Hark the Herald Angel

Wow, it's been a while since I have had a chance to post anything!!!Boy time flies, especially around Christmas!!
I am very excited to share that I have been asked to be a DT Member for The Town Scrapper out in Petrolia, Ontario! I am super thrilled and hope you guys will swing by and check out all the great stuff Phebe has to offer in her store...and at very reasonable prices!! Look for some posts from me there in the new year!!!
Well, now that I've shared my exciting news(YAY), it's time to get to my post for today!!

This is my Christmas Angel card which I designed for my mother-in-law, Dolores, for Christmas!!
By simply following a few guidelines set out by High Hopes, I am now going to be entering it in their sketch challenge this week....just in the nick of time!
The stamp is a High Hopes Stamp called Herald Angel, which I coloured with my tombow markers. I wanted a Vintage/Victorian look to this card. I used a variety of papers(none of which had names on the back)which are likely The Paper Studio DP and some embellishments I had on hand from the dollar store and Wal-mart. I pop-dotted my angel and her horn naturally curled out off the paper which I couldn't have done better myself if I tried!!The circular piece of paper she is mounted above is not photographed to its true colour....it is actually more of a purple burgundy and does match the other papers....Scouts Honour!
So that is her!!Da da dada! Check out some awesome cards at Paper Blessings, A Little Bit of Pixie Dust and Amy's Paper Romance- these blogs are linked on my page!! I am sure you will be inspired and impressed!!
Thanks for stopping by!!
Merry Christmas!!! (20 days to go)
Amanda B

1,2,3...Skate with me!

Hello Everyone,
I hadn't realised how long it has been since I posted something new, but hold on tight cuz here it comes!!
I made this card because I had just got this stamp and I wanted to play around with it!! Turns out it only need a very minor tweak to fit into a challenge for this week!! Yay! I love it when that happens.....not that I don't love making cards, but this week/weekend is especially busy for me!!!
I used DCWV card stock and Paper Studio DP with some dollar store ribbon, Walmart paper flowers and my High Hopes stamp; Skating Mudzie and their sentiment that is from the winter collection!
I used my tombows to color him and then used stickles on his skates and the snowflakes. I also used glossy accents to give the skating rink an authentic look!
Hehe a moose in leg warmers....he makes me giggle!
Thanks for sliding by...haha....get it?!?
Amanda B

Sweet Baby Jesus

This card was made with a High Hopes challenge in mind and I already had this cute image (Little Saviour) from High Hopes all colored and ready to go. I colored him with my tombow markers and the paper is all from The Paper Studio...just some older pieces I had laying around. I wanted to do a night sky theme in this card since the star is out to guide the wise men- likely at night time!!hehe Anyway, I used some stickles in frosted lace and some glossy accents on the star and some button stick-on's. The star was the finishing touch for me which I picked up at Dollarama. I knew I wanted a star there it was just a matter of finding one, which isn't very hard this time of year!
Don't you just wanna pinch his cheeks!!
Enjoy!!

Snowflakes and Snowmen

Well I knocked on wood after my last post but it didn't seem to matter. My husband has a nasty little cold and I am starting to have some scratchiness in my throat.... ya, I'm pretty sure scratchiness is not a proper word, but spell check says I'm good-to-go!
Anyway, the latest card I have done is yet another Christmas Beauty featuring snowflakes and my snowman family!!

The stamp is a High Hopes Stamp called "Snow Family" and it is colored with my tombow markers. The background DP is from The Paper Studio and the embellishments are dollar store buys. I used my Mainstays Glitter in Crystal to give the snowflakes on the DP a little POP and I outlined the snowmen with some Frosted Lace Stickles. I used an Ancient Page ink pad in Foxglove for my sentiment, the snowflakes surrounding the snowmen and to distress the edges of the card.
I love lavenders and light blues for Christmas cards....chilling, but sooo pretty!!!

Well keep taking your Vitamin C and gettin lots of rest to combat all these little bugs going around and I look forward to seeing more from everyone!!
Healthy Wishes~~~

Amanda B

Thanks Little Helper

Hello everyone
I was blog hopping a few days ago and saw a challenge for a kid's card on the High Hopes Stamps blog and thought that sounded like fun! Now I don't have any children of my own but I do have 3 beautiful niece's that are the world to me- so they were my inspiration! These little girls love pink and kitties!!!


Aren't they flippin cute!!!!!!!(along with my little brother!!)
Well on to the card info -I used a stripped, linen-textured DP but I'm not sure who it's made by(Amy L thinks it's Daisy Buckets and so do I)....I must have glued that corner down to something...hehe! Sooo....the patterned paper is My Minds Eye called Pretty Petals, which is matted with white card stock and pop-dotted on top. The image is Miss Zoe from High Hopes Stamps and she is coloured with Tombow markers, matted and pop-dotted as well. I used a Gelly Roller Pen to add sparkle to the water in the pail as well. My ribbon is a Dollarama buy and the paper flower embellishment is by E Line which I bought at The Town Scrapper in Petrolia for a very reasonable price!!
I LOVE DEALS!!!! Thanks for popping in!
I hope you are inspired!!!
Amanda

Sparkles and Snowmen

Boy do I LOVE Christmas!! It's such a peaceful time of year! From decorating the apartment to baking and Christmas party's, I just can't get enough!
Don't tell anyone but, for the last few days, I have been listening to a Christmas CD in my car that my friend Dean made for me!!(shhhhh)
Anyways, seeing as I am so in-the-spirit, I decided to do a Christmas card- here it is!
For this card I used my Snowmen stamp from High Hopes Stamps with a DCWV glitter card in light blue as my base. I have two seperate sections of snow- the big hill in the back lays flat and the second piece I used Mainstays craft glitter in Crystal to add some pop and then pop-dotted it on top of the first piece. I coloured my snowmen using my Tombow watercolour markers and cut out the three christmas trees from a piece of DP from The Paper Studio called Christmas Tree Polka.These were all pop dotted as well to add dimension along with the stmaped sentiment.
This card is not your typical "Christmas" colours but I think it's pretty and still leaves you with the feeling of Christmas!! (Yay only 8 1/2 weeks to go)
Enjoy!