PCC #116 {Gobble, Gobble} - Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake

TGIF! Any plans for the weekend? As I always say, I hope to get some crafting time in!

It's time for another PaperCutz Challenge and guess what starting this week each challenge will run for 2 weeks now! This week's challenge is called "Gobble, Gobble" and we'd like to see you create a card, layout or project for Thanksgiving incorporating a favorite Thanksgiving dish.  Now if you know me, you know I do not cook LOL....so I saw this challenge and was like, eek what do I do??? Well last weekend I was flipping through some magazines and I found a recipe for Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake and earlier I had come across an adorable House Mouse image of the mousies eating pie and an idea sparked!

Here is what I came up with~

You can't tell in the picture but the image is cut out and popped up on the page.  I finished off the page with some buttons and twine from The Twinery. Click {HERE} to enter your creation and to see what the rest of the DT made. You have until November 17th to enter!

I am also entering the following challenges:
Moving Along with the Times #123 - Food & Drink
Paper Playtime #59 - Anything Goes Past or Present
Stamp with Fun #135 - Buttons

TFL!

Fall Colors Birthday for Birthday Sundaes

Good morning! I had tons of fun at the crop yesterday and made 4 scrapbook pages and 6 cards. I hope to share some in the next few days as they are for various challenges.

We are on the 30th challenge at Birthday Sundaes! This week we'd like to see you create a birthday card using fall colors, just remember to include birthday wording on your card front! Click {HERE} to enter your card and to see what our Guest Designer, Nancie, and the Design Team created.

Here is my take on the challenge ~ I {heart} fall colors and used the Bo Bunny Forever Fall 6x6 pad along with a FTL sketch from a few weeks ago. You can see the sketch {HERE}.

Supplies Used~

• Stampin' Up Just Believe stamp set
• Verve Stamps Birthday Bash set
• Bo Bunny Forever Fall 6x6 pad
• Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate cardstock
• Various inks (should have written them down LOL!)
• Ribbon from stash
• Stampin' Up corner rounder
• Gold stickles

TFL!

My card for Birthday Sundaes!

I have power again, yay!!!  It came back on about 9:30 pm last night but it was too late to start photographing & uploading pictures then.   We survived Irene with no real damage - just a huge mess to clean up in our backyard, luckily only parts of trees & limbs came down and missed our house thankfully! We lost the food in our fridge & freezer as well, we hope to restock once the stores around here restock their shelves. For now it's pasta, soup or takeout from places that are up & running.  There are still many, many people around the state with no power so I consider us to be very lucky & extremely grateful.

I did read 2 books and made 3 cards during the power outage, so at least I was a little bit productive! We tried to play UNO by candlelight after the flashlights died but it didn't go so well - it's quite hard to differentiate between blue & green with just a flicker of a flame!

Here is the first card that I finished - my DT card for Birthday Sundaes.

As a reminder, the challenge is to create a birthday card using this picture as inspiration (and include birthday wording on the card front).  With all the purple, you may be wondering how the heck I was inspired? I went with the dots & stripes on the flags, the green on the plate and naturally, the cupcakes :)  You can enter your card {HERE}!

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Supply List~

Stamps: CC Designs Swiss Pixie Cupcake Birgitta Digi

Paper: Papertrey Ink Stampers Select white cardstock, Basic Grey Eva

Ink: Stampin' Up Elegant Eggplant

Other: copics, Crystal stickles, Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder, bling from stash, mini pop dots, Marvy scalloped circle punches

TFL! So happy to be back online!

Best Witches for TPV!

As long as I have oodles of stuff strewn around the dining room, I decided to make a card tonight.  I was able to use the card layout from Scrappin-N-Chattin, a yahoo group I belong to and the Threads challenge at The Paper Variety. 

Supply List~
Stamps - cat from my image basket, not sure of the source, sentiment from Taylored Expressions Trick or Sweet set
Paper - cardstock and Echo Park designer paper from a TE Halloween kit from last year
Ink - the image edges were inked in Memento London Fog and the sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black
Other - Marvy circle and scallop circle punches, zig writer for dots, misc. brads from kit, ric rac from kit, Stampin' Up Modern Label punch, Gold Lame Smooch (hard to see in photo)

Celebrate with Birthday Sundaes!

It's Challenge #18 at Birthday Sundaes!

We are welcoming a new sponsor this week - Circle B Enterprises!  The challenge is the popular Anything Goes Birthday Card (just remember to include a birthday greeting/wording on your card front). Please check out the Birthday Sundaes blog to enter your card, learn more about our sponsor and check out the rest of the DT samples! 

I started this card with no plan in mind. I picked a stamp from a basket I keep on my desk, then picked a paper pad and just went with it.  Everything is scraps except the cardstock.  I decided the black base was too boring so I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  I like how it turned out!  I'm not sure who I'll give it to yet, maybe give it to my mom for her stash. 

Supplies~
Stamps - Stampin Up (not sure which set since it wasn't in the box)
Paper: CTMH Black cardstock, Basic Grey Marrakech
Ink: Memento
Other: copics, cuttlebug folder, pop dots (on the image panel)

TFL!

Recipe Challenge for FBW #152

We have a 3-2-1 recipe challenge for you today at Flutter By Wednesday!

We want to see to the following on your creation~

3 flowers

2 patterned papers

1 button

Here is my take ~ still no coloring with my copics LOL!

Click HERE to enter your creation at FBW and check out the links on my sidebar to visit the rest of the talented DT!

Thanks for fluttering by!

The Pink Pup - Lasting Memories #25

I had such fun putting this layout together for our 25th challenge at Lasting Memories. This week's challenge is to use red, white and/or pink. For me it was all about the PINK lol!

We also have a surprise - our first sponsor! Glitterbabe's Digis owned by the fabulous Stef! She generously let the DT each pick out a digi to use. Since I had the pink already in mind, I selected the Dahlia image which comes in black & white AND pre-colored. Well the pre-colored digi matched my pics perfectly so that's what I used on my hidden journaling box up in the right corner. The journaling says how excited I was to buy Amber lots of pink things to wear lol. I love dressing her up!


Check out Lasting Memories to see what you can win and how to enter, it's super easy!

Supplies~

Stamps: Dahlia image by Glitterbabe's Digis

Paper: Bazzill white & pink, misc. red cardstock

Other: Stampin' Up eyelet border punch, Stampin' Up Ticket corner punch, heart brads from stash, Vinyl & Foam thickers

Your Choice @ PaperCutz this week!

Easy challenge this week at Paper Cutz!

YOUR CHOICE - make a card, layout or craft project with any theme/colors you'd like!

I created a congratulations card for one of my co-workers that had a baby boy a few weeks ago. I used my favorite baby set from Stampin' Up - Cuddles & Tickles. I picked it up at a scrapbook store tag sale a few years ago and always turn to it when I need to make baby cards!

I used this FTL sketch for a starting point~


To play along, please upload your creation HERE and for more inspiration, please check out my fellow dt members' blogs located on my left sidebar!

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!

TE Blast from the Past Blog Hop!!

{Please scroll down if you are here to see my Flutter By Wednesday post!}

Welcome to my stop on the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past Blog Hop! I'm so glad to be playing along this month! If you just happened upon here, please start at the TE blog so you don't miss anything! You will find a full list of participants below as well.

I've got two fun creations to share with you all today using the theme 'Love'. The first is a card using a sketch created by the fabulous Sankari! I flipped it to accommodate what I had in mind.

I used the Love Everywhere set, seeing as I have my own lovable dog now I just had to use the pooch from this set! This set happens to be on sale right now too!



Here is my 2nd creation! I used the TE calendar template along with the Love Everywhere set again. I had fun blinging it up with my stickles.



Happy Hopping!

Down on the Farm

I made two cards today yay! You'll see the first one on Tuesday for Party Time Tuesdays!

Here is the second card that I created~it's for a Down on the Farm swap. I just had to sign up so that I could use my Taylored Expressions' Udderly Sweet stamp set & Garden Variety Project Pantry kit for the first time! All of the paper (except the brown) and embellishments are from the kit. I went old school too by using decorative scissors for the 'grass'.

I also tried something new, the Cricut Design Studio. I've had the software for about 2 or 3 years and never used it. I cut the fence from the Wall Decor & More cartridge at 2.75 high & 5.5 wide. It was great to be able to set the exact size - not sure why I waited so long to play around with it!

TFL!!

Paper Cutz Challenge #62

I am a day late with this post, so sorry...still sick and under orders to rest, rest, rest.

This week's Paper Cutz Challenge is to use red, white & black ONLY! It worked out perfect for my card, I made this to send to some dear friends of mine that are celebrating their first wedding anniversary this weekend.

To make the window, I ran my card through my Cuttlebug first using the Polka Dots folder, love the new 5x7 folders, every inch of the card is covered. Then I punched out the oval using my Giga Marvy Scalloped Oval punch. Easy peasy!

To join in this week's challenge and to see all the wonderful inspiration from the rest of the team, go HERE!

Lasting Memories Challenge #3

Happy August! Wow, it doesn't seem possible that this much of the year has gone by already!!

Today I have a layout to show you for Lasting Memories's 3rd challenge ~

• Add a stamped image to your layout (this can be one image or making your own background, whatever you like)

I just love my page for this challenge! The pictures are from Magic Wings - a butterfly pavillion I visited with my mother almost 3 years ago...no title/dates since I've already done a bunch of pages for this album (and still have more to go lol!) I have a chart showing the different butterflies that are at the pavillion but I couldn't find one of them to write on the layout.

For my stamping, I used a quote from the Stampin' Up set Happiness of Butterflies. You should be able to read it if you click on the picture. I also used Tilda with Butterfly from Magnolia and perched her on a flower.

I am also entering this layout into the Flutter By Wednesday #115 since it's an open week!

Supplies~

Stamps: quote from Happiness of Butterfly ~ Stampin Up!, Tilda with Butterfly ~ Magnolia Stamps

Paper: Bohemia by My Mind's Eye

Ink: Memento

Copics: E00, R20, YG03, YG23, B14, B24, B26, E29, E25

Other: Martha Stewart butterfly punches, ranger white ink pen, Sundance smooch

Please visit the Lasting Memories blog to see all the fantastic DT samples and to enter your challenge layout!

PTT #7

It's time for another Party Time Tuesdays challenge!

This week's it's an 'Anything Goes Birthday' week!

For your card to qualify, please remember to use a birthday

greeting/sentiment on the front of your card.

Also we are introducing our Guest Designer for July!
It's Suzy from Scrap with Suzy!
Check out the PTT blog to see her card
or her personal blog that is full of scrappy goodness!

I made another masculine birthday card - it looks almost like the last one I did lol. I've had the same stamp and scraps on my desk all this time. Only one more co-worker to make a card for but I have til late August for that one. I wonder if I should make his with different paper?? LOL

I really like the layout that I used, it's an older TESC sketch. I was able to incorporate all of the 2 sided papers that I used. Stamping on textured paper isn't easy but I think it gives it a 'rugged' look.

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Alphabet Soup ~ Stampin Up
Paper: MME Quite Contrary
Ink: Memento
Other: brads from stash

To play along with Party Time Tuesdays, please link your card to InLinkz on the PTT blog. For more inspiration, please visit my wonderful DT members blogs, links are on the left sidebar and on the PTT blog. If you'd like a chance at the Top 3 badge, please have your card linked up by 8pm EST on Sunday night!

Christmas in July Day #1

So it's a little past midnight but since I started this on the 1st, it's my Day #1 card LOL

I got home way late from a friend's so I quickly put this together, not my favorite card ever, but it's a Christmas card for my very small pile that I started earlier in the year (2, I think). I used the pretty flowery paper from the Basic Grey Wassail pad and embossed one of the plain sheets from the stack, added a sentiment and some brads and it's done! I think I may change the plain brads for snowflake brads, if I ever find them!

TFL and I'll be back later today with another post!

PTT #5

Today's PTT challenge is "Anything Goes Birthday", don't forget the birthday greeting/sentiment!

I created a card for my boss' birthday that is this coming weekend - it's not easy to keep coming up with these masculine cards...I need to make another one in a few weeks LOL


I used one of Mercy's fab sketches for the layout, MTSC78.


I also found these challenges to enter:
Charisma Cardz #25 - for the boys
Paper Sundaes #24 - birthday
Stamp with Fun #65 - birthday

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Alphabet Soup ~ Stampin' Up
Paper: Quite Contrary ~ My Mind's Eye
Ink: Memento (and yay, I inked all the edges and didn't end up wearing any of it LOL!!)
Other: EK Success border punch

To play along, please check out the details on the Party Time Tuesdays blog and for more inspiration, you can check out the design teams' cards - links on my left sidebar!

TFL!

PTT #4

It's a Color Challenge over at Party Time Tuesdays this week!

Show us your red, white & blue birthday cards!

I made this card for my nephew's 16th birthday, it got the stamp of approval from Mike for being appropriate to give to a teenager LOL. The fun layout is from Card Patterns.


Card Supplies~
Stamps: Alphabet Soup ~ Stampin' Up
Paper: Basic Grey Marrakech, misc. cardstock
Ink: Memento
Other: misc. buttons & ribbons from stash, SU corner rounder

To play along, please check out the Party Time Tuesdays blog for details, and for more inspiration check out the fabulous design team cards. Links are on my left sidebar!

Have a great day!

Baby Congrats Card

I made this card super quick tonight before going to visit a friend. I'm getting much better at planning and executing cards fast! It probably took me longest to tie the darn bow lol, I need to get a Bow Easy!

I pulled out one of the BEST baby stamps set that I have ever bought, Cuddles & Tickles by Stampin Up - $3 at the LSS tag sale a few years ago. The paper is from the Baby Boy Nursery DCWV mat stack that I bought ages ago and never used.


Challenges completed ~
CAS-tastic Challenge #1 - Anything CAS
Caardvarks - new baby card
Our Creative Corner - Bows
Papertake Weekly - Cutie Pie

Tomorrow is my last vacation day ~ sniffle, sniffle. I've really enjoyed being home getting things done...weekends just aren't long enough to be productive LOL!

Have a great night and thanks for looking :)

It's Release Day at Squigglefly!

My sneak peek has turned into release day LOL!

This pretty image is Vintage Flower Maiden and was drawn by Rich Davis for Squigglefly. I'll admit it is very out of my comfort zone, so I hope I did her justice.

I was unpacking some boxes and came across this paper and thought it would look pretty with the maiden, and I broke out the Bazzill! I've had this 8x8 package of cardstock for many, many years. The layout is ESS77 from Eat Sleep & Stamp. I also got to use my new EK Success leaf punch, a few friends have them and I loved the look with flowers, so I had to get one too!

Card Supplies
Stamp: Vintage Flower Maiden ~ Squigglefly
Paper: Bazzill, DCWV
Copics: E00, YR24, YR65, R43, BG96
Other: prima flower, SU eyelet border punch, EK Success medium leaf punch, EK Success corner punch, Queen & Co pearls, zig 2 way glue pen

Now run over to Squigglefly and see what's new, I spied a Shy Bear!

Button Bear

I dug out a bunch of oldies to make this card tonight.

Here is Button Bear ~


The layout is TESC107 from Taylored Expressions and the buttons are for the "Break out the Buttons" over at Our Creative Corner. I think he is super cute!

Card Supplies
Stamps: Button Bear ~ Stampin Up
Paper: Provocraft (Red), Sandylion (denim)
Ink: Memento
Copics: R81, R89, E53, E55, E57
Other: Labels 3 Nestabilities, buttons from stash

Time to call it a night, hope your Monday was great!