surround you and comfort you!

Thank you so much for joining me today as we celebrate CLP's First Birthday!!!  We have such a talented and sweet group of girls, you'll surely be WOWed at the fabulous creations they have on display!  I'd like to give a big shout out first to Chelsea for her amazing sketches.  If you haven't joined in the Sketch Challenges yet, you are missing out!  You can find the Challenge Blog Here.

If you've come from Dunja's Blog, you are right on track.  If you didn't start at the beginning, you'll want to head over to Maria's Blog.

Please join me in welcoming some new faces to the CLP DT.  Each of these lovely ladies bring such JOY and talent to the team.  They are:

 

Dunja - Dunja's Cards and More
Eulanda - Cards and More Cards
Maria - Me Myself and Scrapping
Randi - Hobby for Sjelen
Tanja - Stampin'Piper
Yvonne - Yvonne's Craft Creations

Welcome Sweeties!!!

And now for my card to celebrate this happy occasion!  I decided that I just HAD to use Sweet Mischief Peeker by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD for this Birthday Celebration : )  Isn't she darling?  The cake may be just out of reach right now, but you can be sure that she gets her share of the yummy goodness!

I must know... is your mouth watering as much as mine right now? lol!  This is an angel food cake, which is my dear friend's favorite cake.  It is covered with a light strawberry glaze/whipped cream and topped with strawberries :)  I know that they look round, but as long as we're pretending, I say they are strawberries!  The glaze/whipped cream topping is drenched in Diamond Glaze and the strawberries, flowers, hearts and clothing accents were given the customary Stickle treatment : )

Copics used: E49 E59 E25 E53, R85 R83 R81 RV000, BG18 BG13 BG11 BG10 BG000 C1

Of course, I've used Chelsea's FABULOUS sketch!!!  I had so much fun with this sketch, I'm on my way soon to create another card with this same sketch :)  DP is Madeline by Prima.  Roses are a combination of Wild Orchid and Prima.  The ticket is from Whimsy Stamps and the sentiment inside is from the Forever Friends set by JustRite.  I also used the ticket die from Whimsy.  This is the first time I've used it and I needed to make some adjustments to get it cut out just right.  Now that I'm familiar with it, I can see how convenient it is!  Me thinks you may be seeing more tickets on my cards in the future... I know - I'm usually the last one to get on board with new products.  These have been around for awhile, but I still like em!

Cute cute cute border punch by MS... Gorgeous pink pearls from my Rose Paper Pen : )  If this is the first time you're visiting me, you must know that I am in TOTAL LOVE with my Paper Pens!!!  They are by Viva Decor and come in a variety of colors.  The most used color for me is P I N K - is there any other color? hee hee!

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #162 - CLP's Sketch #36

I'm so glad that you've decided to join us in our Celebration today!!!  Happy Happy Birthday, CLP - and many more : )

*Important Hop Information* 

• $30 Gurlee Girl Craft Store certificate is hidden among the DT - you'll want to leave a comment on each blog to increase your chance of winning!
• Blog Hop is May 1-6
• Winner will be announced on May 7 on the CLP Challenge Blog
• Please see buttons below to point you to the next stop!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!!  I appreciate you, my friends ♥  You always bring a big smile to my face when I see that you've visited : )

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~

From the Vault Release Blog Hop

Good morning everyone!  Are you ready for a Blog Hop?  You are in for a treat as we've prepared two fabulous images by Victoria Case for SCACD as today's eye candy!  If you've come from Lorraine's blog, you are on the right track, if not, head on over to the beginning at Kim's blog.  She is sure to have a treasure for you to see!  If you get lost along the way, the complete Hop list is at the store blog.

My card today features Spa Time Fairy by Victoria Case for SCACD.  You can find this special 'From the Vault' stamp Here.

Ohhhhh how I adore teacups!  This lil' fairy is kicking back in this gorgeous spa/teacup.  Doesn't it make you feel just a little bit pampered already? lol!  I've used my fave copics to color in the fabulous image.  Her wings and flower petals received the usual 'Stickle' treatment... and, of course, the water and bubbles needed some shine with Diamond Glaze.
 

Another fave... this dp from Madeline 6x6 paper pad by Prima.  Don't ya just love the flowers?  I've embellished them with Stardust Stickles.  There are lots of pretty papers in this pad!  Did you notice the gold rim around the teacup and plate?  I painted it using Gold Glitz Glamour Dust Ultrafine Glitter Paint.  I think I have 3 coats on the image.  I also gave the edges of the doily and top of the lace a couple of thick coats of Gold Glitz Glamour Dust Ultrafine Glitter Paint.  I also snuck in a few pink rhinestones along the bottom of the lace.

Again, I've used my fave Rose Viva Decor Paper Pen to make all the pink pearls.  Have you tried this fabulous product?  I just can not do without my paper pens!!!  I've made a zillion different sized pearls on this card.  Did you check out her head wrap and towel?  The tiniest pearls can be made at the squeeze of the bottle lol!  I actually have two bottles cuz I thought that I would run out, but I haven't had to open the second one yet... and you know how much I use it : )

***Stamps are available to our international friends at Quixotic Paperie.

Challenges Entered:
Simon Says - Anything Goes & Blog Hop
The Stamping Boutique - Winged Things
Moving Along with the Times - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum - Anything Goes #10
Pile It On - Two or More Ribbon #17
Anything Goes - Brown and Pink #39





Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope that you've enjoyed your visit here as much as I love having you!!!

Your next stop is the very talented Crystal!

May God bless you, keep you and comfort your soul~