I made this card using Josie in Hat from The Stamping Bazaar designed by Marina Neira. Don’t miss out on a chance to win this little cutie and check out The Stamping Bazaar blog for details! Josie in Hat won’t be available until later this week.

The button flower I made is a cute design I saw at Christy’s blog Where They’ll Go. She made a simply fabulous card with three of these and I had to make one myself!

Main Stamp: Josie in Hat (TSB)
Patterned Paper: unknown scraps
Metal Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four
Copic Colors:
-cat: W1, W3, W5, R21
-hat: YR20, YR21, YR23, E55, B32, B34
-other: YR61, YR65, YR68, G20, G21, G24

Did you know? Liquid helium below its lambda point begins to exhibit very unusual characteristics, in a state called helium II. One of these characteristics happens when a surface extends past the level of helium II, the helium II moves along the surface, against the force of gravity. Helium II will escape from a vessel that is not sealed by creeping along the sides until it reaches a warmer region where it evaporates.
[Helium, Wikipedia.org]

I made this card using Louisa the Lioness from The Stamping Bazaar designed by Marina Neira. Most of the challenges at 365 Cards this week have three elements and this one was the Three B’s: Brown, Banner and Bling. I’m going for all seven challenges this week but this one was one of my favorites!

Looking for your next card idea? The Stamping Bazaar has extended the Operation Write Home challenge until October 15 Plus there are two new releases in the store now available… Hansel with Present and Jolly Josie!

Challenge: 365 Cards – Day #216
Main Stamp: Louisa the Lioness (TSB)
Patterned Paper: Handmade Viola Vita (K&C)
Copic Colors:
-lioness: YR20, YR21, YR24, E04, R22
-hair: E57, E59
-clothes: E40, E41, E42, YG91, YG95, YG97, E04, RV11
-other: E57, E59, T3

Did you know? The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild and about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans.
[Lion, Wikipedia.org]

Update: This card was a Top Trio at 365 Cards for this challenge! I am also a Weekly Challenge All-Star for completing all seven challenges!

I made this card using Marvin the Bat from The Stamping Bazaar designed by Marina Neira. Don’t forget about the double digi giveaway happening now at The Stamping Bazaar blog! On this card I added a few subtle details such as the looped earrings and sparkles over the stars on the background. This little guy is so versatile and I love the contract those bright pumpkins give… it’s feels like the middle of the night, a perfect time to play for Marvin. ;D

Theme: The Stamping Bazaar – Review
Challenge: Paper Sundaes – Challenge #37
Main Stamp: Marvin the Bat (TSB)
Patterned Paper: Halloween (K&C)
Dry Embossing: Fiskars Texture Plates Leather
Copic Colors:
-BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29, C7, 110, E04

Did you know? Bats are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums and colugos, glide rather than fly, and can only glide for short distances. Bats do not flap their entire forelimbs, as birds do, but instead flap their spread out digits.
[Bat, Wikipedia.org]

I made this card using Shane Playing Basketball from The Stamping Bazaar designed by Marina Neira. This is an excellent stamp for both a boy or girl but it also has some sentimental history too which really made it fun to use!

I’ve decided to also send this one to Operation Write Home along with the other cards I made. I figured they probably need lots of boy cards! Together, my Mom and I pulled a bunch of cards from our stash to bundle and hope it helps out.

Challenge: Sparkle Creations – Operation Write Home
Main Stamp: Shane Playing Basketball (TSB)
Patterned Paper: Homeroom (TPSS)
Copic Colors:
-tiger: YR12, YR14, YR18, E04
-clothes: B95, B97, B99, E57, E59, W1, W3
-other: E19, E18, E57, E59, W1, W3

Did you know? Jumping spiders are have a very interesting tarsal section. At the end of each leg they have hundreds of tiny hairs, which each then split into hundreds more tiny hairs, each tipped with an “end foot”. These thousands of tiny feet allow them to climb up and across virtually any terrain, even glass.
[Jumping Spider, Wikipedia.org]

The Stamping Bazaar is having their first challenge! The theme of this challenge is simply to make a Christmas card to be mailed to Operation Write Home. There are no restrictions as to which stamps you can use –all manufacturers/stamp companies are welcome!

Four digi stamps are previewed today and two were created especially for this occasion and I used one of them! I made this card using Patriotic Eagle from The Stamping Bazaar, designed by Marina Neira, which will be given out as part of the challenge prize. Working with the deep red and blue colors was so much fun and it worked great with my gold cardstock.

Challenge: The Stamping Bazaar – Operation Write Home
Challenge: Pile It On – Operation Write Home
Main Stamp: Patriotic Eagle (TSB)
Patterned Paper: A Heart-Warming Holiday (TPS)
Spellbinders: Nestabilities Labels Eleven
Copic Colors:
-eagle: E44, E47, E49, YR21, YR23, YR24, 0, W1, W2, W3, W4, W6, B93, B95, B97
-other: E57, E55, R35, R37, R39, W1, W2, B93, B95, B97

Did you know? Operation Write Home mission is to support our nation’s armed forces by sending them blank greeting cards for them to write home on. They also make and send cards of gratitude to encourage them. All the cards are handmade and there are several opportunities to join in.
[OWH Starts and Stamps]

I made this card using Bikkie the Platypus from The Stamping Bazaar designed by Marina Neira. This is the actual size of Bikkie as I used the rubber stamp instead of the digi form.

Main Stamp: Bikkie the Platypus (TSB)
Patterned Paper: Earth Love (CC)
Copic Colors:
-platypus: E50, E51, E53, E55, E04, E70, E71, E74, E77
-other: G85, G94, G99, E44, E47, E49

Did you know? A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel spanning the relatively narrow and shallow Bering Strait between the Chukotka Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in Alaska. If the mainlands would be joined together by bridges, then the bridges would measure a total distance of about 80 km (50 miles).
[Bering Strait, Wikipedia.org]