SFF 092713

Good morning, Friends! Woohoo! Another Friday! I am off to visit my very good friend, Sherry! We are going to have a LOT of fun sewing this weekend! I'm hoping to get a nice cozy quilt sewed up! Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for you all to try this week! I do hope you will play along with us! This week's sketch was created by Robbie Rubula. Take a look!

It's a pretty clean and simple sketch! Love it! Here's what I created!

I made a pretty simple Halloween card. Summer Starfruit can be a scary color for some people. I happen to love it but what a better time to get out that "scary" color and use it for Halloween projects!! Lol!! Here are the details:

• Card base is Summer Starfruit
• Layer of Summer Starfruit that has the top corner torn then sponge layer with Summer Starfruit ink
• Stamp lines image from Gorgeous Grunge in Summer Starfruit
• Adhere a piece of Witch's Brew designer paper behind the torn corner and then adhere panel to card
• Use the Apothecary Accents framelits to cut the shape from Basic Black card stock
• On a piece of Witch's Brew designer paper, stamp the greeting from Halloween Hello in black StazOn and then adhere piece to Basic Black die cut shape
• Add two mini brads to the ends of the die cut shape and then pop up onto card
• Stamp bat in black StazOn onto Very Vanilla, cut out and pop up onto card

Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see what the other designers did with this sketch! I hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you do with our sketches! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Halloween Hello, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Witch's Brew designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Summer Starfruit; Accessories- Apothecary Accents framelits, mini brads, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC 270

Good morning, Friends! I am here with this week's Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we have a beautiful color challenge! Take a look!

Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay and Cajun Craze. Bright and bold! Love it!! Here's my creation.

I am definitely seeing the beautiful colors in the mountains and went fall with these colors. It was tricky to figure out where to put the Bermuda Bay but I snuck it in there - lol! Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Stamp splatters using the Gorgeous Grunge set and Cajun Craze ink
• Cut circle from Cajun Craze using the 3" circle die then run through Big Shot with Woodgrain embossing folder and sponge edges with Cajun Craze ink and finally pop up onto card
• Stamp greeting from Four You in Cajun Craze ink onto a strip of Crumb Cake and flag one end
• Adhere a strip of Bermuda Bay card stock behind Crumb Cake strip and adhere to circle
• Cut leaf from Sweater Weather designer paper using the Autumn Accents die
• Add splatters to leaf with the Gorgeous Grunge set and Cajun Craze ink and then sponge with Cajun Craze ink then pop up onto card
• Add three Cajun Craze candy dots to card

Pretty simple! Be sure to see what the other designers did with these colors at the Create with Connie and Mary site! I hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Gorgeous Grunge, Four You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Bermuda Bay, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Cajun Craze; Accessories- Autumn Accents die, Woodgrain embossing folder, 3" circle die, Regals candy dots, sponge, dimensionals

CCMCFALL 13-04

Good morning, Friends! I can't believe this is the last Saturday challenge for the Create with Connie and Mary Fall Edition! I hope that you didn't miss out on all the fun! And I really hope you didn't miss out on all the wonderful and beautiful ideas that were shared! For this last week of the special edition Connie and Mary have provided a sketch challenge for just the designers. So here is the sketch we were provided with:

And here's my card:

I kept it pretty simple and kept the fall theme. Here are the details:

• Card base is Sahara Sand with bottom corners rounded with corner rounder
• Layer of Soft Sky with bottom corners rounded with corner rounder
• On a panel of Whisper White, layer two pieces of Sweater Weather designer paper and stamp greeting from Petite Pairs in Chocolate Chip
• Adhere panel to Soft Sky piece and pop up onto card
• Stamp leaves from Wonderfall onto Whisper White in Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango, cut out and pop up onto card
• Tie some linen thread through a Naturals button and adhere to card

I hope you all have enjoyed the Create with Connie and Mary Fall Collection! Stay tuned for the Holiday Collection! More fun and beautiful creations are in store for you! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Petite Pairs; Paper- Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry; Accessories- linen thread, Naturals designer button, corner rounder, dimensionals

SFF 092013

Good morning and happy Friday! We are leaving for Denver later this morning and meeting up with my parents! We will be seeing a Rockies game and then Nick has two soccer games in the area on Saturday and Sunday. Should be a great weekend! Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch challenge for the week! This week's sketch was created by Patrice Herrera. Take a look!

And my card:

                                           
I love how simple this sketch is! And I kept my card pretty simple, too! Here are the details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• On a layer of Gingham Garden designer paper, adhere two strips of Gingham Garden washi tape then tie a piece of Whisper White taffeta ribbon around this
• Adhere designer paper to a piece of Whisper White card stock and then pop up onto card base
• On a strip of Whisper White, stamp the greeting from Four You in Night of Navy and flag both ends
• Punch an oval from Night of Navy card stock using the extra large oval punch and adhere to greeting then pop up onto card
• Punch a flower from Melon Mambo using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and adhere to card
• Add a rhinestone to flower center

Super simple! And so bright and cheery! I hope you are inspired to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you come up with! Stop by the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see what the other designers did with this sketch. Have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Four You; Paper- Whisper White, Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, Gingham Garden designer paper; Ink- Night of Navy; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, Gingham Garden washi tape, extra large oval punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

CCMC 269

Good morning, Friends! It's time for another Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week it's a sketch challenge! Take a look!

And my card:

I wanted to use stamps that have been neglected as I seem to be using Halloween, Thanksgiving and even Christmas stamps more now. So I pulled out Notable Notions and went simple. Here are the details:

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Layer of Baked Brown Sugar that was run through the Big Shot using the Argyle embossing folder
• A layer of Etcetera designer paper was sponged with Baked Brown Sugar
• Flag a strip of Etcetera designer paper and adhere to sponged piece
• Adhere a strip of Night of Navy card stock that was trimmed at one end then adhere panel to card
• Stamp tag from Notable Notions in Baked Brown Sugar onto Very Vanilla and cut out
• Punch hole in tag and thread some 7/16" Naturals Trim through and tie a piece of linen thread around this then pop tag up onto card
• Use the 1 3/4" scallop circle punch to punch the scallop circle from Pool Party and lightly sponge edges with Baked Brown Sugar
• Use the 1 3/8" circle punch to punch a circle from Calypso Coral and adhere to scallop circle
• Stamp sentiment from Notable Notions in Night of Navy onto Very Vanilla and punch out using the 1 1/4" circle punch then adhere to other circle
• Pop circle element up onto card
• Add a Calypso Coral candy dot to center

Be sure to see what the other designers did with this fun sketch at the Create with Connie and Mary website! I hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Notable Notions; Paper- Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, Pool Party, Etcetera designer paper; Ink- Baked Brown Sugar, Night of Navy; Accessories- Argyle embossing folder, 7/16" Naturals Trim, linen thread, Subtles candy dots, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals

Strawberry Hello

Good morning, Friends! Seems to be an early morning for me as I didn't sleep well last night. Of course, right when I finally start to relax and fall asleep it's time to wake up! Ugh!! I hope that doesn't make me lazy the rest of the day. Got lots of laundry to do and some more mad stamping! 

I had a hard time taking a picture of this card. I didn't realize that it was going to get cloudy and rainy again yesterday but it did! And it did right when I was trying to take some photos - of course. I really liked the way this one turned out! I hope you do, too! Here are the details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• Layer of Whisper White run through the Big Shot with the Chevron embossing folder and then adhered to the card base
• Stamp oval image from Oh, Hello in Smoky Slate onto Smoky Slate and then cut out using the Ovals Collection framelits
• Use the Occasions piercing pack to pierce around the oval and then pop up onto card
• Adhere a strip of Pistachio Pudding card stock to oval
• Stamp greeting in Strawberry Slush onto a strip of Whisper White, flag one end and then adhere to card
• Stamp flower using Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush markers, cut out and pop up onto card
• Add two rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Pistachio Pudding; Accessories- Chevron embossing folder, Ovals Collections framelits, Occasions paper piercing pack, rhinestones, dimensionals

Autumn Circle Flip Card

Good morning, Friends! I have been kind of lazy around here these last few days. I have been busy but not with a lot of stamping. Today I need to try and get back on track with that. I am actually working on Christmas presents! So my fingers have been doing a lot of hand sewing. And I think that I am going to have a good jump on those! I also took a sewing class and that got me distracted, too. So back to stamping today!!

Today's card was one I did for the shoebox club I am in. I wanted to use the new Circle Card Thinlit. These are quite fun!! Stampin' Up! has come out with two different flip card versions. This is the circle one and then there is a label one. Taking a picture of the card is quite interesting! Here is the card closed.

And then opened...

Fun, huh!! The card will fit inside a regular A2 envelope! Love that! And I was able to create an extra panel for more writing on the inside. I simply followed Patty Bennett's video on how to do this. Very simple! Here are the details:

• Use Sahara Sand and the Circle Card Thinlit to create the card base
• Stamp the splatters using the Gorgeous Grunge set and Chocolate Chip ink onto the Sweater Weather designer paper, adhere to a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock and then to the flap of the card
• Adhere a strip of Sweater Weather designer paper to the front panel of the card
• For the circles adhere a circle of Chocolate Chip that was cut with the Circles #2 die
• Stamp the leaf from Wonderfall in Tangerine Tango onto a scallop circle that was cut using the scallop circle die in the Thinlits package and then stamp some splatters from Gorgeous Grunge in Chocolate Chip then adhere to the front circle
• Stamp the same leaf in Tangerine Tango (stamp off once) onto another scallop circle and then stamp the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Chocolate Chip directly over that and adhere to back circle
• Stamp the leaf again onto a scrap of Whisper White in Crushed Curry and add some splatters with the Gorgeous Grunge set and Chocolate Chip ink, cut out and pop up onto card
• Tie some linen thread around a piece of Naturals Trim and add to card

These are so fun to make and I hope that you try one, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Perfectly Penned, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry; Accessories- Circle Card Thinlits dies, Circles #2 die, 7/16" Naturals Trim, linen thread, dimensionals

CCMCFALL 13-03

Good morning, Friends! Today marks the end of another fabulous week of special creations from the Create with Connie and Mary Fall Collection! At the end of each week Connie and Mary post a fun challenge. This week they have come up with a beautiful color challenge. Take a look!

Soft Sky, Crushed Curry and Chocolate Chip. These are colors that are found in the new Sweater Weather designer paper in the Holiday mini catalog. Here's how I put them together.

I was looking to do something other than leaves for this card. And I really love sunflowers! So I set about to try and create a sunflower. Here are the details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• A Chocolate Chip strip was run through the Big Shot using the Tasteful Trim die and then adhered to the back of a piece of Sweater Weather designer paper
• Stamp greeting from Four You in Chocolate Chip
• Pop panel up onto card
• Stamp flower image from Mixed Bunch twice onto Whisper White using Crushed Curry ink
• Cut flowers out by hand and then snip each petal
• Layer flowers together
• Fold a piece of 7/16" Natural Trim in half and adhere to card then adhere flowers to card with dimensionals
• Stamp flower center in Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White, cut out and adhere to flower
• Thread some linen thread through a Naturals button and tie a bow then adhere to flower center

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see all the other fabulous creations! And if you are not a subscriber to the fabulous Create with Connie and Mary Fall Collection consider doing that now! You will still have access to ALL of the projects and the downloadable tutorials! You will not be disappointed! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Mixed Bunch, Four You; Paper- Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- 7/16" Natural Trim, Naturals buttons, linen thread, Tasteful Trim die, dimensionals

SFF 091313

Good morning, Friends! Woohoo! It's Friday!! The Sketch Frenzy Friday team has a new sketch challenge this week and it's a great one! This week's sketch was created by Kim Innis. Take a look!

A fun simple card with some different shapes! Here is what I came up with!

I kept my card pretty simple, too. Here are the details:

• Card base is Pool Party
• On a layer of Epic Day designer paper I stamped the oval image from Oh, Hello in Basic Grey and then a few of the outline chevron image in Pool Party
• This layer is adhered to a layer of Crushed Curry and then popped up onto the card base
• I stamped the greeting in Basic Grey onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged both ends
• I cut a piece of the 3/4" Crushed Curry chevron ribbon in half and adhered the two pieces to the back of the white strip and then popped up it up onto the card
• I tacked the strips of ribbon down with extra glue dots

Simple!! Be sure to stop by the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see all the other fabulous creations! The team did a super job! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Pool Party, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Epic Day designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Pool Party, Crushed Curry; Accessories- 3/4" Crushed Curry chevron ribbon, dimensionals

CCMC 268

Good morning, Friends! It's time for another Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week they have provided us with a color challenge. Take a look at these soft and beautiful colors!

Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky and Pistachio Pudding. Love all of these! Someone I know just had a baby girl and I thought these would be great for her! So here's what I came up with!

A very simple card! I used the Christmas set, Wishing You, for the gifts image. I have been seeing a lot of people using this image for cards other than Christmas. How clever!! So here are the details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• Strip of Soft Sky with bottom flagged
• Run banner through Big Shot using the Adorning Accents embossing folder (hearts) and then adhere to card
• Stamp packages image from Wishing You using the Wisteria Wonder and Pistachio Pudding markers, cut out and pop up onto card
• Stamp greeting from Sweet Essentials in black StazOn onto strip of Whisper White, flag end and adhere to card
• Tie a bow using white baker's twine and adhere to popped up image then adhere a large rhinestone on top of the bow

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary site to see what the other creative designers did with these colors! Always great inspiration! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wishing You, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Soft Sky; Ink- black StazOn, Wisteria Wonder and Pistachio Pudding markers; Accessories- Adorning Accents embossing folder, white baker's twine, large rhinestones, dimensionals

Another Retro 79

Good morning, Stampers! What a wonderful weekend! But I just have a super hard time getting up for Monday! Ugh!! I read somewhere a funny quote that said, "I need another day between Saturday and Sunday". YES!! Wouldn't that be great - lol! Well, it finally cooled off around here yesterday! The days are getting shorter and now the weather is getting cooler... Won't be long! And it rained last night! Woohoo! We needed it so badly and we are supposed to get more! Thankfully I get a massage today! My lower back is killing me! I am looking forward to getting the kinks worked out!

Today's card was inspired by last week's Retro Sketches. This is actually the second card I made using that sketch. I am not quite in the mood for Christmas but I am working on a Christmas swap and a special Christmas card set for a design team so I was experimenting and playing to see what I could come up with. This happened to be an experiment. I love this very simple, clean lines, modern stamp set called Wishing You. Here are the details:

• Card base is Chocolate Chip
• Layer of Crumb Cake that was run through the Big Shot using the Stylish Stripes embossing folder
• On the layer adhere a piece of Seasons of Style designer paper
• Over the dsp adhere a piece of Season of Style washi tape
• Stamp the greeting from Wishing You in Chocolate Chip onto a strip of Whisper White and pop up onto layer
• Tie a piece of Cherry Cobbler baker's twine around layer and adhere to card base
• Stamp the packages image from Wishing You using the Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler markers onto Whisper White, cut out and pop up onto card
• Add a rhinestone to the center of the bow on the middle package

Thanks for stopping by and have a marvelous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wishing You; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Seasons of Style designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Stylish Stripes embossing folder, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, rhinestone, Seasons of Style washi tape, dimensionals

A Silver Butterfly

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! Nick had a home soccer game yesterday afternoon and it was great! The boys played beautifully and WON!! Their season is off to a great start! I hope they keep this up! It is so fun to watch when they play like this! And I think they have figured out that they can beat anyone if they play like this! Anyway, it was fun! I think fall is really in the air. It is supposed to get cooler this week and boy do I hope so! We have been having very high temperatures this week and it's been awful! I'm ready for some cooler weather for sure! Today will be a stitching day for me! 

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. I like the three strips of paper but I used washi tape! Here are the details:

• Adhere three strips of Gingham Garden washi tape to a piece of Whisper White card stock
• Use the Little Leaves sizzlet to cut a stem from Pear Pizzazz then pop up onto panel
• Punch a butterfly from silver glimmer paper using the Elegant Butterfly punch and pop up onto panel
• Stamp sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Night of Navy onto panel
• Pop panel up onto card base of Whisper White
• Punch flower from Melon Mambo using itty bitty shapes punch pack
• Add rhinestone to flower center

Very simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a marvelous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, silver glimmer paper; Ink- Night of Navy; Accessories- Little Leaves sizzlet, Elegant Butterfly punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Gingham Garden washi tape, rhinestone, dimensionals

CCMCFALL 13-02

Good morning, Friends! The Create with Connie and Mary Fall Collection week 2 has come to an end. This past week featured card sets! I do hope that you are a subscriber so that you could see all the fabulous card ideas and download the tutorials! If you aren't a subscriber can still sign up and see all the fabulous creations that the designers have come up with! My card set was featured this past week and I do hope you got to see it! At the end of each week, Connie and Mary offer a special challenge and this week it's a sketch challenge! Take a look!

Lots of fun with this one! I used a fall theme and here's what I created!

A fairly easy card but if you don't like cutting things out then using the coordinating die can make it all a little easier. I have an easier time cutting the leaves out than getting my stamping just right - lol! Anyway, here are the details:

• Card base is Sahara Sand
• Layer of Chocolate Chip
• A layer of Sweater Weather designer paper is adhere to the Chocolate Chip and the greeting from Petite Pairs is stamped in Chocolate Chip
• On Whisper White stamp the leaves from Wonderfall in Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry and Soft Sky and cut out
• Arrange leaves onto card and adhere together then pop up onto card
• Fold a piece of Crushed Curry chevron ribbon in half and tie some linen thread around that and through a Naturals designer button then adhere to card

That's all there is to it! Be sure to check out the other fabulous creations at Create with Connie and Mary! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Petite Pairs; Paper- Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Crushed Curry chevron ribbon, Naturals designer buttons, linen thread, dimensionals

SFF 090613

Good morning, Friends! It's Friday!! Woohoo! The Sketch Frenzy Friday team has a new sketch challenge this week! Jennifer Weide has provided this week's sketch! Check it out!

LOTS of possibilities with this one! Sometimes I get so overwhelmed with all the ideas I have going on so I settled on something very simple. 

I thought this sketch would be great fun to show off the wonderful designs of the designer paper! And this sketch would be perfect for any of them! But I chose paper that had coordinating washi tape as I thought that would be perfect for the borders. Here are the details:

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• On a layer of Very Vanilla adhere a piece of Witch's Brew designer paper and then two strips of the Witch's Brew washi tape
• Pop panel up onto card base
• Use the 2 3/8" scallop circle punch to punch a scallop circle from Basic Black card stock (I put the scallop back into the punch, turned it and punched it again to get the points)
• Punch a circle from silver glimmer paper using the 1 3/4" circle punch and adhere to scallop circle then pop up onto card
• Punch a circle from Pumpkin Pie using the 1 3/8" circle punch
• Stamp the skull image from the Halloween Hello set onto the circle with Pumpkin Pie and then the greeting in black StazOn then pop up onto card
• It's hard to see but I added four rhinestones to each corner of the designer paper

Very simple! And nothing to cut out! I hope you check out what the other fabulous designers did with this sketch on the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! Won't you play along with us this week? We love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Halloween Hello; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, silver glimmer paper, Witch's Brew designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Pumpkin Pie; Accessories- Witch's Brew washi tape, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

CCMC 267

Good morning, Stampers! I'm here with a very special challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they have provided us with a fabulous sketch but they have put a twist on it. We are to use the sketch AND make a pocket card! How fun is that!! So here's the sketch:

I got the idea to make a Christmas card where you could use the pocket to put a family photo! And here is what evolved:

The scallop circle element is attached just at the upper corner of the insert so that it makes it easy to insert and pull out! I don't have a picture on my insert but that is where it would go. Here are the details:

• Card base of Baked Brown Sugar
• Layer of Baked Brown Sugar that has been folded over that has the four corners rounded with the corner rounder
• Behind the pocket I adhered a piece of of the Seasons of Style designer paper and then a strip of the designer paper is adhered to the flap with the bottom corners rounded with the corner rounder
• The pocket is then adhere to the card
• Under the flap I adhere a piece of the designer paper after flagging the bottom and then adhered the flap down
• I stamped the greeting from Wishing You in Baked Brown Sugar and used the label thinlet from the Circle Card Thinlets die to cut it out
• The greeting is adhered to a piece of Champagne glimmer paper that was punched with the Decorative Label punch and then popped up onto the card
• For the circle element I stamped the packages using Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler markers onto Whisper White, cut them out and popped them up onto a circle of Cherry Cobbler that was cut with the Circles #2 die
• The circle is then adhered to a scallop circle of Old Olive that was cut with the scallop thinlet from the Circle Card Thinlets die
• I popped up the circle element onto the Whisper White insert and added a rhinestone to the bow on the middle package

I hope you are inspired to play along with us this week! Check out with the other designers did with this super fun challenge this week! You can find their fabulous creations at Create with Connie and Mary. And while you're there, why not sign up for the Create with Connie and Mary Fall Collection? We are into week 2 and featuring card sets! My special card set was featured this week! I would love to know what you think! But you can only see it if you are a subscriber! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wishing You; Paper- Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Champagne glimmer paper, Seasons of Style designer paper; Ink- Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler markers; Accessories- Circle Card Thinlets dies, corner rounder, Circles #2 die, Decorative Label punch, rhinestone, dimensionals

Retro 79

Good morning, Friends! It was kind of hard getting back into the routine yesterday. I really enjoyed the days off as I know Nick did, too! We made it through and now we are already half way through the week! Sweet! I had to buy a new iron yesterday as mine broke. No, I don't use it for clothes - lol! I use it for my stitching and sewing! And boy oh boy do I need to update my sewing blog! Geesh! It's been a whole year! And I have stuff to share! What's my deal? I will try to work on that this week.

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. Here are the card details:

• Card base is Very Vanilla
• Layer a piece of Witch's Brew designer paper to a piece of Summer Starfruit to a piece of Basic Black
• Pop panel up onto card
• Adhere a piece of Witch's Brew washi tape
• On a strip of Very Vanilla, stamp greeting from Halloween Hello set then adhere to card
• On Very Vanilla, stamp the bat image three times and cut out
• The top bat is adhered with glue dots and the other two are popped up

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Halloween Hello; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Witch's Brew designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Witch's Brew washi tape, dimensionals

Freshly Made 101

Good morning, Friends! Wow! August flew by and here we are at September! I can't believe that at the end of this month my son will be starting basketball practice with the school! We have barely started soccer! One day at a time!! Thankfully we get to enjoy a long weekend. Nick is staying with a friend as his friend's birthday was yesterday. We will see him again on Monday. I feel like it's our birthday as we have a nice quiet weekend at home - lol! My husband and I even went out for dinner last night. That was fun and very tasty! We slept in this morning. Guess we will see what the day brings!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made. I was in a grungy fall mood so this is what I created! Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Stamp the slanted lines image from Gorgeous Grunge in Crumb Cake and the other lines image in Crushed Curry
• On a layer of Crumb Cake stamp the splotches in Crumb Cake and then sponge the panel with Crumb Cake and adhere to card
• Use the Autumn Accents die to cut two leaves - one from Crumb Cake and the other from the Sweater Weather designer paper
• Run the leaves through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder
• Sponge both leaves with Crumb Cake and the add a few splotches with the Crumb Cake ink
• Adhere leaves together
• On the back of the leaves, adhere some linen thread by looping it around so that it extends beyond the leaves and then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Four You onto a strip of Sweater Weather designer paper using Chocolate Chip ink and adhere to card
• Tie some linen thread through a Naturals designer button and adhere to card

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Four You, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Crumb Cake, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry; Accessories- Autumn Accents die, Naturals designer button, linen thread, Woodgrain embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals