PCC #109 - Caution: Ghost Crossing!

TGIF!

Are you ready for another PaperCutz Challenge? We've got a fun one for you this week! We'd like to see a card, layout or project using a Cricut cut, hand stamped or digital stamped GHOST and the following colors - WHITE, BLACK, PURPLE AND ORANGE ONLY.  Click {HERE} to enter your creation and check out all the DT samples.

I dug out an old CTMH stamp set for my card this week - it's called Kittens in Costume. The paper is new though, it's from the Echo Park Apothecary Emporium paper pad. The sentiment is from the My Craft Spot Happy Hauntings set.  I realized after I took the picture that I didn't put any embellishments on it lol...oh well, it will be easy to mail!

TFL!

Man and his best friend

So I'm quite late with my Lasting Memories challenge post...it's been a whirlwind weekend and I can't believe it's just about over already!

We are challenging you to a recipe this week - 1 diecut, 2 brads and 3 layers - fun!!

Here is my take ~

I was so happy to finally use my sweet spots from Precocious Paper! Love these, they were part of a holiday set and the two brads on the top spots were perfect for this page :)  Had to get a little girly stuff in there for my pup lol!  The journaling reads "I just love this picture of my husband and our dog, Amber. I captured this moment at my parents' house while we were celebrating Pat's birthday."  I had a lot of fun with the title, I went back to my 'roots' and stamped it with 4 different sets from Close to My Heart - Swirl Stroke caps, Swirl Stroke lowercase, The Works Alphabet and Simple Stitches.

This is the sketch that I based my page on (from Get Your Sketch On - a cool newer sketch blog!)

To link up your own Lasting Memories challenge, click HERE and check out the DT samples while you are there!

TFL!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all had a sweet day!

This is the card I made for my husband. I found this House Mouse image in my stash so I'm not sure of the name...the paper is from Bo Bunny Crush. I love all the heart patterns in this pad.

I even decorated the inside! The stamps are from an old CTMH set. The ribbon is from American Crafts, I won it in a blog candy package from my friend Jennie a few months ago.

I'm entering these challenges:

Crafty Catz #69 - Valentines/Love

2 Sisters #26 - Hearts

Crazy 4 Challenges #74 - Hearts

And a few photos from our night lol...our family photo. This is our first married V-day and our first with our puppy!

Our yummy dinner prepared by my husband!

TFL!

Calendar Pages

I showed you my calendar page for February yesterday, so today I will share my January calendar page along with the January & February calendar pages I made for my sister-in-law. I'll be randomly sharing my pages as I finish them, along with the rest of the pages I made for my SIL.


Supply List~
Stamps: Winter Wonderland ~ Close to My Heart, sentiment ~ Sarasota Stamps
Paper: Papertrey Ink cardstock
Ink: Stampin' Up Marina Mist, Perfect Plum (stamped off once), Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey (stamped off once)
Other: diamond, crystal & stardust stickles

For my SIL:


Supply List~
Stamps: Winter Wonderland ~ Close to My Heart
Paper: Papertrey Ink cardstock
Ink: Stampin' Up Marina Mist, Perfect Plum (stamped off once), Pink Pirouette,
Other: diamond, crystal & stardust stickles

Supply List~
Stamps: Smitten, Love You & Heartfelt ~ Close to My Heart
Paper: Papertrey Ink cardstock
Ink: Stampin' Up Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum, Rose Red

TFL!

Happy Father's Day!

I finally got my card done for my stepdad about 5 p.m. today lol, yes I was a last minute slacker!



I used this week's Unscripted Sketches layout.
And I found these challenges:
CAS-tastic Wednesday Challenge - Father's Day
One Stop Craft Challenge - One for the Boys

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Say It In Style ~ CTMH
Paper: Quite Contrary ~ My Mind's Eye
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip

TFL!

PTT #2

It's time to party with Party Time Tuesdays!

Challenge #2 is to include a number on your birthday card - an actual number or paper with numbers, your choice! Don't forget the greeting/sentiment!

I had this card in mind when I came up with this challenge, my adorable niece's birthday is on the 20th and I wanted to get her card done early LOL

This is Izzy with a Birfday cake from Stamping Bella, I thought she was so cute and appropriate for a little girl! Paper is from the Making Memories Sabrina collection. I did start off with this week's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You, but then I went in a different direction lol.

Other challenges I am entering this card in:
Critter Sketch Challenge #17 - create a child's birthday card
Cupcake Craft Challenge #94 - Dazzle Us (lots of spica pen work on the cake, polka dots and happy bday!)

To play along, please link your newly created birthday card to the Party Time Tuesdays blog by Sunday night at 8pm (if you would like to be considered for Top 3!) Also check please out my wonderful design team, creations are on the PTT blog and their direct links are listed on the right sidebar of my blog.

Have a great day!

My first easel cards!

Today I am finally getting a chance to show off my newest thing - easel cards!

I made this one a few weeks ago and I refuse to give it away LOL!! I really love how it turned out and it matches my room perfectly


I got this Northwoods stamp a few months ago and thought it would be perfect for the space I had to fill on the card front. I also finally got my flower soft to stick, I used Glossy Accents - it's a little shiny under the flower soft but I'm just thrilled it stuck. Seems like anything else I tried didn't work. The dp is BG Infuse.


My mom liked the card when I showed it to her, so I decided to make her one for Mother's Day. She loves lilacs so when I saw this cute digi from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps, I just had to get it! Cocoa was so much fun to color!

I used my BG Green at Heart, love this paper!! I had to get another stack of it even though I didn't finish the first one yet, that's how much I love it...this time I also got the matching ribbon doilies, can't wait to try those out!

I spotted a lot of challenges for easel cards this week, I'll have to get busy and make a few new ones!

Have a great day!

Basic Grey Bunnies

I have to say that I love how these cards turned out...I wasn't sure about using non-holiday paper with Easter cards, but I think they look neat.

This first one is my favorite, I've always loved this image and since I got a few in a swap, I've been holding them hostage LOL


This one is a teensy bit boring, but I did try to dress up the background paper with a new toy I recently got, a Viva Decor Pearl Pen, it's pretty cool!


Both cards are made with sketches from Midnight Madness. I love their new CAS versions.

Challenges Entered:
CRAFT Challenge #32 - Easter
Hanna & Friends #37 - Easter
Paper Play Challenges #12 - Easter
Fussy & Fancy #7 - Easter
No Time to Stamp #132 - Easter

Card #1 Supplies
Stamp: image from someone else, CTMH Say it in Style
Paper: Basic Grey Origins
Ink: Memento
Copics: E33, E35, E37, YG67, YG63, N0, N2, N5, YR16, Y15, R81
Other: yellow stickles

Card #2 Supplies
Stamp: Happy Hopper from someone else
Paper: Basic Grey Origins
Copics: N0, N2, N5, Y04, Y11, YG67, R81, E33, E35
Other: misc. ribbon, viva decor pearl pen

Thanks for visiting!!

Optimistically Pink Tilda

Woohoo tomorrow is Friday!!! I'm excited since I'm going to an all day crop on Saturday (that I still need to pack for!)

Today I'm sharing another card from last weekend. I created this for the Optimistically Pink Challenge over at One Stop Craft.


Card Supplies
Stamps: Tilda blowing hearts ~ Magnolia, hearts ~ CTMH
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet
Ink: Memento, SU Creamy Caramel
Copics: E00, E02, RV14, RV21, RV23, Y32, Y35, Y38
Other: Apron Lace border punch ~ Fiskars, diamond stickles, Labels 4 Nestabilities

TFL!

A few more hearts

Here is card #2 using scraps and just a few more hearts :)

I love how this card turned out, I had fun with the hearts and used Glossy Accents on two and diamond stickles on the other two. The Just for You and two stickled hearts from the CTMH set Love of My Life and the other two are from the Sweet N Sassy Stamps set Key to My Heart.

I used the FTL #76 sketch for the layout, I think this will be a go to sketch quite often.


I am also entering this card in these challenges:
If the Shoe Fits #21 - Red, Pink & White
Raise the Bar #4 - Hearts
Stampin' for the Weekend - Valentines themed

To see what the rest of the Weekend Crew is doing with their scraps, check out my right sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by...come back shortly, I will have at least one or two more cards to share!

Hearts Galore

February is off to such a slow start for me! It's the 7th and I've only made 4 cards and 3 of those were today.

This weekend our 'theme' weekend was to use scraps, I hardly made a dent in mine! Here is the first card using the Mojo124 sketch. I love all the layers :)

The dp is all scraps of DCWV paper from one of my many stacks and the stamp is from the CTMH set Love You. You can't tell in the picture but I popped the stamped heart on micro pop dots to give it just a little dimension.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
The Pink Elephant #52 - All About Pink
Creative Card Crew #44 - Valentines
Charisma Cardz #5 - I Love You
Stamp Somethings - Love Somethings
C.R.A.F.T. Challenges #36 - Love/Valentines

Here is the sketch:

Check out what the rest of the Weekend Crew has been making with their scraps. Links are on my right sidebar!

TFL!

Flutter By Wednesday #95

Happy Flutter By Day!

I have some wonderful news, we are welcoming 3 new guest designers!

• Alex
• Brandi
• Randi

Stop by their blogs and welcome them to the team!

ETA: Duh...forgot to mention that its an open challenge this week - just be sure to use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation and link it to Mr. Linky on the Flutter By Blog.
My card is quite the simple one, I let the paper guide my layout This flutterby cutie is a Huggabugg from Stamping Bella and the dp is Chloe's Closet by Making Memories.



Be sure to stop by the Flutter By Blog and our design team's blogs - links are on my left sidebar and on the Flutter By Blog.

Have a great day!

Squigglefly Challenge #31

Welcome to the first Squigglefly Challenge of 2010!

Challenge #31 is to make anything but a card using a Squigglefly image. I chose to make a bookmark, I can never have enough of them!

This is Gus and he was released on Saturday, did you check out the new releases yet? If not, you must, click HERE! I used CTMH Swirl Stroke for the lettering.

Check out what the rest of the DT created and enter your own! Click HERE to go to the Squigglefly Challenge Blog, the DT links are also on my left sidebar.

Happy Monday!

Be Mine

My first card of the day is using Be Mine Cocoa from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. Isn't he adorable? I won him as blog candy on Sandy's blog and couldn't wait to use him.

It's um...rather pink, I like pink and all, but I think it might be a bit overboard LOL! I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch and flipped it so that the dp went the right way. I added some fun flock to Cocoa's nose and the heart of the envelope. So glad I found these mini heart brads in my stash to use! That's 20 brads in 2 cards...only 20,000 brads to finish using up! {giggle}

Here is the sketch -

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Be Mine Cocoa ~ Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps, Love of My Life ~ CTMH
Paper: DCWV, PTI Raspberry Fizz, Paper Co.
Ink: Memento
Copics: E41, T3, RV11, RV14
Accessories: Marvy Circle & Scallop Circle punches, think pink fun flock, zig 2 way glue pen, ribbon, flowers & brads from my stash

Thanks for looking! I'll be back later with more creations :)

Celebrate with Changito!

I participate in a Card of the Week swap on one of my yahoo groups. This month's theme is "Man" cards. I don't think I'm all that great at masculine cards, so I figured this would be a good challenge. I used Sketch #228 from SCS.

This is Changito celebrating the weekend LOL!

The Recipe:
Stamps: Changito Coffee ~ Stampendous, Say It in Style ~ CTMH, My Cuppa' Joe ~ Gina K. Designs
Paper: GP, Paper Company, Papertrey Ink, CTMH
Ink: Tuxedo Black & Rich Cocoa ~ Memento, Copics ~ E11, E33, E37, B02
Accessories: ticket corner punch ~ Stampin Up

Thanks for stopping by! Hope your week is off to a good start!

Thinking of You with a Flutter By

I just love this card! It screams spring and sunshine to me, meanwhile its gray and icky out. Rain later and maybe snow this weekend. Spring get here soon please!

I started with the sketch for the card. Its Sketch #84 on Sketches by Tamara this week. Fun sketch and you can do many things with it.

Next up, I decided to make this a butterfly card for Danni's Flutter By Wednesday. The extra challenge this week was to make the card orange and yellow. These are not colors I use a whole lot so I had to dig for some paper. Luckily my new MM Chloe's Closet is nice and springy with these colors in it. The butterfly is Gem Stone Butterfly from Inkadinkadoo, its from their new releases.

And lastly, since this is a springy card, it qualifies for the Stamp Simply #76 Cabin Fever. I definitely have Cabin Fever. Hopefully spring will come soon and I'll start to see flutter bys while I'm out and about.

The Recipe:
Stamps: Gem Stone Butterfly ~ Inkadinkadoo, Say It in Style ~ CTMH
Paper: GP, Chloe's Closet ~ Making Memories
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, Pumpkin Pie ~ Stampin Up
Accessories: Diamond Stickles ~ Ranger

TGIF!!

Cutie Sunday #29

I made this card for the Magnolia-licious January Mingle (albeit just a few weeks late, whoops!) I used Cutie Sunday's Sketch 29 as seen below.


This is my first time using Tilda with flower, I think she's so cute and I can't wait to use her again. I paper pieced her dress using Basic Grey Sultry. I also broke out the Shimmerz and used them on her wings and the flower.

And the copics I used:
The Recipe:
Stamps: Tilda with Flower (Magnolia Stamps), CTMH Say It in Style
Paper: Georgia Pacific, Sultry (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Accessories: copics. ranger white pen, scallop punch (SU), prima flowers, frosted lace stickles, Shimmerz (angel wings, gold glimmer, burgundy)

Thanks for looking!

BIG NEWS and cards to share

I have some BIG news to share with you today!

It has been announced that I made the new card design team over at Just My Sketches! You can see the official announcement HERE. My first card will be posted on March 1, so be sure to follow me or subscribe to my blog so you don't miss my DT debut. I have all my fellow Card Team 1 members listed on a blog roll to the left, so check them out too!

To celebrate the announcement, I used one of Deanne's fabulous sketches for a valentine's card. Click HERE to see the sketch I used. This card uses Unity Stamp Company's Love Grows set. I've bought quite a few sets from there over the last few months and this is the FIRST time I'm finally using one! I fell for this set because of the tree, I just couldn't wait to use it on a card.

Here are the copics I used:


This is a card I made the other day for a coworker's girlfriend. I had this idea in my head for awhile, not completely thrilled with how it turned out, but he liked it so I guess that's what counts! I used the Heartfelt set by Close to My Heart. I got it last year and hadn't used it til this card, shame on me! The sentiment is from a Studio G set.

Have a lovely Valentine's Day!

Stylish Tilda

Stylish Tilda is one of the few non-holiday/birthdays Magnolia stamps that I own. When I joined the Magnolia "raining" cards group, I knew that I wanted to use this stamp first. The sketch is another one from the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Anniversay Challenge - you can see it HERE.

I had a lot of fun with all the layers and the mixing up of the patchwork squares. I used the new Me and My Big Ideas Fashion District paper. Another 50% off Michaels special! And you guessed it...more copics! I used E33, R11, B93, B95, Y000, E11, R00, E25 and Y32. I also used the colorless blender, a pink prismacolor pencil since I didn't have the right color copic and the Ranger Inkessentials white pen. The green and brown cardstock is from Close to My Heart, sweet leaf and chocolate. Not sure where the blue is from and I stamped on the Georgia Pacific cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Cuppacakeabella

This is a card that I made a few weeks ago for my coworker's girlfriend's birthday. Cuppacakeabella was one of the first bellas that I bought last year and she's one of my favorites! I used THIS sketch from Ana Wohlfarht's blog Inkastamp for the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Anniversary Challenge. It was a standard card sketch but I turned mine into a square and went a little crazy with layers and embellishments since it wasn't going to be at the mercy of the USPS.

I went with the new Making Memories Sabrina 6x6 stack for this card, isn't it pretty? I also got the 12x12 version - couldn't go wrong with a 50% off sale. The "celebrate" is from the CTMH Say it in Style set. I love the versatility of that word set, I use it all the time! The rhinestone is from a pack of Darice Finishing Touches rhinestones that I picked up at Michaels....clearance price $0.40, you better believe that I bought all I could get my hands on!

I used my copics to color the stamp in. The picture (taken with my old camera) is too horrible to post, so I'll spare your eyes and just list the colors: 100, R00, R20, Y000 & Y32. I also used the copic spica clear pen and my gelly roll stardust pen to make it sparkle.

I've got a few more shares tonight to stay tuned!