Frosty Fun Friday!

Hello!  Rae Ann here with your dose of Friday Fun inspiration!  Can you believe it is the Friday before Christmas?!  I hope you have your shopping and wrapping done and can put your feet up and enjoy a glass of egg nog (or whatever drink brings you the most joy).  And with Christmas right around the corner, you know what that means!  Soon it will be New Year's Day and we will suffer through several weeks of writing the wrong year on everything. =P  Before that happens, Frosty Stars and I are here to wish you a Happy New Year.

I colored Frosty Stars with Copic markers and used a technique I recently learned to make his hat band, buttons and stars look like gold glitter or sequins.  A little embossing for some texture, some ribbon and trim (the black trim below the ribbon doesn't really show at all in the picture), and a simple stamped sentiment and this card was done!

This month's challenge is white on white!  Why not put a project together and play along?  Just remember to use a Sami Stamps image to be eligible for prizes.

I hope you have a joyous holiday season full of the very best life has to offer.  Until next time!

Another Fun Friday!

Hello!  Rae Ann here for your dose of Friday Fun!  October brings cooler weather finally to my neck of the woods.  I am loving the cool temperatures and lower humidity!  The cool temperatures and our current challenge to add brown or kraft paper to your project has me really feeling autumn!

I used one of the new releases, Jack O'Lantern Mane, for this project.  I found this awesome digital paper in my stash and thought it fit the challenge and the image perfectly.  A few pretty embellishments and it was done! 

You can pop over to the challenge and play along for a chance to win Sami Stamps prizes.  Just make sure to use a Sami Stamps image to be eligible.

Fun Friday with Emily!

Hello everyone and welcome back to another Fun Friday!
Today I'm sharing an awesome card featuring one of our newest Spooky Unicorns!

I love this Mushrooms and Bats image and how you could take it in either the spooky route or the soft and gentle route.  I tried to do a little cross of both by putting the card into a dark scene with the large super moon coming up behind her, but also giving her a playfully colored mane and some shimmer.

For this card, I used my Prismacolor pencils.  With so much coloring and dimension, I find pencils are best for me since I have a lot more control over where the color goes.  And I can use a blending solution to smooth everything out once I'm done if I wish.

Once everything was colored, I layered the whole panel onto a black piece cut to the same size, but shifted them so they criss-cross.  Then layered these panels onto a Kraft mat that I added some brown colored embossing paste through a dot stencil onto.

The sentiment was white heat embossed right onto my unicorn panel and that finished the card! 

You have a little bit of time left to join in our current challenge to use brown or Kraft cardstock on your card!  I hope you will join in!!

Thanks for visiting!! <3

Under the Sea

Hello everyone!  Rae Ann here with a Fun Friday inspiration that will take you under the sea!  The new release this month was Salty Seahorses and I have one of the sweet stamps from the new release for you today.

I colored this sweet image using Copic markers then cut it out using my Silhouette Cameo.  The background paper is from a digital collection called Ocean Melody which is available on Snap Click Supply. 

You still have time to join our challenge to use pearls or sequins on your project.  Don't forget that you have to use a Sami Stamps image to play along and win.

Fun Friday with Emily!!

Hello hello and welcome back to another Fun Friday!

Today's card is..well...FUN!
I have been indulging myself in every type of interactive card style I can think of lately.  They are just too much fun and so much more entertaining than just a flat card.

But I honestly have been scared of the magic slider style...the way I always saw this growing up was that the part you pull out of the card front actually has both the acetate and the colored image attached to it.  So it always made me so nervous to think about how to keep those images lined up properly so they didn't look silly when they were pulled out of the card.  And then all the wonderful examples started showing up where the images weren't on the slider, but right on the card!  How easy!  So I gave it a shot! :)

Isn't this wonderful!  So I totally meant to have the slider go out the side...but I got caught up in just making the card that it completely slipped my mind.  But it's okay because it still looks fabulous being a top slider!

I've used the With You image that is just so precious and created a dark watery background for this couple using some Distress Oxide colors.  I am in love with how Faded Jeans and Cracked Pistachio blend...it's just the perfect combo!

I made sure to do both the background card base and the slider insert in the same colors so that it is all seamless when the card isn't slid open.  But on the card base background, I stamped and white heat embossed a few heart clusters to mimic falling rain around the couple.  Yellow seemed like a nice fitting color for the umbrella, and I kept the rest of the colors in the couple pretty simple to coordinate with the colors I used on the background.

A simple sentiment banner finished off the whole card perfectly!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a fabulous weekend! <3

Fun in the Sun Friday with Rae Ann

Hello!  Rae Ann here and I have some inspiration for this Fun Friday that involves a little fun in the sun.  I chose to use A Friend From the Sea for my project.  We live in the south near the water, so sea creatures are always around for us to look at.

I thought this sweet girl and her new friend were so adorable.  I colored them using Copic markers and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut them out.  I used some torn paper to create sand and the background is a paper from Bo Bunny that I got digitally from Snap Click Supply.  I absolutely love that site and One Buck Wednesday is my favorite day of the week!  I cut the sun from the panel and layered it because I had to adjust the panel to fit the card.

The theme of the challenge this month is to add something glossy or shiny.  Since I didn't think the sun was shiny enough, I added a metal crab charm for a bit of shine.  There isn't much time left, so if you have something shiny to add to a Sami Stamps project, grab it now and link it up!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Under the Sea

Hello Sami Stamps fans!  Rae Ann here to bring you this week's Fun Friday post.  I am using one of the newest releases, Roses Under the Sea.  You can find her in the shop with her sister, Flowers Under the Sea.

She was colored with Copic markers and I used the Silhouette to cut her out.  I kept the background pretty tone on tone to make it look like she was under water.

You still have time to enter our challenge.  The theme this month is to use flowers and this image is perfect for the challenge!  You have to use a Sami Stamps image to enter, but you can usually find a freebie in the shop.

If you are on Facebook, pop in to the Sami Stamps group and share your creations with us.  We would love to see them!

Fun Friday with Emily!!

Hello and welcome back to another Fun Friday!!
Today I am sharing a super simple and adorable card using an older Sami Stamps image, but one that I absolutely love because in it's simplicity, there is so much that can be done with it!

This is the bowtie from the Striped Tie Set and I just love it!  It's the perfect bowtie!

I decided to print it off several times and colored it up in some fun masculine colors before adding it to am embossed background.  I also wanted to add a bit more embossing since that is our current theme for April, which you still have a few days left to enter!  So I heat embossed my sentiment and flagged the ends.  Then arranged everything straight down the center of my card and added a few little black dots for extra detail. 

And that's it!  Really simple and still adorable!

Thanks for visiting!  Have a fabulous weekend!! <3

Fun Friday with Grandma Bonnie!

Hello!  This is Grandma Bonnie.  April Showers bring May Flowers! 

 I love spring and summer flowers!

We have a NEW April challenge that started last week!  

All you have to do is use a Sami Stamps image and emboss something!  

You can enter our challenge by clicking here.

Today, i am creating my Fun Friday card with a Spring theme! 

Sami Stamps has a wonderful selection of Spring images that can view by clicking here!

I am using "Under Umbrella" from the Flowers and Spring category! 

You can see more details on my blog by clicking here

Don't forget to join us at Sami Stamps Facebook Group by clicking here!  

We have several Freebees to get you started creating your cards so that you can enter our challenges!!

Have a Great Weekend!!

Fun Friday with Rae Ann

Hello!  It is my turn to provide you with a little inspiration today.  I have used Flying Girl from the new release.  She was colored with Copic markers and I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut her out.

In case you missed the post about the new release, all of the new stamps are below.  They are so much fun!

Our current challenge ends very soon, but you can still play along by using blue and a Sami Stamps image.  You have a chance to win some images, so why not create something?!

Fun Friday with Deanne!

Hi everyone!!! It's almost the weekend!! Hope you have some fun CRAFTING things planned!!!

Here's a card I made using HAPPY HEART FAIRY.

Happy BEE-Day!

I paper-pieced her clothing and then covered it with yellow glitter! Her wings are also covered in glitter.

Have a fun day and weekend!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Fun Friday with Grandma Bonnie!!

Hello!  This is Grandma Bonnie.  I just wanted you to know that, 

You have a few days left to enter our February challenge!   You can enter by clicking here.

Today, i am creating my Fun Friday card with a St. Patrick's Day theme.  

Sami Stamps has a wonderful selection of St. Patrick's Day images that can view by clicking here! 

I am using "Beautiful Shamrock" from the St. Patrick's Day category! 

Don't forget to join us at Sami Stamps Facebook Group by clicking here!  

We have several Freebees to get you started creating your cards so that you can enter our challenges!!

Fun Friday with Rae Ann

Hello and happy Friday everyone!  I am here today to share a little inspiration with you.  I don't know about you, but I am ready for spring and for the temperatures to stay warmer!  I decided to use Ladybug Carnation for my project today.

I intended this card to be monochromatic, but it didn't stay that way!  Funny how that happens!  I love to combine red, black, and white, so I guess I should have known.

Don't forget about our challenge.  The theme this month is to add circles, so I have polka dots all over my card!

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to come back next week for new inspiration from one of my teamies!