Category Archives: Lizzie Anne Designs

My daughter’s love this new set from Lizzie Anne Designs, Once Upon a Time. I think this princess and saying are precious. Although, you always think it will be fun to be the queen when you are young, once you become the ‘queen’ of the house it comes with lots of responsibilities that aren’t always fun, KWIM? toilets, dishes, laundry …anyone relate? Oh well, everyone went to school or work today after a long Christmas break. Today…I am the QUEEN of the castle! 🙂

 Lizzie Anne has lots of cute, cute things to show you in the next few days. They are sneaking some peaks a few sets per day this week, and their big release party will be held in their SCS forum on Sunday the 6th from 7 to 9 p.m. 🙂 See you there ~

• Stamps: Once Upon a Time – Lizzie Anne Designs

• Cardstock: Cryogen White, Black and Spring Showers paper from SU!

• Ink: Palette Noir

• Accs: Maya Road flowers, K & Company die cut, ribbon, Copic Markers and Martha Stewart Glitter

As I drove home from my parent’s yesterday, I was respectful of a long funeral procession on the interstate. It was dreary weather and my heart felt sad for the family who had spent Christmas Day waiting for the known funeral day to approach. Then when I returned home, it was with great sadness that Wes & I learned of some friends from church lost their 38 year old son very unexectedly to a heart attack this week. Sorrow knows no season…if your family is suffering from a recent loss or has struggled with facing the first Christmas without someone special in your life, I pray that you receive peace and assurance in abundant proportions this season.

For Frank and Juanita ~ with heartfelt sympathy, friends

This card is folded at the top. The window is cut from the front panel to reveal the inside sentiment on a scalloped square mat with Fresh Rain Dew Drops. The butterfly is stamped on Cryogen White and the colored with Copic Markers. After that, I covered with Ranger Crackle Accents and allowed to dry. ‘Allowed’ is used loosely, as the crackle effect was hindered by my heat gun. I recommend a natual drying time with the Crackle Accents. Once dry, I cut the butterfly out and adhered to the card with adhesive.  

• Stamps: Au Naturale by Lizzie Anne Designs

• Cardstock: K & Company premade cards, cut up and used with Prism Spring Willow Medium, Curious Iridescent Cryogen White 

• Ink: Palette Burnt Umber

• Accs: Copic Markers, Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Dew Drops all available from www.ellenhutson.com and Crackle Accents by Ranger

Brrr, baby….I had to dig the mittens and ear muffs out for my girls today. They said they couldn’t go out for recess unless they had the appropriate attire. Makes it a perfect day to share this little Lizzie Anne Designs notecard with you. Have you had a chance to stop by the Lizzie Anne Designs Forum at Splitcoast? Lizzie Anne is one of the initial Member Companies who landed their own forum at the number one stamping site on the web last month. Stop by, see news, post your questions, give feedback or just chat with Lizzie and Anne. The Member Company forums are a great place to gather information and get to know your favorite retailers.

All images of the images on this card are from Christmas in the City. They are stamped in Palette Burnt Umber on Curious Iridescent Cryogen White – shimmery cardstock and colored with Copic Markers. I added some glitter to the snowflakes and paired the panel with some Stardream Metallic cardstock the color of cocoa…..hmmmm, cocoa…..off to make some cocoa (with marshmellows)….have a wonderful day.

Do you know my friend, Taylor? Of course, you do. Her house is just a hustle and bustle this week because she is celebrating 1,000,000 hits to her AWESOME blog – Taylored Expressions. Check our her celebration prize packages all week long! On top of blog mania – the USPS man is probably swimming in packages this week as the postmark for Taylors huge trading card swap has passed. I participated in 2 rounds, and I can’t wait to see the goodies when they come back to Missouri. This trading card uses the wreath in the window from the awesome Christmas in the City set by Lizzie Anne Designs and the woodgrain backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms. Colored with Copics and shimmered with the Stardust Clear Shimmer Pen…Fun..fun..fun! Trading cards are a wonderful springboard for quick and cute full-size greeting cards: 

I used some striped paper to add a little awning to my window. Can you tell where I kind of fooled your eye on this card? Take a peek at the scalloped edging. I love that look, but when I put the card together, the edge stripes were green. See how they pop against the red? They DID NOT pop against the green layer up top…they kind of faded away. So, I cut a snippet of the pink stripe, scalloped the edge and hid the seam under the ribbon and the ATC. Now the scallops pop on the green, too!

I have lots of blog posts lined up this week. Can’t wait to share some of my recent projects with you. Tomorrow: Taylor Swaps – Take 2! Have a great day!

My mom keeps meticulous lists & receipts each Christmas. Usually, those lists are in a crumpled envelope or notepad at the bottom of her purse. I used my Lizzie Anne Santa and altered this little band-aid tin for her to keep track of the grandkids Christmas stuff. I figured that the hard tin would be easier to grab hold of than another rumpled envelope.

There is one flat card with each grandchild’s name. This will give her some space to make a few notes. Notice the green card? My brother and his wife are expecting their 3rd child. They never find out the sex of their babies, our family is funny that way. For my lack of patience on things, like say, Copic Markers, I prefer to not know the sex of the baby til delivery. Call me crazy, but that’s how we like it…Back to the project, every Christmas that my SIL is pregnant we hang a stocking and give gifts for ‘Baby Lew’ ~ love either way.

So this was my first run with the Copics. (Actually had this ready to go before Beate’s challenge….how did that happen?) What do you think? This Santa was so fun to color. It was surprisingly easy. He begged to be glittered. Hey ~ speaking of Lizzie Anne ~ check out their Member Company forum over at SCS ~ lots of fun discussion on a variety of topics but especially your favorite Lizzie Anne stuff :). I cut the rectangle and circles with my Nestabilities. Some ribbons and a bit of patterened paper, made this a pretty quick little project.

• Stamps: Santa from Lizzie Anne

• CS: White PaperTrey & Real Read SU! – Patterened Paper from SU!

• Ink: Palette Burnt Umber, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue and Wasabi

• Accs: Ribbons, Glitter, Copic Sketch Markers, Dimensionals and Nestabilities

Thanks for looking ~