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

Fluttering by to say hi {FBW DT Post}

This week's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is a fun color challenge! Since Halloween is just a few days away, Danni challenged us to use black, purple, orange and green on our creations. Don't forget to add a butterfly, fairy or angel!  Click {HERE} to enter your creation!

My card is a quick one since I had a bit of a mishap...I spent lots of time coloring an image only to realize that it didn't fit this week's challenge LOL!  So you'll see that for next week's FBW!

When I saw this fun sketch from Karen on Sunday, I thought it would be perfect to use with one of my Martha Stewart punches.

 I pulled out my TE Project Pantry kit from last Halloween and punched a bunch of butterflies from scraps.  The cardstock and ribbon are also from the kit.  I inked up my My Pink Stamper Buggy Punnies for the sentiment and added some Kaiser pearls to the butterflies.

For more colorful inspiration, check out the rest of the DT! Links are on my sidebar!

Sweet Treats Emily

Good morning! 

Just a quick card to share this morning.  I made it the other day for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. 

Please ignore Emily's pink outfit lol...I swear it matched some of the pinks in the paper when I colored it!  I was inspired by Karen's card sample for the sketch to use the kraft as a base. I ended up making several more cards using the kraft and this Basic Grey Hopscotch line. The stamp is Sweet Treats Emily that I won from a Sparkle Creations' Blog Hop a few months ago.  That's 2 uninked Sparkle stamps used in one week, yay me!  I just got a few more in the mail yesterday, he he. 

Here is the sketch~

Products Used:
PTI Kraft cardstock
GP cardstock
Misc. cream cardstock
Basic Grey Hopscotch 6x6 pad
Copics
Basic Grey Bloomers

Have a great day!

Challenge Me Sunday!

I'm finally feeling well enough to sit at my desk again, yay! However, my coloring skills need work after not using my copics much in the last 3 weeks.

I made this card for a few challenges ~ although I just realized I was too late for one of them, oops!

I finally inked up Jami from the Hearts & Hugs Series 2 Collection from Victoria Case for SCACD. All of the paper and embellishments are from the Pet's Place Project Pantry Kit from Taylored Expressions.

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch ~
Other challenges:
Lollipop Crafts #3 - Pets (although it ended last night, sigh)
Craft Your Passion #19 - Anything Goes
Paper Cutz #55 - Anything Goes
Stampin for the Weekend #45 - Anything Goes
For Fun Challenges - recipe challenge (1 ribbon - paw print ribbon, 2 designer papers and 3 embellishments)

Off to grocery shop and then I'll be back at my desk to create for another challenge or two! TFL!

Squigglefly Challenge #46

It's Monday again, boy did the weekend go fast!

Time for another Squigglefly challenge! Maria challenged us to use blues & greens and I dug through my images and pulled out this cute turtle illustrated by Ashley Summers :)

The layout is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch #66, flipped to accommodate my image.

Card Supplies~

Stamps: For You ~ Squigglefly

Paper: Basic Grey Gypsy

Copics: BG15, Y15, YG03, YG25

Other: Marvy scallop circle punch, diamond glaze, crystal stickles

If you'd like to participate, please link your creation, using a Squigglefly image, to the Squigglefly blog. For more inspiration, please visit my fellow team members, links are on my sidebar!

Have a great day!

Cupcake Sweetie

Do you still need to make some valentines???

How about using this yummy cupcake from Squigglefly?

This Cupcake Sweetie stamp was designed by Robin Willis.

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch -


Card Supplies:
Stamp: Cupcake Sweetie ~ Squigglefly
Paper: Basic Grey Bittersweet
Other: copics, diamond stickles, Marvy scalloped punch, SU eyelet border punch, SU corner rounder

Thanks for looking!

Stamping Bella Weekend - Last Card!

This is my last card for our Stamping Bella weekend. I had such a good time making cards! You still might see a bella or two pop up in posts this week, he he he! You can check the first post {Stamping Bella Weekend} from yesterday to see all the ladies that participated.

For this card, I chose my new AllBoxedUpabella, when I saw her I knew she'd be perfect for birthday cards and Christmas cards.

So here she is on a birthday card :)


Here is the layout I used - I love the Sweet Sunday Sketches!


Card Supplies:
Stamps: AllBoxedUpabella ~ Stamping Bella, Birthday Greetings ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, E55, E57, R89, RV34, B01, YG25, B02, Y21
Other: Nestabilities Labels 3, Shapeabilities Tags Trio, brad from stash

Thanks so much to all that stopped by to leave comments this weekend!

Make a Wish!

TGIF!

It was a busy day and an even busier night. Today is my mom's birthday, so after dinner I had to make her a quick card since I didn't do it earlier this week. I'm not sure that I like it, but she did and that's all that counts. I think its because the green don't completely match...


Here is the PCP sketch that I used:


And I can finally share this Fluffles card that I sent Terry for her birthday which was earlier this week. I love how this one came out, purple is one of her favorite colors, so I used my BG Eva paper pad.


Here is a close-up of the image. I popped up the cupcake and I also layered the hat.


I used this sketch from Sweet Sketch Sunday, love their sketches!!


Supplies Used:
Card 1 -
Stamps: Fluffles Cupcake ~ Stampendous
Paper: Basic Grey Urban Prairie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Certainly Celery
Copics: E35, E41, YG03, BG01, RV21, E27
Accessories: Cuttlebug birthday folder, Nestabilities Labels One, spica glitter pens

Card 2 -
Stamps: Fluffles Cupcake ~ Stampendous; Hero Arts Birthday Messages
Paper: Basic Grey Eva
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: T1, T3, E35, E37, V04, V15, E53, RV23
Accessories: Marvy punches, pop dots, spica glitter pens

Thanks for looking!