Oh, Alice! Chapter 44: "Curiouser and Curiouser"

"Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); `now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!' (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). `Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure _I_ shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can; --but I must be kind to them,' thought Alice, `or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas."

Hello from all of us here in Wonderland! This week at Oh, Alice!, we are Curiouser and Curiouser to see if you are willing to play along with our weekly challenge. The challenge is a simple one, and one that most of us should be able to play along with, we would like to take Wonderland and turn it into a Winter Wonderland! Yes, that's right.....put your boots on, hats, mittens and lets play in the snow! Alice, with a hat on? Rabbit in the snow? Anything that reflects a Winter Wonderland. Have fun with it!

This week we are being sponsored by SUGAR NELLIE/FUNKYKITS.
They are a fabulous company and you really should go over and take a peek.

Sugar Nellie is a small Scottish company that brings you fantastic rubber stamps from some amazing artists. Funky Kits is the sole online retailer for Sugar Nellie stamps - so head on over to grab yourself some of that sugary goodness! The prize for this week will be 1 set of 6, yes, I said 6 Leanne Ellis Alice in Wonderland stamps.

Oh my! The "Clean and Simple" bug has been sticking ;)

I stamped my Gorjuss Girl directly onto my cardstock (PTI) using Memento Tuxedo... and then colored her and her kitten in a Red/White theme (of course I couldn't leave out her blonde hair and a lil blue hidden in the kittens collar, hee hee!) - my boys are calling her "Candy Cane Girl and her Peppermint Kitty-Kat", LOL!  I then used my Die-namic on a sliver of Nikki Sivils "Holly Days" DP, added one of Nikki Sivils awesome burlap buttons with some misc. ribbon - done!
I looove how she turned out :)

Now put your winter hat on, think Winter in Wonderland and play along!

Don't forget to visit the rest of the DT and see their amazing creations too :)

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:
- The Pink Elephant Challenge #90: Winter Wonderland
- Cupcake Craft Challenge #121: Non-traditional Christmas

Oh, and a quick note: Oh, Alice! will be taking a short time away to play in our Wonderlands thru the holidays. We will resume in the new year (January 8th, 2011) with more challenges and fun giveaways!

 Have a fab and warm weekend everyone!!!

Card Details:
Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie Stamps - Gorjuss "Purrfect Friend" Rubber Stamp
Paper(s): Nikki Sivils "Happy Holly-Days" DP, Papertrey Ink Cardstock
Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: E00, E21, R0000, R20, R35, B24, C1, C7, Y02, Y15, Y17, 0
Accessories: Nikki Sivils Burlap Button, MFT Scalloped Scallops Die-namics, SuRed Ribbon

Twilight Tuesday's Farewell Blog Hop...

It is a bittersweet Tuesday morning :)

Today is...

Twilight Tuesday's Farewell Blog Hop

First a lil info about the hop...
The blog hop starts today at 8am CST and ends Thursday, 2/18th at midnight CST. Please visit every design team members blog and you will find some yummies along the way :)

Here is the challenge from our sweet Rebecca...

"Love of books, the printed words on a page, is what brought us all together."

Create a project that uses printed text: a page from a magazine, book, dictionary, etc. within your project, as the background or focal point.


Comment portion: "I love to read the newspaper online but nothing beats a printed newspaper on Sunday mornings. And no matter how hard I try, I can't abandon books (hardcover, softcover, or paperback) to a digital reader. Are you totally digital or do you prefer a good old fashioned printed page in your hands?"

And here is my first card... a Thank You card :)

Also created using the following challenges:

- 2 Sketches 4 You Kazan's Sketch 46

- Allsorts Challenge Week 39 - 3, 2, 1 Recipe (3 Roses, 2 DP, 1 Ribbon)

- Cupcake Craft Challenge 78 - Keep It Simple

- Pile It On Challenge #6 - Flowers

It was interesting to find that this was the only dp that I had that had any type of 'print' on it and that it only consisted of letter E words from the dictionary...

After staring at it for a while, I came to see these group of words...

Here's a closer look -

They are: Event, Ever, Everyday, Exactly, Exaggerate, Exceed, Excellent, Exception, Excitable, and Excited.

These are only some of the words that I would use to describe how I have felt about being a part of this wonderful experience and this amazing design team!

There is no exaggeration to how passionate we feel about our love of books!

We are one of a kind! and no other team can ever compare to the friendships that were bonded here!

And the talent that was created!!!

I look back to our first few challenges! and we have all grown so very much in so many ways!

I want to thank Tonya for believing in me and asking me to be a part of something that I will always cherish, love and remember forever!

Thanks to all the ultimate Twilight-y girls for sharing their love, talent and support with me!

And also, a huge thanks to all our supporters and followers!

Without y'all we wouldn't have made it nor lasted so long :)

AND let's not forget...

Thanks to My Edward!!!

For being sooo handsome and for sparkling for me when I needed him most ;)

Every girl needs a sparkling fictional character to love!

Created using these challenges too:

- Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge 4 - Dazzle Us

- Our Creative Corner Challenge - Something Old That's New! (DP)

{{sniff, sniff!!!}}

It's not the end!!!

It is the beginning of more adventures to come ;)

Here is some blog candy!!!

Please leave a comment by midnight CST Thursday, 2/18th and you can win Twilight's complete illustrated movie companion to drool all over :)

Winner will be chosen using Random.org ;)

(*Sorry, but limited to participants in the U.S. only)

In case you get lost along the way, here's how the hopping goes:

Starting at the Twilight Tuesday Blog

Tonya

Rebecca

Margie <--- You are here!

Julie <--- Your next stop :)

Jodi

Jen

Erica

Donna

Dani

Beth

Alison

... and ending at the Twilight Tuesday Blog

Thanks again so much everyone!!!

HUGS!! :*)

"The Apple of my Eye" Card Details:
Paper(s): October Afternoon "Cherry Hill" DP; Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie Gorjuss "Sent With Love" Stamp

Ink(s): Copic Markers - E000, E00, E21, E33, E37, R20, R21, R29, R35, Red Glitter Pen

Accessories: Recollections Ribbon; All Natural Accesnts Roses

"My Edward" Card Details:

Paper(s): My Mind's Eye "Deena's Penny Lane" DP; Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Stamp(s): Pixie Dust Studio "My Edward" Digital Image;

Ippity "Straight From the Heart" Stamp Set

Ink(s): Copic Markers - E000, E00, E17, E19, B02, B05, B12, W3, Clear and Baby Blue Glitter Pens

Accessories: Recollections Silver Pearls; SU Heart Punch

Sweet! 3 cards & 8 challenges ;)

** If you are still following Bella's Birthday Hop, please scroll down to the next post ;)

I had a lil fun Friday evening :) I got to use some fave images/stamps and color my lil but off  to create a few cards for some awesome challenges!!!
Oh, how I love me some Sugar Nellie stamps! Unfortunately, I only have 2 of their Gorjuss Girls - NOT complaining about that, lol! but I do wish to someday own a few more ;)

Challenges used:
The Sugar Bowl Challenge 25 - Lilian's Sketch
Paperplay Challenges Week 44 - Christmas without Red & Green
Pile It On Challenge 26 - Flowers & Flourishes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 89 - Swirly Girly

Sweet Xmas Card Details:
Paper(s): BasicGrey Eskimo Kisses DP; American Crafts White CS
Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie "Purrfect Friends" Gorjuss Girl Rubber Stamp
Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Copic Markers; Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Markers
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eight and Small Circle Nestabilitie; The Robin's Nest Dew Drops; Prima Flowers; misc felt ribbon.

Next, I used Santa from Dog Gone Stamps :)

Dear Santa,
I have been very, very good ;) 

Challenge used:
Creative Card Crew Challenge 39 - Christmas

... and isn't this the sweetest lil girl from Sassy Studio Designs!?
I think that she is most definitely on Santa's "nice" list :)
Lindsay also created this image as a lil boy too ;)




Challenges used:
The Pink Elephant Challenge 43 - Color Me Wonderful, Use your fave coloring medium.
Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge 27 - Red, Green and your choice of a neutral color.
Cupcake Craft Challenge 68 - Red and Green
Creative Card Crew Challenge 39 - Christmas

Waiting for Santa Card Details:
Paper(s): Creative Imaginations DP; Papertrey Ink CS
Stamp(s): Sassy Studio Designs - Sassy Holiday Collection "Waiting for Santa (girl)" Digital Image;
The Greeting Farm "Xmas Cuties" Sentimet
Ink(s): Copic Markers
Accessories: CM Corner Round Punch; misc bling ribbon

Thanks for looking today!
Happy scrapping :*)

Die Cuts R Us ~ Let's Get Girly!

{{Please scroll down to see Twilight Tuesday's new challenges & New Moon blog hop info!!!}}

Hi again! Hope y'all are having a splendid Tuesday :)
Today's Die Cuts R Us Challenge is to create a girly project!!!

A bit hard for me, I usually tend to keep things simple and have been leaning towards boy theme... I wonder why ;)

But here she is! My girly card! The Die Cuts R Us Design Team was lucky to be able to work with Bo Bunny's Delilah Collection from the Die Cuts R Us Store...


Not bad for living in a house full of boys... the pup doesn't count, lol! She's just as bad if not worse ;)

Girly Girl Card Details:
Paper(s): Bo Bunny Delilah Collection DP; Papertrey Ink CS
Stamp(s): Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl "Purrfect Friends" Rubber Stamp
Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Copic Markers
Accessories: Bo Bunny Flowers; Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities; Epic Six Tool; Making Memories Trim; JoAnn's Whit Lace; Fiskar Border Punch; K&Company Gems

Be sure to check out the team's inspiring creations!!!
Amber
Cara
Gwen
Jessica
Lori
Sammye Jo 
Sarabeth 


Smoochees :*)