Bunny Holiday Pop Up Box

Happy Friday eve folks!  It's been forever and a day since I've entered a challenge, but since I got to play in my craft room today...why the heck not!?  I'm joining the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge: Critters

This pop up box die from Lawn Fawn is so fun and can be super quick with pattern paper and solid stamps.

I used some oldie but goodies from Lawn Fawn.  The pattern paper is from their Fa La La collection and the stamp set is Lawn Fawn's Snow Day.  The trees were inked in Lawn Fawn Celery Stick and Freshly Cut Grass inks.  I kept the coloring to a minimum with copic markers for the bunnies and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Tobaggan Together.

Cute and easy is my favorite...haha! Hope you enjoyed and mahalo for stopping by!!

Trim the Tree with a2z Scrapbooking

I'm over at a2z Scrapbooking and I would love it if you hopped on by to see my trimmed tree using this fun Hero Arts die...

The Hero Arts Paper Layering Pine Tree with Frame is on sale over at a2z Scrapbooking and perfect for your holiday projects!  Stop on by the store for tons of great deals.  Use code NICKI15 for 15% off your purchase of $25 or more.  Even better...join our monthly challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the store.

Cheers! Enjoy!

Hello friends!

Getting tired of Christmas cards yet?

Today I'm over at 

a2z Scrapbooking

with a card that could be used for any occasion 

just by changing colors or the sentiment inside!

Here's a sneak peek...

and the Hero Arts supplies I used...

There's some awesome deals going on over at the 

a2z Scrapbooking Store

If you use code NICKI15 you'll get 15% off your entire purchase!

Proceeds go towards helping those with auto immune disorders.

Have a great day and MAHALO for stopping by!

Silver Snowflakes for a2z Scrapbooking

Happy Sunday friends!

Today I'm over at 

a2z Scrapbooking

for a trio of cards using the beautiful

Hero Arts Silver Ink

on my favorite Hero Arts Pool Mixed Layering Paper 

Here's a little sneak peek...

Hope to see you over at a2z Scrapbooking!

As always when making a purchase at the a2z Scrapbooking store,

don't forget to use code NICKI15 for 15% off your entire purchase!

The best part is a portion of the proceeds goes towards helping those with auto immune diseases.

As a nurse, helping others and finding funds to raise awareness is so important,

so shop, shop, shop!!!

Mahalo for stopping by,

#11 Christmas Lights and GIVEAWAY!

My favorite thing to do around 

Christmas is to drive around the neighborhood

with the family to look at Christmas lights and decorations.

There's something magical about it!

My parents did that with my brother and I when we were younger,

and now I'm passing on the tradition to my kiddos.

An ode to Christmas lights...

Stamps of Life Lights4Christmas, Lawn Fawn Let It Snow, Simon Says Stamp inks,

Wink of Stella, embossing folder, Lil Inkers rectangle stitched die

Fun right?!

I made a bunch of these since they were quick and easy.

The stamp set had a solid bulb to quickly fill in color!

Quick tip:

Embossing card fronts make for a quick yet fun backdrop

and doing a smaller card panel provides a smaller canvas to work with.

(read: fast and easy!)

We're almost to my big 

GIVEAWAY!

Keep your comments coming for your chance to be

a winner!!

If you haven't checkout out my other 10 holiday inspiration

projects be sure to check them out.

(please be sure to leave your email address so I can get a hold of you!)

Each winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to

Butterfly Reflections Ink 

MAHALO for stopping by!!!

#9 Mixing those sentiment stamps!

Happy Sunday!

Today I'm mixing up sentiments.

I use to be nervous about cutting my clear stamps apart,

but once I realized it was so much easier than masking 

(or cleaning the parts I didn't need)

I've done quite a bit of dissecting!

Today's card uses Lawn Fawn's 

Joy to the Woods with Milk and Cookies.

The fonts are similar with perfect variation in sizing.

Check it out...

Lawn Fawn Milk and Cookies, Lawn Fawn Joy to the Woods, Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangles,

Tombow Markers, Sierra Crafts Pacific Merry Little Christmas pattern paper

 

Tombow markers have been so fun to color with!

Tip: Color images with similar colors from your pattern paper

to bring everything together!

I kinda feel like I did a CAS look from the latest

Retro Sketches Challenge

Mahalo for stopping by!

Don't forget about the GIVEAWAY!

Day #7 and 8 More Holiday Card Inspiration

5 Days til Christmas and...

my Christmas GIVEAWAY!

Mahalo for your comments and joining me daily, 

winners will be announced the day after Christmas

for gift certificates (yes that's plural)

 to 

Butterfly Refections Ink!!

My apologies about missing yesterday, 

so today I'm catching up!

I wanted to enter the latest 

Curtain Call: Candy Cane

 

Lawn Fawn Peace, Joy Love paper, Lawn Fawn Critters in the Arctic, Tombow Markers

 I was trying to go for a non-stamped card 

to use up some left over pattern paper, but couldn't help 

adding that sweet little bunny...in candy cane colors of course!

The inside has a place to add a gift card holder.

For my second card (day #8)

I decided to continue using that fun 

Lawn Fawn Critters in the Artic set

to create a cute little scene...

I embossed my card base, added some stitched hillside borders die cuts,

lightly distressed the edge to bring out the stitching with

broken china and colored images with Tombow markers.

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Let it Snow.

Some Avery Elle sequins were added for fun!

As you can tell I can't get enough of my Lawn Fawn stamp sets!!!

I'll be back tomorrow for more inspiration.

Mahalo for stopping by!

#6 Purple Holiday

Today marks one week til

CHRISTMAS!!!

...and my half way mark til the

Butterfly Reflections Ink gift certificate

GIVEAWAY!

(read: please keep your comments coming)

I have a coworker who loves purple, so a purple

Christmas card is what we have today...

 Lawn Fawn Winter Penguin, Embossing folder, silver embossing powder,

 Wink of Stella, Tombow markers, Sierra Pacific Crafts pattern paper Merry Little Christmas

And there ya have it.  I'm not a big fan of purple,

but I think my coworker will enjoy it.

Tip:  By just partial embossing a shape 

it leaves room to easily stamp out a sentiment!

I'm gonna try my luck over at 

The Timeout Challenge

to create something Christmas-y.

Mahalo for stopping by!!! 

Day #5 Using non-Christmas stamps

In keeping with my island-ish theme

I decided I wanted to make some

Aloha/Hawaiian print ornaments.

Super quick and easy with circle die cuts and some 

 Lawn Fawn floral stamps...

Lawn Fawn Petite Florals, Lawn Fawn Circle stackables die, 

Lawn Fawn Winter Gifts, Lawn Trimmings, Lawn Fawn pattern paper, 

gold embossing, white embossing

With a little bit of heat embossing, the tone on tone pattern papers

made the perfect backdrop for some fun stamping.

Quick post today, but don't forget to keep your comments coming

and to check out the other holiday cards 

HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

I'll be doing another giveaway (announcement on Christmas) 

with a gift certificate to 

Butterfly Reflections Ink  

my favorite online store!

  

 And the challenge junky in me is linking up to 

Christmas Card Challenge  

Creative Card Crew 

and

Lawnscaping Challenge  

 

Mahalo for stopping by!!!

Day #5 Naughty or Nice?

I've been playing around a lot lately with my Christmas

themed stamp collection, but wanted to continue

with the non-traditional idea.

I finally got into getting a set of Tombow markers
and really like the results!
Ta da...

Lawn Fawn Good Fortune, Lawn Fawn Tag You're It die, 
Recollections pattern paper, Lawn Trimmings

   Do those fortune cookies look yummy or what?!
I thought the handwritten sentiment on the fortunes

was a nice touch with the stitched tag.
(read: I didn't have a naughty or nice stamp)
And just like yesterday's post I decided to do a second card
because I liked the theme a lot!

I'm hoping the guys at the office will get a kick out of this one.

I'll be entering this into the next
Lawnscaping Challenge: Merry Christmas

That's it for today!
Keep your comments coming for a chance to win a prize by Christmas.
The more comments on each of the posts,
 the more chances to get your name in the random drawing!!

Day #4 Happy HONUdays

I've got a punny card for you today...

hopefully it'll give you a good chuckle to start your week off right.

 Don't forget I'm having a big giveaway by Christmas so be sure to comment 

on each of my Holiday Inspiration card posts found

HERE, HERE and HERE

The Hawaiian name for a sea turtle is Honu (ho-noo).

I recently purchased some sweet dies in the shape of a honu 

and couldn't believe Spellbinders had such a thing!

Again going for the less traditional Christmas card,

I turned the die cuts into a wreath and added some sequins for fun.

Spellbinders Turtles One, Avery Elle Berry Blend Sequins, Memory Box Tiny Bow die,

Lawn Fawn Cole's ABCs die, Lawn Fawn Winter Gifts, gold embossing powder

I'll be entering this in Simon Says Stamp 

Wednesday Challenge: Bling It On

 

Because I was so in love with the punny sentiment I decided to make

a second card...

 

This time using a Memory Box die Turtle Borders with pattern paper from

Sierra Pacific Crafts A Merry Christmas and white embossing powder.

I was thinking these were more gender neutral cards for the holidays.

Mahalo for stopping by 

and I hope you'll be back for tomorrow's card!

HINT: you'll be in for a real (zero calorie) treat.

Day #3 Warm Winter Wishes and a WINNER!

Woo hoo!

It's day #3 for more holiday inspired cards.

If you make it through and comment on

my 12 days of holiday inspired cards there just might be a giveaway on Christmas!

More details to come, but I promise it'll be worth it!!

 

For Day #1 click HERE

You can find day #2 HERE

I wanted to do more local/island-y themed cards,

what do ya think?

Lawn Fawn Float My Boat, Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past (palm tree), Lawn Fawn Winter Gifts (solid presents),

Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallop Border (ocean waves), Lawn Fawn Blue Skies (star), Lawn Fawn Into the Woods pattern paper,

Lawn Fawn Milo's ABCs, Distress Glitter in Pumice Stone

I was trying to get out of the traditional Christmas colors

and create a more warm feeling for the holidays.

Kinda tropical right?

Bright and cheerful...just the way I like it...lol

I found another challenge to enter

(because I'm a challenge junky)

at Crafty Cardmakers and More

That's it for me today!

Don't forget to comment along the way for more chances to win!

Hope to see you tomorrow for more 

holiday card inspiration.

Mahalo for stopping by!!

P.S.-The random winner of the Holiday Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is 

Shelly!

Congrats Shelly!  An e-mail was sent with how to redeem your gift certificate.

Day #2 of Holiday Card Inspiration

I'm back for more holiday inspired cards!

I've been thrilled to see the turnout with the 

Holiday Coffee Lover's Blog Hop 

and can't thank you enough for leaving such sweet comments. 

 If you haven't had a chance

 stop by HERE

and by December 20th I'm randomly giving 

away a $20 gift certificate to one lucky commenter.

On to today's card...

Lawn Fawn Happy Trails, Lawn Fawn Sally's ABCs, Lawn Fawn FaLaLa paper,

Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling die

 I thought I'd pay tribute to all those traveling 

and blessed enough to spend the holidays with loved ones.

Everything is paper pieced and those presents are actually from 

birthday tags and winter gifts.

The challenge theme over 
at Simon Says Stamps is Transportation 
so I'll be linking this up there!

If you're traveling this season,

I wish you all safe travels!

I'll be back with more holiday inspired cards tomorrow.

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Aloha and welcome to my part of blogland!

I love this idea of having a 
Holiday Coffee Blog Hop
 to honor
our FAVORITE drink of choice!

I love coffee hot or cold especially with a flavored creamer!

Here's my card to celebrate this fun theme...

 Kitty Bee Designs Expresso Buns, Lawn Fawn Snow Day paper, Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte,
embossing folder, white embossing powder, copics


Since it's the holiday season I'm giving away a
$20 gift certificate to my favorite online store
Butterfly Reflections Ink
 just for commenting and hopping along 
this super fun blog hop!

Be sure to leave a comment and I will choose 
randomly the lucky winner!
All I need is your e-mail address to send the certificate 
and you'll be on your way to an exciting 
shopping experience!!

A huge MAHALO to 
Amy Tsuruta
for putting this together.
If you get lost along the way just head back to her blog for a list of participating bloggers.
Also there's a lot of prizes to be won!
Check it out...

17Turtles	Veronica Zalis	Chris Franco
Add a Little Dazzle	Butterfly Reflections Ink	Color Cast Designs
Create a Smile	Hero Arts	Kraftin' Kimmie
Kreative Kymona	Latina Crafter	Neat & Tangled
Newton's Nook	Pickled Potpourri Designs	Poppystamps
Reverse Confetti	Stamp Academy	Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
STAMPlorations	SugarPea Designs	Sweet 'n Sassy
The Alley Way Stamps	Two Paper Divas	Verve Stamps
Whole Wild World	Your Next Stamp	Paper Smooches

Have fun and happy commenting!
Thanks for stopping by!!! 

**ETA on 12/14/14
this giveaway is now closed, but check out my
holiday card inspiration posts for another chance to win!