Cyber Monday sale at FireCracker

Did you miss the Black Friday sales at FireCracker Designs by Pamela? That's ok cause you can have another chance on Cyber Monday!

This code will be good for 30% off
everything IN STOCK in the store
(sorry, digi's are not part of the store).

This code is good starting at midnight EST November 29th, 2009, and ends at midnight EST November 30, 2009. OK, here's the code:

code: CYBER30

(feel free to share the code!)

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

FS147 Masculine Bird

Congrats to MrsBoz for being today’s featured stamper! I choose this card to CASE. I've been wanting to do a natural bird card and I liked the blue and textured kraft on this one.

I changed 1) the sketch to the C4C12 sketch from last week 2) removed the embellishments for a more masculine look and 3) I changed the color scheme to remove the yellow and just stay with blues and browns.

I used punches for the sentiment to qualify for the C4C13 punch challenge (hey, that’s a lot of layers and punches on one card for me!)

One of my favorite things about this card (besides how the main image panel turned out!) was the embossing. When I put the kraft into the embossing folder, I also placed the striped DP layer in there. Then I embossed. I liked it so much I decided to show it off a bit by sponging all the leaves lightly with chocolate chip!

Stamps: Touch of Nature, Hanna Stamps Things Hanna Would Say
Paper: GP110, Papertrey Kraft, Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, Basic Grey Granola
Ink: River Rock, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Goo Gone (for blending), Leafy Branch Embossing Folder, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch

Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”

16th Year of Ornaments - Manger

This is the 16th year I have made Christmas ornaments. I wanted to do these microscope slide ornies this year but was having trouble finding/deciding on an image appropriate for a 1.5" x 1.5" ornament. Digi's to the rescue! This is a digital image from FireCracker Designs by Pamela called Away in a Manager. Because it is digital, I was able to scale it perfectly to my needs.

I colored it with Copics, masked the "sky" off and sponged 2 shades of brown for the floor. Then I masked the "floor" and baby off and sponged in 3 shades of blue for the sky. All that was left to do was assemble the parts. Now just 34 more to make!

NOTE: Be sure to place your FireCracker Designs by Pamela orders early! They will be closed from December 15th to the first of the year.

Stamps: FireCracker Designs by Pamela Away in a Manager
Paper: GP110
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Copics, Glitter pen, Ribbon from Pink Hedgehog, microscope slides, red line tape, microbeads

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Sparkly Tree

Happy Thanksgiving! I gotta tell you about the big Black Friday Sale over at FireCracker Designs by Pamela:

Sale ONE: All rubber 50% off : Friday 6am-10am EST Use code: TG50
Sale TWO: All clear 30% off: Friday 10am-2pm EST Use code: TG30
Sale THREE: All Shimmerz & Flower Soft 30% off : Friday 2pm-6pm EST Use code: TGSHIFL

In stock items only.No combining coupons, no combining shipping.

PS: Did you know FCD has a Wish List option? Fill your wish list today with the items you want, and send hubby the link with the coupon codes & times so he can do his Christmas shopping for you!

OK, on to the card....I'm going all sparkly here! I love this new tree from FireCracker Designs by Pamela's Duck the Halls set. Once again, Pamela has provided this fab image in a variety of sizes in this set. Great versatility!

I stamped the image and colored it with Copics. I sponged a sky in the background. Now on to the bling.....The snow is accented with glitter, the ornaments are covered in Glossy Accents, the star is accented with a glitter pen, the dp is accented with a glitter pen, and the stripes are red line tape covered in glitter (oh what a mess I made!).

Stamps: FireCracker Designs by Pamela Duck the Halls
Paper: GP110, SU DP, Old Olive, Baja Breeze
Ink: Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, glitter pen, Glossy Accents, Red Line Tape, Glitter from Mike’s

Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”

The Nutcracker

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I have a family member who collects nutcrackers so when I saw this image from Clear Dollar Stamps, I had to have it!

I used the sketch from Clear Dollar Stamps' challenge this week and I went for a CAS approach to let the image really shine! All the gold parts of the image are paper pieced in and shaded with a bit of Copic marker. When I use punches, I often think the parts you are supposed to throw away look kinda cool. Here I found a use for them by adding them to the top and bottom of the main image panel. (man I wish I could take a better picture !!!!)

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps Holiday Nutcrackers
Paper: GP110, Papertrey White, Real Red, Gold from unknown source, DCWV DP
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, Nesties, EK Success Fleur de Lis punch

Enjoy!

Michelle B.

"Queen of the Scene"

Bunny Love with Chipboard

The new Think INK challenge from Artful INKables is to use chipboard. You can find all the details here. Hope you'll play along!

The bunnies are from a new set by Artful Inkables called Creature Comforts. I thought this image was rather versatile and could be a child/parent or a husband/wife.

I stamped these cute bunnies and colored them with Copics. I masked their feet & the horizon line and sponged in the grass. I used Mother Mark's cloud tutorial for the sky. I didn't like the bright white against the DP so I sponged some River Rock just roughly across the white areas to tone them down just a bit. The chipboard curves accenting the image are covered with coordinating DP.

Stamps: Artful INKables Creature Comforts
Paper: GP110, Basic Grey DP, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Baja Breeze, River Rock, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, SU ribbon, chipboard from my LSS

Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”

And the winner is........

Jackie!!!!!!

Jackie has one the Let's Celebrate set from FireCracker Designs by Pamela!

Congrats Jackie and I'll be emailing you for your addy!

Michelle