Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!! Here we are at the last day of October! I can't believe how fast the time has gone! Since we live in a rural area, I don't think we will be seeing any trick-or-treaters. My husband bought a bag of mini candy bars "just in case". Yeah, right! Lol!! He just wants to eat them himself! I might sneak one in, too. Nick has an early soccer practice for those that want to go trick-or-treating, but I think we will come home and enjoy the football game. And tomorrow we sleep in because there is no school! Yea!!

Today's card was inspired by a few that I saw while blurfing. I used the Batty for You set one last time. I really liked the way this one turned out! Thanks for stopping by and have a fun and safe Halloween!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Batty for You, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink- Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Basic Black; Accessories- Basic Black taffeta ribbon, postage stamp punch, black brad, scallop edge border punch, Spider Web embossing folder, dimensionals

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Good Sunday morning, Friends! We woke up to another cold morning! There is heavy frost everywhere and we decided to fire up the wood stove to help take the chill off in the house. Brrrr!! Yesterday's soccer game did not turn out the way we would have liked. And it ended up being really cold there, too! We thought that it would be warmer than it was so I only brought a jacket. Ha! Thankfully we had two blankets that I could wrap up in to help. But when we got home we had chili waiting for us to eat - yum!! Today will be a day of watching football! I love football Sundays!

Today's card was inspired by Mary Jo's lunchtime sketch. I thought this sketch was really cool! I love the three strips of paper that are flagged at the ends. Lots of possibilities for this one! This card would definitely make a great Christmas card to mass produce! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Come to Bethlehem; Paper- Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mocha Morning designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- Early Espresso narrow taffeta ribbon, rhinestones, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

A La Card Monkey Challenge Guest Designer

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a fantastic start! It is definitely much colder around here! I think it should be a little warmer today, though. Nick has a soccer game later today and I do hope it warms up for that!!

I am excited to announce that I have been asked to be a guest designer at A La Card Monkey weekly challenge blog! Here is the super fun sketch they have for us!
 

So many fun ideas to use with these shapes! I used an idea that I got from my friend, Becky and combined it with this sketch. Take a look!
 

A cute and fun Halloween card! My card base is Basic Black with another piece of Basic Black that was cut down to which I glued my squares to. Then I punched squares using the 1 1/4" square punch - three of Rich Razzleberry, three of Pear Pizzazz, and three of Peach Parfait. Then I used the 1" circle punch to punch circles - two of Rich Razzleberry, two of Pear Pizzazz and two of Peach Parfait. Then I stamped the three images from the Batty For You set in black StazOn on Whisper White and punched out just the images using the 1" circle punch. The image circles are popped up onto the squares while the rest of the circles are glued flat. The squares are glued flat to the Basic Black piece and then to the card. I took a strip of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Grateful Greetings and flagged the ends. This is popped upon to the card and then I added two rhinestones at each end. 

I hope you will take a look at the rest of the creative ideas at A La Card Monkey to get more inspiration! Then make your own project and upload it to their site. I look forward to seeing what you will do with this great sketch! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Batty for You, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- 1 1/4" square punch, 1" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Are you glad it's Friday? Well, here is another reason to get excited about Friday - it's Sketch Frenzy Friday time! This week's sketch is brought to us by Tammy Fite. Take a look:
 

And here is what I did with the sketch:
 

Great sketch, huh!! So many wonderful possibilities but I really wanted to try out this bat from a piece of ribbon. Isn't he cute?! I just love how it turned out! And it was so simple! I had seen a few people make this little bat from ribbon and thought it was the cutest idea! I just took a piece of Basic Black ribbon and tied a knot in the middle and clipped the ends. Then I used the 1/4" circle punch to punch out two circles from Whisper White and I used my crop-a-dile to punch the smaller circles from Basic Black. I glued them together and then used glue dots to glue them to the bat. My card base is Basic Black with a layer of Pear Pizzazz and then three strips of Basic Black. Then I cut three squares of Peach Parfait (two smaller and one slightly bigger) and stamped the bats from Wicked Cool in Peach Parfait on the two smaller ones. The middle square is sponged with Peach Parfait and matted with a square of Basic Black. The two smaller squares are glued flat to the card and the middle, bigger square is popped up. I glue dotted my bat to the middle square and then stamped the greeting in black StazOn right underneath. Very simple!

Click "here" to go to Jennifer's blog to see what she did with this sketch. Be sure to continue through the tour to get inspired and then create your own project using the sketch. Be sure to upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see what you did! We just love to see what you all come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz; Ink- Peach Parfait, black StazOn; Accessories- Basic Black satin ribbon, 1/4" circle, crop-a-dile, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! How's your week going so far? I hope you are ready for a super great color challenge from the wonderful ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! Take a look!
 

I love these colors together - Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, and Rich Razzleberry! And I knew pretty quickly that I wanted to use them for a wintry Christmas card. Here is what I came up with:
 

This card is so super simple that I almost feel guilty - lol! My card base is textured Rich Razzleberry. I ran a piece of Island Indigo through the Big Shot with the Snowflakes embossing folder and lightly sponged Whisper White craft ink over it to highlight the snowflakes. This piece is glued to a piece of Baja Breeze and then that panel is popped up onto the card base. Then I took a strip of silver glimmer paper (LOVE this stuff) and ran it through the Big Shot with the Northern Frost decorative strip die and cut a strip of snowflakes. I used two of them - the top snowflake has a glimmer brad and is popped up onto the second snowflake which is glued to the card. The greeting, from Four the Holidays, is stamped in Island Indigo onto a Baja Breeze strip. I flagged the end and glued it to the card. Easy!!

So I hope that you are inspired to play along with the rest of the team at Create with Connie and Mary! We always love to see what you do! Have fun with these colors! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays; Paper- Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Silver glimmer paper; Ink- Island Indigo, Whisper White craft; Accessories- Snowflakes embossing folder, Northern Frost decorative strip, glimmer brad, sponge, dimensionals

Mocha Morning Christmas Tree

Good morning, Friends! It feels like winter has moved in! Actually it is just raining around here but the mountains are getting snow! It would be really easy to stay in bed and snuggle under the covers! Thankfully we can do that tomorrow! Nick has his first dance tonight! I was a little surprised that he wanted to go but I am glad, too. It will be fun to see how it goes for him.

Today's card is another that we did in Becky's card class this month. She said she got the idea from the PaperCrafts magazine. Well, this is my kind of card! I fell in love with this one! Instead of the traditional green tree, I used some of the beautiful Morning Mocha designer paper. I chose one of the pieces that has the gold/copper sheen to it. So rich and regal looking!! Could this be my Christmas card this year? Might be!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Grateful Greetings; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Morning Mocha designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- small heart punch, Perfect Pennants die, piercer, basic pearls, dimensionals

Mocha Morning Hello

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week got off to a great start! Nick enjoyed his day of school yesterday. He enjoyed his new elective (the other elective is p.e. and he always enjoys that one)! In the other class (tech ed), he gets to use a bunch of power tools! And he is really looking forward to that! 

Today's card is another copy of what Becky did in her card class this month. Like I said yesterday, I really wanted to use this new designer paper and just needed that "push" to get me started. Her card class cards were perfect for that! Another very simple one but I really like how it turned out! This Mocha Morning designer paper is gorgeous! And it has so many of my favorite colors in it!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- My Friend; paper- Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Mocha Morning designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon, scallop edge border punch

A Mocha Morning Anniversary

Good morning, Friends! I can't believe we are starting another week! And the last full week of October! It has really gone by quickly! Nick starts a new quarter at school today with a new elective that he is excited about. Thankfully, it is a short week! I didn't sleep well last night so I am already looking forward to Thursday when I can sleep in - lol! Just another week of routine practices and homework. 

Today's card was copied from one of the cards that we did in card class this month. I just changed it up to use Stampin' Up! products. I had just gotten the Mocha Morning designer paper and was dieing to use it somehow. But I was too afraid to cut into it. I mean it is SO pretty! So I used this card to help get me started and I made several cards with this paper! This is a super simple card and I thought it made a pretty anniversary card (or birthday or whatever occasion). Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- A Word for You; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Mocha Morning designer paper; Ink- Black StazOn; Accessories- black brad, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

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Good Sunday morning, Friends! I hope you all are having a super weekend! We are having some super fall days around here! Yesterday's soccer game was stinky! Well, the boys played pretty good but the team that scores the most goals wins and we didn't win and that's the part that was stinky. It's just frustrating when they play so well but can't win. Oh well. There is always next weekend. Last night some of the boys from his baseball team went to a haunted house. So we took him to meet them and Pat ended up going in with them (some other parents went in, too). I stayed in the car! I am not into haunted houses. I did one once a long time ago and it still haunts me! So this morning, Nick has early baseball practice and then we are going to see if Tim Tebow can carry the Broncos to a win! 

Today's card started from Karen Giron's sketch. The sketch was from last week. I just couldn't make the three little flags work for this card so I just left them off and altered the sketch. I think it turned out all right in the end. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- House of Haunts; Paper- Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon, Spider Web embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope you are having a super start to the weekend! Nick enjoyed his day off from school. It seemed so unnatural to have him home and Pat was out working. I kind of forgot what day it was! I wanted to sleep in this morning but couldn't. A migraine is upon me and I am trying to nip it before the soccer game a little later today. Ugh! And I wanted to stamp some, too! Yesterday I was on a roll but had to stop to go to the grocery store. Maybe today I will try to keep the mojo going. But there is college football on... We will see!!

Today's card is one that I did for Mary Jo's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. Becky had loaned me this set, Batty For You, and I wanted to try to use it before giving it back. I think Mary Jo's sketch called out for me to use this set! Mary Jo's sketch has an extra layer than mine but I just could make another layer work. And I don't have any designer paper for Halloween. I know - shame on me! This card also works for the LNS 1-2-3 challenge. That is such a super fun challenge! Even if you aren't a part of LNS you should try this challenge out (1 stamp set, 2 embellishments, 3 colors). Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Batty For You; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink- Lucky Limeade, Basic Black; Accessories- Basic Black taffeta ribbon, Spider Web embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, glimmer brad, 1 3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, dimensionals 

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Good Friday morning everyone! So glad it's finally Friday!! Nick doesn't have school today so I will be sleeping in!! Ahhh!! Time for another great sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Tammy Baldwin. Take a look!
 

And here is what I came up with!
 

Because the sketch had stars on it, I wanted to use stars so badly! But I just couldn't make it work. So I moved on to something else. Don't know if I am completely happy with this but it's not horrible. I used the Delightful Decorations and the Grateful Greetings stamp sets. I stamped the ornament in More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive on Very Vanilla card stock. I punched out the ornaments with the coordinating punch. Each ornament has a gold brad and the Cherry Cobbler ornament as Very Vanilla taffeta wrapped around it. The card base is Old Olive with a strip of Cherry Cobbler. Then I cut a square piece of More Mustard and stamped the sparkle stamp in More Mustard and then sponged the edges. Then I took the piece and sent it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. This piece gets glued to the card. On the card base in the lower right hand corner I stamped the greeting in Old Olive. The More Mustard and the Old Olive ornaments are glued flat and the Cherry Cobbler ornament is popped up. 

Please be sure to continue through this blog tour by clicking 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog to see how she used this sketch. I do hope you will play along with us this week. Be sure to upload your project to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so we can all take a look! We always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Very Vanilla; Ink- More Mustard, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Very Vanilla narrow taffeta ribbon, gold brads, ornament punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! It's time for another challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are challenge us with a sketch. Check it out!
 

And here is what I came up with:
 

As you can see, I flipped the sketch. I wanted to use this tree image from the Christmas Lodge stamp set. But it is so tall so I flipped my card the other direction. I also wanted to try a different sort of technique. I took the tree image and stamped it in VersaMark onto Whisper White card stock and then embossed it with clear emboss powder. Then I took a sponge and some Garden Green ink and sponged around it to highlight the tree. Then I took a tissue and rubbed the ink from the embossed image. I believe that they call this technique emboss resist. Like I said, it's different! I had also seen a challenge to create a Christmas card with the traditional red and green colors. So I completed the sketch with some designer paper from the Frostwood collection, some Garden Green card stock (to mat the tree image and also scalloped with the scallop edge border punch), and then some Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon. My sentiment comes from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set and is layered on top of the tree panel. The tree panel is popped up on the card. I also have another layer of Whisper White that is glued to the Whisper White card base (so you don't see the back side of the ribbon).

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers did with this sketch. Then create your own project and upload it so that we can all take a look, too! I always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Christmas Lodge, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Garden Green, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Garden Green, VersaMark; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, scallop edge border punch, clear emboss powder, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Another week is flying by! I can't believe that it is almost Wednesday! This week ends the first quarter of the school year and so we have had a little "down" time with the studies (once he decided to finish up all of his projects). And no school on Friday! Yes, I am looking forward to that, too - lol! 

For today's card, I decided to try a sketch at A La Card Monkey. They have some fun sketches and challenges but I just never seem to get around to playing along. So I thought now is a good time! The sketch is nice and simple with a Halloween theme. Perfect - since I am trying to make as many cards as I can with this borrowed set! I also tried to incorporate the LNS 1-2-3 challenge (1 stamp set, 2 embellishments - 2 rhinestones, and 3 colors). Hope you are inspired, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- House of Haunts; Paper- Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black; Ink- Basic Black, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Spider Web embossing folder, basic rhinestones, ovals die, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has gotten off to a great start! I feel exhausted already! I was able to get some stamping time in yesterday and actually made some cards! We will see if that works again today...

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. And I just realized that it is too late to enter my card. Oh well. It was still a fun sketch! My friend, Becky, loaned me this stamp set. I have always liked it but never seemed to put it on my order. It is nice to have another Halloween set to play with. So what do you do when a friend loans you a stamp? You make a ton of cards with it!! And that's what I did. So there will be lots more to see! Another fun thing about this card is that it fits the Late Night Stampers 1-2-3 challenge. That means we are supposed to use 1 stamp set, 2 embellishments and 3 colors (neutrals don't count unless it is one of your main color choices). A super fun challenge! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- House of Haunts; Paper- Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Basic Gray; Ink- Basic Black, Cajun Craze; Accessories- Basic Black taffeta ribbon, extra large oval punch, scallop edge border punch, glimmer brad, Stripes embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals

Flirty Birthday

Good morning, Friends! It's Monday once again! It's a short week for Nick this week. They have Friday off and it is the first short week since Labor Day. I think I look forward to the weekends as much as Nick - lol! I didn't sleep so well last night so I am really tired, too! But this week the quarter will end. I can't believe it has gone that fast!

Today's card is one that I made a while ago. I know that I got my inspiration somewhere but can't remember right now. Could have been a combination of things, too. It's pretty simple! Lots of patterned paper and then the strip that I embossed with clear emboss powder. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bring on the Cake, Delicate Doilies; Paper- Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Melon Mambo, VersaMark; Accessories- Whisper White satin ribbon, clear emboss powder, 1 3/4" circle punch, basic rhinestones, corner rounder, dimensionals

Christmas Lodge Scored

Good Sunday morning, Friends! I hope you are having a super weekend! I had a great day spending time with some girlfriends I hadn't seen in quite a while! It was fun to catch up on all the happenings and we ate a TON of food! Man, can these ladies cook! I really don't need to eat for a week! And then Nick's soccer team had an impromptu soccer scrimmage against the parents and a barbecue afterwards. I wasn't there to see the game but I guess it was a total blast! Today is nothing but football! Well, and Nick has a birthday party to go to...

Today's card is the last of the cards we did at my last workshop. I really like the way this one turned out and I keep thinking this would be a fun card to make as my family Christmas card. It's something different but still pretty simple. I followed a tutorial by Julie Davison which you can find 'here'. I also tried something different by using my Simply Scored tool to score some lines on my card stock before stamping. Nothing fancy but it does give it a different look. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Christmas Lodge; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon, Simply Scored tool, sponge, dimensionals

Shaker Card Club

Good morning, Friends! What a glorious day! It's the weekend! We were able to sleep in a little and I will be getting together with some girlfriends that I haven't seen in quite a while! It will be a great afternoon! Nick got his project done last night and I am so proud of him! With the quarter coming to an end, it is crunch time! He has one other project that we will be looking at this weekend but he is working hard!

Today's card is another that I did for my workshop on Monday. It's a shaker card!! I had bought the shaker frames and mica flakes from the Holiday mini catalog when it first came out but hadn't used them yet. The card turned out to be pretty easy! I started with a card base of Whisper White and added a piece of Pool Party. Then I cut a 3" square piece of Pool Party and embossed snowflakes from the Serene Snowflakes set in White emboss powder. Then I took the largest shaker frame and peeled it off the backing and put it on the 3" square piece to frame the snowflake I wanted. Then I cut the excess card stock away from the frame (basically, I cut right around the frame). Then I carefully added a bit of the mica flakes (don't need much). This is set aside for a minute while I worked on the top part of my card. I took a piece of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Four the Holidays in Pool Party on the left hand side. I glued the Pool Party designer paper right under it and then took my 1 3/4" circle punch and punched a circle that was close to my greeting. Then I took my ribbon and wrapped it through the circle and tied a knot. I took my window sheet (I cut mine in a 3" square to make sure it was big enough) and glued it behind the Whisper White piece. Before I put my top piece down, I had to add dimensionals to each corner. The problem was that the dimensionals weren't thick enough so I layered them - two on top of each other. Then I carefully removed the backing of the shaker frame to make it sticky on top and laid my top piece right over it. And that's how I got my shaker card! I think the gals really liked this one! Very fun! I hope this will help you in making some shaker cards. There are many other ways to do this, too. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Snowflakes, Four the Holidays; Paper- Whisper White, Pool Party, In Color designer paper stack, Window Sheets; Ink- Pool Party, VersaMark; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, white emboss powder, 1 3/4" circle punch, mica flakes, shaker frames, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning everyone! Are you glad it is Friday? I am ready for the weekend! No special plans but it will be nice to relax! Today's sketch challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team is brought to us by Sharon Wheet. Check it out!

And here is what I did with it:
 

A simple sketch is just what I needed for this week! And I do like how this turned out. This would make a great card to mass produce for all those family and friends for Christmas! I started with a Garden Green textured card base and then added a piece of patterned paper from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper. The focal point is the greeting stamp from Christmas Lodge stamped using the Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler markers on Whisper White card stock. Then I took a piece of Cherry Cobbler and ran it through the Big Shot with the Top Note die and cut it down. These pieces are glued to the back of the greeting panel and then the whole panel is popped up on the card. The final touch is a snowflake that was cut from Marina Mist card stock with the Northern Frost decorative strip. This is glued to the main panel and a rhinestone is added.

Now it is time for you to move on to Jennifer's blog to see what she did with this sketch. Click 'here' to go to her blog. Keep clicking through the tour to get inspired from the design team! Then be sure to create your own project and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see! I hope you will find time to play along with us this week!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Christmas Lodge; Paper- Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Top Note die, Northern Frost  decorative strip, basic rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! I can't believe that it is time for another great challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! Boy! The week just flew by! This week Connie and Mary are challenging us with color! Bravo Burgundy, River Rock and Baja Breeze are the challenge colors!

And here is my creation!
 

The colors are really lovely but were a little more difficult for me to work with. I used a sketch from CPS. I really liked that the sketch was very simple. I started with a card base of River Rock and then added a piece of Bravo Burgundy. Then I added a piece of textured River Rock with a piece of Baja Breeze narrow taffeta ribbon tied around it. To create the arch of pearls, I punched a scrap piece of paper with the 2 1/2" circle punch and laid it on the card. I traced lightly with a pencil where I wanted the pearls to go. Then I put the pearls on. I ran a piece of River Rock through the Big Shot using the Designer Frames embossing folder. I cut around it and sponged the edges with River Rock. I cut another piece of river Rock to fit inside the frame and stamped a greeting from Friendly Phrases in Bravo Burgundy and sponged around the edges with River Rock. Before gluing it inside the frame I added a piece of Baja Breeze that is just 1/16" bigger. The frame is popped up onto the card. Oh, don't forget to erase those light pencil marks!

I encourage you to visit the Create with Connie and Mary site to get more inspiration! Then create your own project and upload it to the site so that we can all take a look! I do hope that you will play along with us this week! Have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Friendly Phrases; Paper- River Rock, Bravo Burgundy, Baja Breeze; Ink- Bravo Burgundy, River Rock; Accessories- Baja Breeze narrow taffeta ribbon, Designer Frames embossing folder, basic pearls, sponge, dimensionals

Autumn Splendor Club

Good morning everyone! I hope your week is going wonderfully! It seems to be going really fast at the moment! In fact, the first quarter of the school year will be over next week! Yikes! Where did that all go? Nick has a couple of big projects that will need to be finished up by then. Makes me go into panic mode but he seems to have it under control. Well, we will see! Might mean he doesn't get much time with friends this weekend...

Today's card is another one that we did for my workshop on Monday. I used Mary Jo's sketch to help me with this one. I wanted to do a fall/Thanksgiving card and this is the result! The gals seemed to like it! Pretty easy card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Splendor, Grateful Greetings; Paper- More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Confetti Cream; Ink- Cajun Craze, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso; Accessories- antique brads, dimensionals 

Spooky Owl

Good morning, Friends! I guess it has been a couple of days since my last post. Yikes! Where does the time go? I did have a couple of cards I could have posted, too. Not my favorites but I could have posted them. Oh well! I will try to get them up another time. So we ended up not having a soccer game Saturday afternoon as the other team felt that they couldn't travel over the mountains. It's hard to tell. I know it snowed but other teams made it here and I know of teams that went from here to there... Who knows? So we will be rescheduling. Means we have to keep weekends that were open to do other things, open for a possible soccer game. And the weather is changing! It will be warming up nicely again by the end of this week but it has been pretty chilly in the mornings!! I do hope that fall sticks around a little while longer. 

Today's card is not a new idea but this is the first time that I have tried it. Last night I met with some really FUN ladies for a sort of stamp class/mystery hostess party. We made four cards and this was one of them. This one is really simple but is so darn cute! I just love the silhouette! My husband and son even liked it! Thanks for stopping in for a look and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Gray, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Spider Web embossing folder, Owl builder punch, Bird builder punch, 3" circle die, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, basic rhinestones, sponge, dimensionals

Summer Solstice in Fall

Good morning, Friends! Geesh! I cannot believe how cold it has been these last two mornings! Cold enough to produce a hard frost in the mornings! And there is a good amount of snow on our nearby mountains! We have the heater going this morning. Nick is supposed to have a soccer game this afternoon. I do hope the other team can travel over the mountains. They play this afternoon and it is supposed to warm up a little. Good thing they run around a lot so they can keep warm! I will be bundled up!! So nice to have a weekend at home! I don't have plans to get a lot done but it is just nice to be at home!

Today's card is one that I did for a recent swap I was in. I took my colors from a card I saw in the catalog. I do like how it turned out. The Crumb Cake oval inside the frame is stamped with the Fine Flourish background stamp and sponged (hard to see it in the picture). Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Solstice, Fine Flourish; Paper- Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, So Saffron, Pool Party, Confetti Cream; Ink- Peach Parfait, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, Stripes embossing folder, mini brads, designer frames embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, extra large oval punch, sponge, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning!! Time for another great sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Robbie Rubala. Take a look!

And here is what I came up with:

My card base is Whisper White. I cut a smaller piece of Island Indigo and ran it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and rounded opposite corners. On top of this piece I added three rectangles - the two outer ones are smaller and are glued flat to the Indigo piece. The third rectangle is cut a little bigger and has the greeting stamped on it using the Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade markers. I also added a gold brad to the middle of the flower and popped it up on the Indigo. I added two gold brads to the bottom right hand corner and popped this up on the card base. The last thing I did was to stamp the balloon and basket in Island Indigo and the banner in Daffodil Delight twice each on Whisper White card stock. I cut all these out and put them together before popping them up in the corners of the card.

Click 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog and see what she did with this sketch. Keep moving through the tour to get inspired. Then I hope that you will play along with us this week and make your version of this sketch! Please upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all take a look! We always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Up, Up & Away, Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo; Ink- Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, corner rounder, gold brads, dimensionals

CCMC 170

Good morning, Friends! Another week is flying by! Here it is Thursday, once again, and time for another super great challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week's challenge is a sketch is a sketch challenge. Take a look:

It is a square card - something that I don't do a lot of. But it is a challenge so I made a square card. My square card is 5 1/4". And I had Halloween on the brain so here is what I came up with:

Cute, huh!! This is the only Halloween set I have so it gets used a lot. I started with a card base of Basic Black. Then I cut down a smaller piece of Lucky Limeade and then a slightly smaller piece of Basic Black that went through the Big Shot with the Spider Web embossing folder. Before adhering it to the Lucky Limeade piece, I sponged some Whisper White craft ink to highlight the web. I love the look of that! The Lucky Limeade and the Basic Black are glued to the card base. Then I took a strip of Pumpkin Pie and a strip of Lucky Limeade that was punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and glued those together. I wrapped a piece of Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon around it and knotted it. This is glued to the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Wicked Cool on a scrap of Whisper White and punched it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. I carefully tucked it under the Pumpkin Pie strip. Then I stamped the hat from the same set and cut it out. It is popped up on a Lucky Limeade 1 3/8" punched circle. Then I took my itty bitty shapes punch pack and punched a Pumpkin Pie flower and added it to the hat with a rhinestone. Done! I do like the way it turned out! Fun! 

I do hope that you will check out the rest of the design team's submissions for this great sketch! You will find them at the Create with Connie and Mary website. I also hope that I will be seeing your creation posted on their website! I always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Whisper White craft; Accessories- Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon, Spider Web embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, dotted ribbon scallop punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals

Crumb Cake Snowy Lodge

Good morning, Friends! I can't believe that it is already Wednesday! Wow!! It was really cold and rainy for the boys at soccer practice last night and it will be again tonight! The wind is also blowing and the leaves a really flying around here! I hope they all don't blow off! They are so pretty right now! The repair man came for the oven but it still isn't fixed. Apparently, we need a new clock. I just think it is so bizarre how things are made anymore. It's the bottom heating element that doesn't work and yet we need to replace the clock. And of course it is going to be more expensive! Ugh! Hopefully it will get done this week. At least he fixed my husband's "boo-boo" (lol).

Today's card is one that I did for a swap that I participated in last month. I really do like the way this one turned out and thought that this would be my Christmas card for this year. We will see... Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Christmas Lodge; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; Ink- Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Early Espresso quilted satin ribbon, ticket corner punch, white gel pen, sponge, dimensionals

Merry Pennant Trees

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is starting off super! Monday is out of the way so it is time to really get things done, right? Lol!! I did do some laundry yesterday so that helped clean up a little bit of my house. The repair man comes today to hopefully fix our oven so that I can cook dinner tonight. Last night we used the grill. Yea, my husband thought he could fix it. Well, he tried to pull the heating element out of the oven and it made a horrible noise (like someone getting the shock of their life)! So it is unplugged until the repair man comes. It is amazing how much I want to use my stove when I don't have it!

Today's card is one that started off coming from a sketch that I found in my magazine - Card Ideas for Paper Crafters. I really love this magazine! So many great sketches! Anyway, I strayed away from the sketch and ended up doing my own thing. And I think it turned out pretty cute! A pretty simple Christmas card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Garden Green, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Pennant builder punch, word window punch, basic rhinestones, dimensionals

Spicy Leaves

Good morning, Friends! Well, here we are at the start of another month! The days are getting shorter and the temperatures are starting to cool off. In fact, in the mountains it was down right cold! The coaches have to move their practice times earlier so that they will have enough daylight. And it sure is a beautiful time of year! 

Today's card was inspired by a sketch in the magazine that I purchased (I promise to get the name of it to you all). I may have to start looking for another one as I think I have about used this one up - lol! This is just a simple card. Thanks for looking and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Splendor, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- River Rock, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon, neutrals buttons, linen thread, 2 1/2" circle punch, Perfect Pennants die, sponge, dimensionals

Free Form Happy Day

Good morning, Friends! Another early morning for us as we have to get to the soccer fields for our last game. Yesterday didn't go like we would have liked. We lost our first game and won our second. The boys just don't seem to have "it" together. Not sure why. Hopefully they will end on a better note today. But we will get home a little sooner and that will be nice. It has been an awesome weekend regardless!

Today's card was inspired by another layout in the magazine that I purchased. I will get the name of it to you when I get back home. This one was a little more out my box! But I do like the way it turned out! The free-form shape is not something that I would normally do but it does look kind of cool! And the card turned out to be really simple! Just a punched out shape and a big button! Thanks for stopping by and have a super Sunday!!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Friendly Phrases; Paper- More Mustard, Soft Suede, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, Pool Party; Accessories- Houndstooth embossing folder, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, designer buttons, natural hemp twine, sponges, dimensionals

Doily Thanks

Good morning everyone! I hope your weekend is getting off to a fabulous start! We just had breakfast and now we are getting ready to go to the first soccer game. We are in Edwards and will drive to Avon for the games. And boy! It is so pretty out here! The trees are so brilliant in the mountains! And our hotel has spectacular views! It is going to be an awesome weekend!

Today's card is one that was inspired by a sketch from that magazine! I hope you are not tired of me saying that, but that is where it came from. Some of the sketches really pulled me out of my "box" but I do like the way they turned out! I hope you enjoy them, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- antique brads, postage stamp punch, dimensionals