Five Minute Friday: Congratulations (Divorce)

Happy Friday!  I’m so sorry I’ve been such a bad blogger this week.  I’m always pretty exhausted after a release plus I’ve been busy gearing up for Black Friday and all the upcoming holiday craziness.  You’re not going to want to miss the Black Friday special!

I *just* finished my Thanksgiving cards (I’ll post them soon) and I haven’t even really thought about my own Christmas cards.  For me, that’s late!  My normal tradition is to make them on Black Friday, write them out over the weekend and send them out the first week in December.  Without a design thus far, I’m not so sure that will happen this year!

Anyway, onto the card.  Today’s card is a little twisted.  A good friend of mine is going through a divorce and I thought she needed a little card to “celebrate” the occasion.  I thought it would be funny if it looked like a traditional wedding card but had a little twist, so I dumped the cake upside down.  HAHA.

It’s very CAS.  I used the Rings A2 embossing folder, some lavender silk ribbon and my oval Nesties.  The cake and white flowers are from The Card Company.  The greeting is stamped in Palette Iris and finished off with some purple gems.  Voila!

Have you been checking in with our guest designers this month?  Lynn and Sharon have had some great projects!  Be sure to stop by and leave a comment or two for them!

Have a great weekend!  I’ll try to do some extra stamping this weekend to make up for my absence this week!  Thanks for popping in today!

DT Challenge: Sketch

Hello! Today is the day for the IHP DT Challenge! Today’s challenge was a sketch challenge, based off of this card.

I used Reindeer Games paper from the Eskimo Kisses line, front and back. I used my Snowflake Impressabilities for the white panel behind everything. The little reindeer from Lots of Merry is stamped in Palette Cognac and colored with Prismacolor pencils. The greeting from Holiday Sayings is stamped in Palette Moulin Rouge. The brads are from my seemingly never-ending pack of Bittersweet glazed brads. I’ve been using these for months! The final touch was a little piece of Pastel Blue Glimmer Ribbon.

Be sure to stop by the rest of the DT blogs to see their take on this challenge.

Amber
Carolyn
Cathleen
Deb
Gretchen
Kendra
Lynn
Megan
Tracy
Lori

Thanks for stopping by today!

Release Day!

Today is release day here at IHP for the newest Chicken Girl Design set, Birthday Wishes. 

Ready to see the whole set?  Huh?  Are you?  OK…you’ve been so patient this week so I guess I can show it to you.  :)

Isn’t it cute??  I love that the balloon can be “held” by the Ellie, the elephant or the bird or the bunny or the dog.  And, the dog’s back was designed specifically to be able to sit the cake on his back. 

There are a lot of options with this set.  And, for only $10!

So hop on over and get it!  Thanks for stopping in today!

Five Minute Friday: Let’s Party

Happy Friday!  I have another sample from Birthday Wishes today for Five Minute Friday.  I used the balloon and the little birdy from the set, stamped in Palette Charcoal.  I colored them in with Prisma pencils and then went over them with Stardust Stickles.  I finished it off with some orange glimmer ribbon and stamped the greeting in Palette Orangerie.  Voila!  That’s it!  Another quick and simple Five Minute Friday card!

Birthday Wishes will be available for sale on Monday so be sure to check back then.  And, our latest newsletter will also be sent out on Monday so if you’re not on the list, be sure to sign up on the homepage so you don’t miss anything!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping in!

Party Dog!

Tee hee!  Isn’t this little dog the cutest??  He’s from the newest Chicken Girl Design set, Birthday Wishes, which will be available on Monday exclusively at IHP! 

He was designed so that he is long enough to carry the cake from the set or the packages on his back.  Clever eh?  He’s stamped in Palette Cognac and colored with Prisma pencils. 

I used my Labels 8 to cut out a piece of Lime Rickey paper as the background behind the Rectangle Nesties focal image.  The packages are stamped in various Palette colors, cut out and popped up.  The little medallion is made with Circle Nesties.  I finished it off with a scrap of orange glimmer ribbon.

It’s ALMOST a Five Minute Friday card but the cutting of the packages took a little longer so it couldn’t count!  I’m strict I tell ‘ya!  *grin*

Thanks for popping in today.  Be sure to check the rest of the DT this week for their posts!

Judy
Kendra
Loretta
Lori
Merry
Natasha
Shelly

I’ll be back again soon! 

Hop-py, hop-py birthday!

I’m back again with another sample from the upcoming Chicken Girl set, Birthday Wishes.  I adore this little bunny and the Hop-py Birthday greeting that goes with it.  The bunny is stamped in Palette Charcoal and the greeting is stamped in alternating Palette Lilac and Palette Belle Rose.

I used various scraps from the Make A Wish paper and layered the focal image over it.  My Rectangle Nesties make an appearance once again – of course!  I made a teeny tiny bow from a scrap of pink faux suede ribbon.

Thanks for stopping in today!  See you again tomorrow with another sample!

Ellie Best Wishes

Hello!  Another sample from the new Birthday Wishes set, available on the 16th exclusively from IHP!

Isn’t Ellie (that’s what I’m calling her) adorable?  I stamped her in Palette Charcoal and colored her in with Prisma pencils.  I went over the balloon with Stardust Stickles.  I added some gems for a little extra bling.  The focal image was made with Large Square Scalloped Nesties.  The greeting, also from the set, is stamped in Palette Lilac.

Don’t forget to check in with the rest of the DT all this week:

Judy
Kendra
Loretta
Lori
Merry
Natasha
Shelly

Thanks for stopping by today!