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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

A Sketchy Flutter By Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday!

Time for another FBW challenge! This week we have a fun sketch by our very own, Kathy!  Just remember to include a butterfly or fairy on your card.  You can enter it HERE.

Here is the sketch~

And here is my take on it~

I challenged myself not to take the sketch so literal (by using scalloped pieces) and used washi tape for my background. I LOVE how it looks!  Different and fun!  I must get more LOL!  The patterned paper is from Authentique Delightful and I used some PTI ribbon along with two different Martha Stewart butterfly punches.  The pretty quote is from the Verve Kind Words stamp set. 

TFL!

Flutter By Wednesdays #203

Happy Wednesday...halfway to a long weekend. Woohoo!

The challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays today is to create a card with a butterfly or fairy and decorate the inside of your card. Fun!!  I always love seeing the decorated insides of cards but rarely take the time to do it myself so this was a great challenge for me :)

I decided to make a Gate Fold card using THESE instructions on Splitcoast Stampers.

And here is the inside~

Be sure to join us HERE and check out the rest of the DT cards too.  Links on my left sidebar.

Supplies~
Stamps:  butterflies (Hampton Arts), smile from a Verve set, inside butterfly (Savvy Stamps), inside sentiment from My Pink Stamper
Paper: cardstock from PTI, patterned paper is from Authentique Carefree
Inks: Mocha Mama (Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalk Inks), Antique Linen (Tim Holtz distress inks)
Other: die-namic from MFT (not sure of the name of it, sorry!)

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!

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

Valentine - Be Mine

This is my valentine to my sweet hubby. I created while he was making dinner tonight...nothing like waiting until the last minute. LOL! 

I started with last Friday's Viva La Verve sketch challenge - perfect for playing with lots of patterned papers!

Here's my take using Verve's Love Notes set - inked up for the very first time and I also opened up my Echo Park Yours Truly 6x6 pad for the first time. (and now it probably collect dust until next year LOL!)

We had a great night. Dinner and then we watched a movie - Larry Crowne. Love both Julia Roberts & Tom Hanks!

I am also sharing my card with these challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - Valentines Day

Celebrate the Occasion - #50 Valentine's Day (must use a heart)

Crafty Catz - #119 Valentines

Card Makin' Mamas - #38 - Valentine

Thanks for looking! 

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!

TPV Stamp Challenge

The Paper Variety is celebrating their 1 year challenge blogaversary! They had 5 fun challenges and unfortunately I didn't have time to enter all of them.  I *had* to make some time tonight to join in their stamp challenge which is sponsored by MFT Stamps ~ one of my favorite companies!

I also used this week's Techno Stamper Sketch Challenge. I love when I can participate in MJ's challenges!

I'm trying out the new handy dandy linky tool to show off what I used on my card! The only thing not linked are the leaf buttons - those are from deep within my stash!

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Celebrate with Flutter By Wednesdays!

*Please scroll down to see today's Cooking It Up with Katie challenge!*

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge theme is Celebrate!


We are welcoming a new team member today - please join us in welcoming Mary to the team!

Here is my take on the Celebrate theme. I love birthdays so naturally I had to make a birthday card :)

I used Natalie Fairy from Paper Makeup Stamps, isn't she sweet? I love how her dress came out. The most exciting thing making cards with no power was getting to use stickles. I had plenty of time to let them dry LOL.

I used a Sweet Stop sketch from a few weeks ago~

Don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.  You can upload your creation {HERE}, please check out the rest of the DT's blogs to see their samples.  Links are on the FBW blog and my sidebar.

Next week we start a whole month of fun to celebrate Danni's birthday, you won't want to miss out!

Supply List~
Stamps: Natalie Fairy from Paper Makeup Stamps, sentiment from Verve Stamps
Paper: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate cardstock, image was stamped on Copic Xpress Blend It cardstock, Basic Grey Hopscotch
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Other: copics, crystal stickles, Marvy scalloped circle punch, American Crafts ribbon, Prima flower

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #23 - Pink, Green & White!

Good morning!! {sorry in advance for the goofy posting - I copied and pasted some info and I can't get rid of the white background}


I love my card that I am sharing today. I had so much fun putting it together! 


Birthday Sundaes has a color challenge set by me this week - some of my favorite colors :) 


Your birthday cards must be made up of the following colors: pink, green, and white.  {Any shades of pink/green are acceptable! Neutrals can be used, if needed.} Any cards not following the color challenge will be removed.  Don't forget to include birthday wording on your card front! Click {HERE} to enter your birthday card!


We also have a prize this week! Design Team Member Sue is offering a set of Large Oval Scallops Nestabilities. Thank you Sue!

Did you check our Guest Designer Spotlight on Rachelle? Click {HERE} to check it out and check out today's post to see her card and the rest of the design team!

And finally my card!

I based my card on Tracy's sketch challenge this week, so glad I had time to play along!

Supply List~

Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Rose, Verve Big Wish

Paper: Copic Xpress Blend it cardstock, Echo Park Victoria Gardens

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Other: pearls, Fiskars border punch

Wedding Wishes

{Please click here for my PaperCutz Star Spangled Blog Hop post}

Happy Tuesday....back to work today after over a week off. 

Quick post for today sharing a card I made for my co-worker's wedding which was the last Sunday of June.

The wedding colors included purple and green so I wanted my card to reflect that.  I used Papertrey Ink Plum Pudding cardstock for the base and ran it through the D'Vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder and sprayed the heck out of it with Pearl Glimmer Mist.  I am loving the pretty mists now!  The banner underneath the sentiment is from the scrap bin and the Wedding Wishes and border were stamped on Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream cardstock.  The stamps are from the Verve Love Story set.  Pearls are from my stash.

I used Sweet Sunday Sketch 122 for the card layout. 

TFL! 

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #15

Happy Sunday!

Usually I schedule my posts but this time you are getting me live.  I got home a little while ago from a fantastic all day crop at the LSS. I met up with a great bunch of ladies from a yahoo group that I belong too.  I got 8 pages and 1 card done (that you will see on Tuesday!)  And I shopped for lots of new pretties - reinkers to attempt distress coloring on my images, Bo Bunny's Barefoot & Bliss Collection and Echo Park Paper's Country Drive Collection. Hoping to get in some playing time while I am on vacation this week!

Anywho, the reason for this post is it's time for another Birthday Sundaes Challenge! We'd like to see your birthday cards with Stars AND Stripes on them, as well as a birthday greeting/ sentiment/wording on your card front.  Click HERE to enter your creations and to see the rest of the Design Team's take on this challenge.  

I was inspired by this sketch from Eat, Sleep, Stamp for my card. 

I decided to use 3 stars instead of one since there are so many cool patterned stars in the Papertrey Ink's Star Prints stamp set.  The sentiment is from a Verve stamp set.

I think looks like it would be a fun card for a teen girl, still girly but not too cutesy.

Supply List~
Stamps: Star Prints by Papertrey Ink, sentiment from a Verve stamp set
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, misc. orange cardstock, DCWV scraps
Ink: Memento (note - let the images dry before cutting them out lol!)
Other: Recollections star bling, mini pop dots

TFL!

A Color Challenge for PaperCutz!

TGIF!!

Today's challenge at PaperCutz is a fun one!  We'd like to see a card, layout or project using the colors Pink, Orange, and White ONLY, a small amount of black may be used. Click HERE to join in the fun and to check out the rest of the team's samples!

It took me forever to pick paper to use for this card LOL!  I finally decided to use KI Memories Paisley Parade when I found THIS sketch over at The Sweet Stop Sketches.

And here is my take! I used my Verve Blue Skies stamp set for the first time.  I love how everything just pops on this card - the quote panel & butterfly with pop dots and the layers pop with the black. 

Supply List-
Stamps: Blue Skies by Verve Stamps
Paper: KI Memories Paisley Parade, CTMH black cardstock
Ink: Memento
Other: Smooch (on the butterfly), Stampin Up Ticket Punch, Basic Grey Bling It rhinestones, pop dots

TFL!

For the Birthday Girl - Birthday Sundaes #14

Happy Sunday!

Today's Birthday Sundaes Challenge is a super fun one AND it's sponsored!! 

You can have a chance at winning the 'Just Because' Cards Cricut cartridge from our DT Member Michelle if you play along with us this week! Click HERE to play along and check out all of the cute DT samples!

This is my first attempt at a shaped card - granted the Cricut makes it easy but I was still leery of putting it together lol! I goofed just a teensy bit on the layering but I think I did a good job still. I had SOOO much fun using the Cuttlebug too! 

The ice cream cone and layers were cut from the Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge. There are so many fun cuts on this cartridge that I still need to try out! 

Supply List

• Papertrey Ink cardstock - Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet
• Fancy Pant - It's the Little Things designer paper
• Birthday Bash Verve stamp set for the sentiment
• Timber Brown Staz On ink
• D'vine Swirl Cuttlebug folder
• Sizzix 'plaid' embossing folder (I am not sure of it's real name!)
• Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge - I don't remember what size I cut the cone at. It's saved on my Gypsy if anyone is interested in knowing. Just leave me a comment!

Flutter By Wednesdays #156 - Clean & Simple

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is to create a Clean & Simple Card, don't forget your butterfly, fairy or angel! Click HERE to link up your creation.

I had fun putting this card together to share with you all.

Hopefully it still looks like a CAS card...I couldn't stay away from the patterned paper LOL!  I used my Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe for the first time along with some trim that I got when I went to Hobby Lobby on Saturday.  The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiment is from the Verve Kind Wishes stamp set.

I used this week's FTL sketch.

Be sure to check out my teammates who I am sure will rock this challenge! Links are on my left sidebar and on the FBW page.

Pearls & Lace for Birthday Sundaes!

Good morning!

It's time for another Birthday Sundaes challenge! We'd like to see you create a birthday card using Pearls & Lace. I went with a scrappy approach on my card and I like how it came out!   

I came across a package of Basic Grey Origins tags and I found my Staz On ink to stamp the sentiment. That was my first time stamping on canvas, it was fun to add to the tag a bit.  I found this lace in my stash, haven't a clue where it came from!  I wasn't sure what I was going to do with this challenge as I had some lace but um...seemed to have lost it lol.  Don't worry though, I was in New York yesterday meeting a friend (fellow DT member Sue!) and we went shopping at Hobby Lobby where all ribbons & trims were 50% off so now I'm all set with lace in quite a few colors!

If you'd like to play along with us and be inspired by the Design Team, please click HERE. 

Have a wonderful day!

P.S. In case anyone is wondering, yes I still am participating in LOAD - just haven't had the time to upload my layouts here. I will be posting them soon though!

Birthday Sundaes #9 - Circles!

Good morning! I hope you are having a nice weekend.  I spent yesterday crafting with friends and made 5 cards using mostly my Copics and played a bit with the prisma pencils and gamsol. I had to make an emergency run to the LSS for a copic refill - my poor people started looking awfully pale as one of my markers ran dry. Good thing they were open late! I also did a little shopping, he he he.  Copics were on sale and they had lots of new 6x6 paper pads, including new Basic Grey! Woohoo!

Today's Birthday Sundaes challenge is a fun one! You need to use at least 3 circles on your birthday card (along with a birthday sentiment/wording on your card front). If you play along with you, you can win this fantastic set from this weeks's sponsor, My Pink Stamper!

And here's my take!

Everything except the sentiment is from my 'Amber' container.  All bits and pieces from the Basic Grey Max & Whiskers collection (except the lil bone). The sentiment is from the Verve Birthday Bash stamp set. 

I hope you will play along with us this week, please click HERE to enter your card and check out the fabulous circle samples from the Design Team!

Have a great day!

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #8

This week we have a recipe challenge for you at Birthday Sundaes! We'd like you to create a birthday card using 3 different embellishments & 2 patterned papers.

I started off using THIS SKETCH from Sweet Sunday Sketch but I took a wrong turn somewhere and had to make some changes lol. Lesson for today is to measure all the pieces first instead of gluing down each piece as you go!

If you'd like to play along, please click HERE!

Products Used:
Bird stamp from Memory Box
Sentiment from Verve
Basic Grey Marjolaine papers, ribbon doilie & button
PTI Kraft paper
Misc. bling from my stash
SU Corner Rounder

TFL!

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #5

Good morning! 

Quick post since I've got a lot to do today! 

Birthday Sundaes Challenge this week is an easy one - Anything Goes Birthday Card. Just remember to include birthday wording somewhere on your card. You can see all the DT samples and enter your card HERE. 

My card for this week uses Stamping Bella's Cecily Cinnamonsticks. This was the first time she saw ink and I've had her for *years*. I'm having fun rediscovering my old stuff mixing it with my new stuff. 

I used Verve's Viva La Verve March sketch #5 for the layout.

Products Used:
Stamping Bella Cecily Cinnamonsticks
Basic Grey Hopscotch 6x6 pad & Bloomer
PTI cardstock
copics
EK Success border punch
Verve Stamps sentiment

TFL!

Birthday Sundaes #3 - Anything Goes Birthday and a sponsor!

Good morning!

Today's Birthday Sundaes is a special one to me as I have my first sponsored challenge!  Today's challenge is Anything Goes Birthday (including birthday wording/sentiment!) and the sponsor is:

Designed2Delight's owner, Faith, generously supplied the design team with images to work with and 2 awesome prizes for the participants. Please check out the Birthday Sundaes post for all the details.

For my card, I used the Mice Wishes digital image. It's so cute AND versatile! I did have a girly card in mind and then came across these papers in my scraps and my card took off from there! I really love how it turned out! I've seen several card makers layering their dp and cardstock lately so I decided to give it a try, it really makes each dp stand out which I like! 

To play along please click HERE and to see more wonderful samples, please visit my design team. Links are on the left sidebar!