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Happy Saturday!

I'm finally trying to catch up with my blogging. I've got several projects from the last few months that never ended up getting posted.  This is one that I found in the draft folder - it's a card I  made for a challenge back in July (and never entered! oops!)

 

and here is the sketch that the card is based on~

TFL!


Supplies~
Stamps: Text Objects (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Paper Cottage (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Mocha Mama (Quick Quotes)
Other: Limitless Layers 2 1/4 " oval die (Papertrey Ink), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), pop dots

SNC - CCC Day 24

Hi crafty peeps!

Here is Day 24's Christmas card - "Anything Goes" was our prompt.

I still had my Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper pad on my desk so I went in my scrap closet and found the coordinating Woolies.  A quick and super CUTE card was then put together :)  

I used a Stampin' Up punch for the sentiment which is by Hero Arts and I randomly stamped snowflakes with a stamp from the same Hero Arts set. 

TFL!

Flutter By Wednesdays #202

Happy Wednesday!

I'm here to share my card for this week's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge.

The challenge is to create a friendship card using a butterfly or fairy.  It's a sponsored challenge this week! One lucky winner will win a prize from Saturated Canary.  You can enter your card HERE and check out the DT cards on the blog too.

Each team member was provided an image to work with - I chose Pigtails. Loved the little doggy in the basket :)

I added a friendship sentiment from a rubber stamp set from Paper Makeup Stamps and added a few butterflies using a Martha Stewart butterfly punch. The dp is Basic Grey Sweet Threads.

Thanks for fluttering by today!

My debut card for Daydream Designs!

Good morning!

Today is the big day! Diane is introducing the new team for Daydream Designs on her blog, which you can find HERE! The big reveal will be up at Noon (CST). 

Here is the card I created to debut on my blog today! I had so much fun creating a little scene using two sets from the shop. I printed the penguin, trees and star from the Little Bits of Christmas set and then colored them with my copics. After that I fussy cut each image and placed them on 'mountains of snow' which was made with a Sizzix embossing folder.

Look at all the images that comes in this set!  So many great images to mix and match for all of your Christmas needs!

I used a sentiment from Christmas in the Heart sentiments. I love how Diane's sets work so well together!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out the Daydream Designs shop and Diane's blog to learn more about the fabulous team she has assembled!

SnC CCC ~ Day 13

Hi!

Yesterday's prompt for the Christmas card challenge was paper piecing...so I took a big step and dusted off my Cricut to tackle the challenge!

I cut this cute Santa from the Doodlecharms cartridge at approx. 3 inches tall.  I "dressed" him up a bit using my D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder on his beard and I added some fun flock to his hat.

I just love how this turned out!

I used the current sketch challenge at Seems a Little Sketchy for my card layout~

TFL!

SNC - Day 10

Here is my Day 10 card for the SNC Christmas Card challenge.  Our prompt was holly.

I used the sketch that Jingle Belles has for this week's challenge :)

I used Basic Grey Jovial paper and chipboard, along with a sentiment from Hero Arts.  Sweet and simple!

Here is the sketch~

TFL!

SnC CCC - Days 8 and 9

Hello!

I made yesterday's card so late that I forgot to do a blog post, I'll share that one below.

First up is today's card!  The prompt was "bling".  Love bling!!

I knew I wanted to use these flowers...finding them was another task altogether but at least they were located!  I used an MFT die for the scalloped circle and a Hero arts sentiment.  I am submitting this card to Christmas Card Challenges - #36 Use something new.  I used my new Authentique Festive paper :)

The card layout is from SCS.

And here is yesterday's card. The prompt was Anything Goes so I made a quick card using Basic Grey Jovial papers and chipboard along with a Hero Arts sentiment.

TFL!

Snc - CCC Day 5

Here is my Day 5 card for the Christmas card challenge!  Our prompt for today was gifts.

I cut the presents from Basic Grey Jovial 12x12 paper and then used a 6x6 pad to build the rest of my card. The light panel was punched using my Fiskars Threading Water punch and the strip above it is a BG ribbon doily.  I added stickles to the gifts to made them stand out more, love how they look!  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Christmas stamp set.

TFL!

SnC CCC - Day 4

Quick post for tonight!

This is my Day 4 Christmas challenge card. Our prompt for today was to use an ornament and a border punch.  I really wanted to make a shaped card with the Cricut but I was short on time. 

I used my Ornamental Christmas stamp set from Verve Stamps and a SU! border punch for the card requirements.  The paper is some of my favorite ever - Basic Grey Jovial.  

TFL!

Christmas in August!

Since I missed the whole Christmas in July thing, I decided to join in the Scrappin-n-Chattin 30 day Christmas Card Challenge this month.

Here are my Day 1 and Day 2 cards~

I'm also sharing the card above with these challenges:
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #35 - Christmas in July
Paper Playtime Challenge #80 - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations #70 - Christmas in July
2 Sisters #102 - Christmas in July

I'm also sharing my reindeer card with these challenges:
Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - Animals
Sisterhood of Crafters - Diamonds, Pearls and Lace...oh my!
Critter Sketch Challenge #126 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Christmas in July 

Supplies~
Card #1
Stamps: Yuletide Greetings (Inkadinkadoo)
Paper: Winter Park (Echo Park)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento Ink)
Other: Mister Huey's Opaque White mist (Studio Calico), pearls (Queen & Co)


Card #2
Stamps: Jolly Christmas (Hero Arts)
Paper: Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk (both Memento)
Other: pearls (Queen & Co)

TFL!

Adore {a layout}

Happy August!

Sorry my blog has been so quiet. I was sick...again. Ugh!  I think I'm almost over it though. Hopefully this will be the end of my allergies/sinus issues for awhile!!

Tonight I'm sharing a layout that I made on Friday night for my 52 week challenge (yes, I'm still in it!!) and for the Frosted Designs One Word Title challenge.

I created this page using a Page Maps sketch from February.  The picture is of my nieces at my wedding and the one word title challenge was a great push for me to scrap this adorable picture :)

Here is a close up of the picture of the banner I created. The base is lace and I attached it with some brads from my stash and I accented it with gems and the banner pieces were cut from the MFT Fishtail Banner die-namics.

I got a new camera yesterday so I took these pictures with it. I am in love. It's a Panasonic Lumix and has a lot more power/features than my old Lumix did.

I hope to be blogging a lot more this month! I still have a lot of layouts & cards from last month that I haven't shared yet and hope to get in my craft room this weekend to make some new stuff. I've been glued to the TV since Friday night (as I'm sure lots of people are!) Love watching the Olympic games!

Supplies~
Paper: Basic Grey Cappela
Other: BG Cappela bloomers, BG border sticker, Thickers, Marvy Scallop Circle punch, MFT Fishtail Banner Die-namics, lace, brads and gems (all from my stash)

Come on over friend!

The weekend is just about over....yuck!  Yesterday was a fun day. Went to the mall with one of my very best friends and we had lots of fun and laughs :)  Today was cleaning (ick), laundry (double ick) and reading (yay!). I finished 3 books that I have been reading for the past few weeks and one a few months.  I'm up to 37 books read this year!

Tonight I'm sharing another card that I made last week during my crafty session with friends.  I used the FTL198 sketch which is shown below my card.  I used the July Simon Says Stamp card kit and my On the Couch stamp set and dies from Papertrey Ink.  I popped up the pillow on the couch for some dimension.

TFL!


Supplies~
Stamps: On My Couch (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Paper Cottage (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: couch die (Papertrey Ink), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), pearls (Kaisercraft), ticket corner punch (SU!), pop dots

Feel Better Soon

Ok...here is my 2nd try at linking up for the JUGS Challenge #144 lol...

It didn't dawn on me until I looked at the post today that I linked up the wrong card!  That will teach me to preview my darn posts before publishing :)

Here is my card~

I used the Simon Says Stamp July card kit along with stamps from Papertrey Ink. The table, coffee cups and sentiment are from the On My Couch set. I cut the frame from one of the patterned papers in the kit and I stamped a butterfly from the Butterfly Dreams set.  The bird cage was cut from the patterned paper as well.

Here is the sketch ~

TFL!

Supplies~
Stamps: On My Couch, Butterfly Dreams (both from Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Paper Cottage (Basic Grey), cardstock from kit
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: brad from stash, flag die-namics from MFT

Warm Thoughts ~ I Spy Sketches Challenge

Edited to add:  I am a complete dork lol...linked up this card to the wrong sketch challenge.  I have now corrected the post.  I evidently should not blog when I am tired! 

Hello again!

Here's another card I made last weekend, this one is for I Spy Sketches #23. I used the July card kit from Simon Says Stamp, the sentiment is from the stamp set included with the kit.  To add some dimension to the card, I curled up the edges of the shaped panel and then I popped up the sentiment strip.

Here is the sketch~

TFL!  I'll be back tomorrow night with another card!


Supplies~
Stamps: Absolutely Delightful stamp set (Simon Says Stamp)
Paper: Paper Cottage (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), die-namics from MFT, pearls (Kaisercraft), pop dots

Words of Wisdom

Hi crafty friends!

We are halfway through the week!  Woohoo!  No baseball on tonight so I have some extra time to blog the cards I made over the weekend.

This is the card I created for the Sweet Stop Sketch #166.  I had lots of fun playing with my scraps making the double ended flags!  I also tried something new with a "homemade" light box set up - it's not perfected but it's a bit better than my hallway was.  One of these days I'll splurge on a nice box! The papers are all Basic Grey Paper Cottage from the Simon Says Stamp July kit.

Here's the side view so you can see how I popped up the quote panel and added the butterfly to that.

And here is the sketch~ 

TFL!


Supplies~
Stamps: Words of Wisdom (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Paper Cottage (Basic Grey), kraft cardstock (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: dies from MFT, butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), pearls (Kaisercraft), pop dots

Basic Grey Mini Flag card

I spent an enjoyable day yesterday with my local scrappy girlfriends. Made 8 cards!  That's a ton for me considering how I don't do a whole lot of crafting these days. Paying the price today for all that crafting with my arthritis but it is what it is...

This is one of the last cards I made but I have to get it posted first since it's for the Basic Grey card sketch challenge that ends in just a few hours!  I used the July kit from Simon Says Stamp along with the Basic Grey   Picnic stamp set. The paper is BG Paper Cottage and it was available to us subscribers in the kit before it's even in stores. Too cool!!  I made 8 cards with it and I still have enough to make a few more cards.

Here is my card~

and here is the sketch~

Now I need to figure out when the rest of the challenges end so I can post the other cards!

TFL!

Supplies~
Stamps: Picnic (Basic Grey)
Paper: Paper Cottage (Basic Grey), Bazzill cardstock
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Powder Puff Mocha Mama (Quick Quotes)
Other: toothpicks from my friend, Vanilla Bean crinkle ribbon (My Craft Spot), butterfly punch (Martha Stewart), pearls (Kaisercraft)

Happy Father's Day!!

This is my 900th post!!!!!!! Wow!!! I began blogging in 2006 but it was only a handful of posts for a few years and then it became a regular part of my life in 2008.  Here's to 900 more! Woohoo!

I've been on a roll today with making cards so this is a first of 3 posts so that I can get all my cards in before the challenges end.  First up we have a card for my stepdad.  I had such fun making it this morning (don't you wait til the morning of when you need a card? no??  why not?!) I find I work much better under pressure :)

I am sharing this card with The Pink Elephant #152 - Masculine and I Spy Sketches #20 (whose sketch was based off a Lori Boyd card who is the TPE owner!)

Here is my card~

I made an absolute mess while creating this card. First I put together the base of the card and splatted it with Studio Calico Mister Huey's Mists in Manila. Then I masked the image panel with a rectangle and sprayed the mist over it. After that I colored the image, paper pieced the shirt and stamped the sentiment. Next up I cut these tools from MFT Die-namics using silver cardstock from PTI and spritzed them with the mist. Then I had to clean up my huge mess since the mist was everywhere!!

Here's a close up of the tools!

Here is the sketch from I Spy Sketches - I flipped it so I could hang the tools on the bottom of the panel.

TFL!!

Supplies~
Stamps: Moka Tim from Taylored Expressions, Hero Arts sentiment
Paper: PTI cardstock, Basic Grey Granola
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics (C9, C7, C5, E11, E00, B99, B97, B95, E59, E57, E55)
Other: ribbon from stash, brads from stash, border punch from Fiskars, MFT tools die-namics, Mister Huey's Manila Mist

SnC Furever Friends Blog Hop!

Good morning!  Welcome to my stop on the SnC Furever Friends Blog Hop!

If you arrived here from Sandi's blog at Slightly Off Center, you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by (Hi!!), you can start at Suzanne's blog to see all the wonderful creations along the hop. Here is the complete list in case you get sidetracked by awesome creations on the way :)

Suzanne - Scrap With Suzy 

Kim - Me Ma Kim's Place

Sandi - Slightly Off Center

Kristie - Scrap, Color, Read and Repeat (You are here!)

April - Scrapper Forever

Sue - The Scrappings of Sue

Abby - Midwest Memories

You don't want to miss seeing all the "furry" projects we have for you, as well as chances to win some awesome blog candy!

There are 7 of us in today's hop. We are all online scrapbooking friends in a Yahoo group called Scrappin-N-Chattin.  We love to chat, share our creations and challenge ourselves and each other to create lots of wonderful pages, cards and projects! We do tend to get chatty but that is part of the fun :)  We have so many activities, challenges and prizes to keep you scrappin' those memories. 

One of the activities we have is a rak called It Girl.  There is a group or two of names and each group starts with one person and then that person will select a name and send a RAK gift off the person's wishlist.  The recipient then will pick a name from that list, shop and send a RAK to another name and so on. It's always fun to get a surprise in your mailbox!

You can visit our group {HERE}! We love to meet new people :) We also love to blog hop and share lots of inspiration from around the web.  For today's hop, we each created a "furry" project.  Instead of scrapping my adorable "baby" Amber, I chose to do a bookmark and a few cards. All tutorial links and supply lists are located way at the bottom since this is a long post!

First up we have my first ever corner bookmark! It was so much fun to make and I see a lot of them in my future :) 

Next up is an easel card. It's one of my favorite 'fun' folds. It's so easy and makes a nice impact on a card. Especially when you have a larger image like mine. 

My final creation is a card using a new stamp I bought a few months ago.  I couldn't resist this cutie and her puppy! The layout of the card is using Sweet Sunday Sketch #160. 

And for the heck of it, here is a picture of my girl :) She loves to hang out behind the couch cushion LOL. She was being a lazy doggy yesterday morning. 

It wouldn't be a blog hop without candy, right?!

Here is what I am offering:

For your chance to win these awesome Basic Grey goodies (and believe me, you do *want* them as they are hard to find since they are JoAnn Store exclusives!!), please leave a comment on this post.  If you would like to become a follower (if you aren't already), I would love for you to do that but it's not a requirement to win.  I also have a fan page for my blog on Facebook, if you would like to follow me there. Click {HERE} for that page. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed viewing my creations and will visit again soon.  Prize winners will be announced on Thursday (mine will be posted at night since I work during the day).

Your next stop on the hop is April at Scrapper Forever!

Project #1: Corner Bookmark

Stamps: Cuddly Cat by Stamping Bella

Paper: Basic Grey Max & Whiskers, Bazzill cardstock

Other: copics, twine, EK Success Threading Water border punch, ribbon from stash, MFT Circle Stax 1

Tutorial Link: Corner Bookmark from SCS

Project #2: Easel Card

Stamps: Dogwalkabella from Stamping Bella

Paper: Georgia Pacific cardstock, Bazzill cardstock, Basic Grey Max & Whiskers

Other: Memento ink, copics, brads from stash, ribbon from stash, BG Max & Whiskers flower sticker

Tutorial Link: Easel Card from SCS

Project #3: Card

Stamps: Puppy Girl from MFT Stamps

Paper: Bee cardstock, Bazzill cardstock, Basic Grey Max & Whiskers

Other: Memento ink, copics,  BG Max & Whiskers stickers, rhinestones from stash, brad from stash, MFT Fishtail Stax

First layout of the month!

It was kinda a given that I would scrap on the first day of the month...I waited (again) until the last minute to make my weekly page for the SNC 52 Week Challenge.  The mojo just hasn't been there for my pages...but as I do almost daily, I look through all the challenges for the day and I found a great sketch at Sketches: Creatively Yours and knew I found what I wanted to use.  Then came the decision on pictures - sigh, that usually takes the longest lol!  I went back to Christmas 2010 and picked 3 pictures to scrap.

And guess what! I'm still using Basic Grey LOL! This is the Jovial collection that I bought for this album...which I still have oodles of. I better start scrapping more of this album fast.  Christmas 2012 will be here before we know it!

Here is the sketch I used~

Psst...The Scrappin-N-Chattin Yahoo Group will be hosting a blog hop from June 11th-June 14th!  Be sure to join us during that time to see lots of cute layout and projects featuring our furry friends :)

Supplies~
Paper: Basic Grey Jovial, Bazzill cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (used on the squares)
Other: Creative Memories square punch, Basic Grey Jovial buttons, PTI button twine

Card #2 for Sunday

I'm back with another card! By the way, This Means War was a great movie! I'd recommend it. Both my husband and I enjoyed it.

This one went together pretty easy once I picked out a sketch.

I changed the card to a standard size since my image was on the skinny size. The border piece is another negative I saved from the chevron stripes I cut yesterday. Some embossing finished off the background piece nicely! The pretty flower image is from Tiddly Inks, although it was a freebie from ages ago and I don't see it on the site to link up.

Now that I've turned the 6 images from last Sunday into cards, I counted to see what was left of the pad. I started with 13 sheets of 6x6 sheets and lots of scraps (I would say I had a little over 1/3 left of the pad).  I'm down to 7 sheets of 6x6 sheets and still lots of scraps!  I wonder just how many cards one can make from an entire pad LOL!  Tomorrow I'll make a few more cards with some of the scraps and then move on to another pad.

Here is the sketch from Cards & Things~

Supplies~
Image: Tiddly Inks digital image
Paper: Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter
Cardstock: PTI (Ripe Avocado)
Ink: copics
Other: Queen & Co Pearls, Cuttlebug Script embossing folder, diamond glaze

TFL!