Halloween Fairy Ava

Hi and welcome to another TS Monday challenge! This time, we're winging it! Yep, we're looking for anything with wings. I decided to use Fairy Ava but went for a Halloween theme. Her dress and socks are paper pieced, used copics for the rest of her. This is my first attempt at a dotted background, reminds me of pointilism (sp?) in art class during my senior year of high school. I did it around her and in the corners of the nestie. Then I sponged around it and the sentiment with cocoa ink. There are black stickles on her antennae and diamond stickles on her wings.

I added a flourish around the sentiment using an MFT dienamic. The black strip, which you can't see much of, is a negative piece leftover from a different dienamic. Gotta love using scraps!

Thanks for taking a peek! Stop by and visit the rest of the TS gals to see what cuteness they've created!

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BLOG HOP TIME!!!

Welcome to our September New Release and Blog Hop!!

We have FIVE NEW STAMP SETS to share with you tonight and they are available NOW at

Totally Stampalicious!!!

As always we want to give some stuff away and all YOU need to do to be eligible to WIN is comment on all of the Design Team's AWESOME creations!!!

Here's what's up for grabs:

1st Prize - All 5 New Stamp Sets

2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate

3rd Prize - $5 Gift Certificate

So are you READY?!!!

Here are the latest additions to the Totally Stampalicious Collection from artist Sylvia Zet

and here are the latest and greatest from the Bugaboo Line by Jodie Mackerell!

Here's one I made using Road Trip Stella. Oh, I think she is so funny! I really felt her car needed

to be paper pieced! The rest of her is colored with copics. I also drew a road for her with some grass and sponged in a little blue for some "sky". The sketch is from SSSC135. I used my white gel pen to outline the two larger panels for a more cohesive look.

And here is Yoga Dottie. I know lots of moms that wish for "Serenity now" on a daily basis!

Ha!!! She's totally colored with copics, then I cut her out and popped her up on pop dots. The sketch is the latest from MFT. Love this dp, so I colored her to match it. I'm really, really trying hard to use up everything I have. Some bling and (another) button embellie thing in the corner finish her up!

Now it's time for you to hop over to JESSICA'S BLOG to see what awesomeness she's created!

And incase you get lost along the way, here's our lineup:

Totally Stampalicious
Me

Jessica
Cindy
Kendra
Dawn
Lori
Julie
Jessie
Laurie
Lynda
Becky
Joycelyn
Joanne
Stacy
Sue

As always, thanks for stopping by!

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TS sneak peek - day 2

Hi again! Let me introduce you to Storybook Elizabeth by artist Sylvia Zet! What a doll! I colored her with copics and sponged around her with pretty in pink. She's also up on pop dots. The sentiment is one of three from the set. I also sponged around it and popped it up on pop dots. The sketch is from this week's Mojo Monday. I don't usually color "blonde hair" on my images, so I thought I'd give it a try. Whatcha think? Added a pink bow that I made using my bow easy and some brads to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out what the rest of the DT made -->links are on the right side bar.

Off to my high schooler's open house! Ack!

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TS Monday - challenge and a SNEAK PEEK!

Happy Monday! Yes, it's a HAPPY Monday because we have a new challenge AND a sneak peek! That's right! Totally Stampalicious is releasing 5 NEW STAMP SETS this Thursday at our Blog Hop! First though, this week's challenge is to make a birthday card for a child. Easy, right?! Well, when you're using a cutie pie stamp like this one, yes, it is easy! Here's a peek at Fairy Ava. She's one of the new Bugaboo stamps that will be released this Thursday. A-DOR-able! I colored her with copics then cut her out. I used the newest sketch from CPS. The two little clouds are part of this sweet little stamp, so when it came to cutting out the sentiment, I thought I'd use another cloud. It's an MFT dienamic. I added the black outline so that it matched the little clouds, then popped it up on a pop dot. Lots of sponging on the MME Blush dp and some faux stitching top it all off.

***you should be able to click on the picture to enlarge it***

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop by the Totally Stampalicious Blog to see what fabulousness the rest of the DT has for you!

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A three layer Flourish challenge

Hi all! I found some time to stamp and just HAD to participate in a Flourishes challenge which you can see HERE! Their stamps are so beautiful, I never have a hard time creating something with them! This was made for their Three's a Charm challenge, which was to make a card with only three layers! Kind of a tough one, so I added texture to the main panel by running it through my 'Bug with the polka dot embossing folder after I colored it with copics. I also distressed and rolled the edges of the dp layer. Some satin ribbon and a button w/ hemp finish it up.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Hollyhocks

***This is my 2nd post today! To see my Totally Stampalicious card, please scroll down!***

Hello again! I decided to play in this weeks' Flourishes FTTC which was to use "water" in your creation. I chose to ink up their new Hollyhocks set using Bermuda Bay (fits the challenge, right?!) on watercolor paper. Then I took my aquapainter, which hasn't been touched in quite some time, and just blended the ink to color in the flowers. The sentiment is also from this set and I used a Verve die to cut it out, added a brad then attached it to my satin ribbon using a glue dot. And I apologize for the blurry pic, I'm forcing myself to use my camera on the manual setting. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Are YOU stampalicious???

Because I AM TOTALLY STAMPALICIOUS!! That's right! I am now a part of the Totally Stampalicious design team! WAHOO!!! Our challenge for today is Anything Goes! Can't get any easier than that?!! I decided to color in one of the Cute Turtles - how adorable! The sentiment is also from this set. The sketch is this month's SFYTT. Had to bust out the trusty ol' corner rounder. I kept it fairly clean and simple but dressed it up with some piercing, a button and twine.

Now, go check out all of the dt blogs (link is above and on the side bar) and get inky!

Thanks for stopping by!

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