Freshly Made 79

Good morning, Friends! Wow! It's April already! And the weather seems to be finally cooperating! It should be getting nice and warm this week! I do hope that there will be some great spring storms but the outlook for the month does not look good for that. Bummer. Nick's schedule will get really busy now but that will just make the rest of the school year go by that much faster! Pat starts back to work full time and I will need to keep everyone's schedule in order so that we get to where we are supposed to be - lol!! Now to make sure that I am not fooled by a certain 13 year old today...

Today's card was inspired by the sketch challenge at Freshly Made. I haven't pulled this stamp set out in quite a while. I adhered a strip of Wisteria Wonder designer paper with the end flagged to a piece of Naturals Ivory. A strip of Lucky Limeade was punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered over that. Then I tied a piece of Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon around this and popped the panel up onto a card base of Naturals Ivory. Then I stamped the image from Apothecary Art in black StazOn onto a piece of Naturals Ivory. I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to help me place the sentiment and stamped that in black StazOn. Then I fussy cut the image out. The image is then colored with a blender pen using Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder inks. I layered this onto a piece of Basic Black that was cut using the Labels framelits dies and then popped this up onto the card. I added pearls to the flower centers. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day! Don't forget to check out Create with Connie and Mary and sign up for the Card "Create"tions for All Occasions 2013 Edition!! We just went live this week and you can still get in! Hope to see you there!

Card "Create"tions for All Occasions has started!  Have you signed up?  If not...what are you waiting for?  We will be sharing 18 sets with 4 cards for EACH of those sets!  What could be better than that? Here is a listing of the 18+ sets we will be featuring!

For the Birds, Easy Events, Up Up and Away, Kidoodles,
Lacy & Lovely, Oh Hello!, Henry Says, Love & Laughter,
Blue Ribbon, Patterned Party, Rain or Shine, Topsy Turvy,
By the Tide, Swallowtail, Papaya Collage, 
Stippled Blossoms, Summer Silhouette, Flowering Flourishes,
Little Friends (Preview Week), Take Care (Preview Week)

Here are some additional details:

• 3 weeks of FABULOUS card ideas - 18 different sets (not including our two Preview sets). 
• Each SET is presented with 4 cards...one based on the weekly sketch, one the designer's choice then one simple and one 'stepped up' version of the same card...so 4 cards for EACH set - 72 EXCLUSIVE card ideas NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE!
• Each Saturday we will each do a small favor using the same set we use during the week as a bonus item.  These WILL be displayed publicly but only subscribers will see the cards!

AND...who are our designers?  Your favorites are on board!

• Elizabeth Price
• Melissa Davies
• Debbie Henderson
• Deb Currier
• Connie Babbert
• Mary Brown

Want a taste of what this is all about?  Check out the two FREE PREVIEW Project Sheets in prior posts that Mary and Connie did...then sign up today!  The Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions mini session runs March 31 thru April 20!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Apothecary Art; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, In Color designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, Labels framelits dies, dotted ribbon scallop punch, blender pen, pearls, dimensionals

CCMC 194

Good morning everyone! I am here to bring you the latest challenge from the lovely ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with a sketch. Take a look at this super fun sketch!

It's pretty clean and simple and I wanted to keep mine the same. So here is what I came up with!

I always love the look of white on white or even color on color so that is what I did here. Lots of white!! I took a piece of Whisper White that was cut a little smaller than my card base of Whisper White. I adhered a strip of Whisper White that was run through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. Then I tied a piece of Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon around the left side of my card. This panel is popped up onto the card base. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and a piece of Elegant Eggplant and ran them through the Big Shot using the framelits dies. I stamped the smallest stamp from Apothecary Art in Wisteria Wonder and cut it out by hand. I stamped the image again on scrap Whisper White with black StazOn and colored it in using a blender pen and Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant and Pool Party inks. I punched out the center and popped it up onto the original image. The labels are all adhered together and then popped up onto the card. I added three rhinestones to finish it off. 


Be sure to stop by the Create with Connie and Mary site to see what all the other designers did with this sketch. Then create your own project and upload it so we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Apothecary Art; Paper- Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant; Ink- Wisteria Wonder, black StazOn, Lucky Limeade, Elegant Eggplant, Pool Party; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, Labels framelits dies, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, blender pen, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning everyone! My son will be the happiest boy around when school is out today! Spring break will have officially started!! He is looking forward to sleeping in and spending time just hanging out! I, too, look forward to sleeping in - lol! I do hope you are all ready for another fun sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was created by Robbie Rubala. Take a look!

This one came together quite easily for me. I love it when a plan works out!! Take a look!

I started with a card base of Very Vanilla then added a piece of Poppy Parade and another piece of Very Vanilla. The top corner is a piece of the Everyday Enchantment designer paper. For the lower panel, I cut another piece of Very Vanilla and stamped the image from Fresh Vintage using my Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade and Pool Party markers. The greeting below the image is from Apothecary Art and is stamped in Poppy Parade. Then I added a strip of Poppy Parade that has both ends flagged. Then I stamped the flower image from Fresh Vintage in Poppy Parade and cut it out. I added a brad from the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack to the center and popped it up on the card. Simple!!


Please click 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog to see what she did with this sketch. I do hope that you will be able to play along with us at Sketch Frenzy Friday! We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Fresh Vintage, Apothecary Art; Paper- Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Everyday Enchantment designer paper; Ink- Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party; Accessories- Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! It's Thursday and I am happy to post another challenge from the gals at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with a sketch. Take a look at this fantastic sketch!

Isn't that just a wonderful sketch? I know I will be using this one again! So many possibilities and so clean and simple! So here is what I came up with!

I wanted to keep my card just as clean and simple as the sketch. So I decided to use a lot of color on color and this time it was Very Vanilla. My card base is Very Vanilla that was run through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. Then I cut a piece of Very Vanilla with the Labels framelits die and another piece of Very Vanilla with the Beautiful Butterflies die. Then I cut a piece of the Everyday Enchantment designer paper with the Beautiful Wings embosslit. The Label is popped up onto the card base. The butterflies were adhered together and then a mini brad was put through them before popping them up on the card. I also like to slightly bend the wings up to give them more of a 3-D look. Then I took a strip of Very Vanilla and stamped the greeting from Apothecary Art in Soft Suede. I flagged one end and tucked the other under the butterfly. Easy!!


Make sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to find more inspiration and to link up your project. We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Apothecary Art; Paper- Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede; Accessories- Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Labels framelits, Beautiful Butterflies die, Beautiful Wings embosslit, mini brad, dimensionals

Romantic Thanks

Good morning, Friends! Another week seems to be flying by! Nothing too exciting going on around here. I got some new toys yesterday and I am looking forward to spending some time playing!


Today's card is one I did for a swap last month. I really liked the way this one turned out! The black really makes a 'pop'! I started with a card base of Naturals Ivory and then took another piece of Naturals Ivory and ran it through the Big Shot using the Frame Tulip embossing folder. I cut around this before adhering it to the front of my card. Then I cut a piece of Basic Black with the Labels framelits die and adhered this to the card. Before cutting another framelit, I stamped the piece of Naturals Ivory card stock with the Apothecary Art stamp by coloring just the frame of it with a Basic Black marker. This is popped up onto the black frame. Then I stamped the flowers from Bordering on Romance in black StazOn onto Naturals Ivory card stock. I colored them in with a blender pen and Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard and So Saffron. I cut them out and added three brads before popping them up onto the card. Then I took a strip of Naturals Ivory card stock and stamped the greeting from Thank You Kindly. I flagged one end and tucked the other end behind the flowers. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bordering on Romance, Thank You Kindly, Apothecary Art; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Basic Black; Ink- black StazOn, So Saffron, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard; Accessories- Tulip Frame embossing folder, Labels framelits dies, blender pen, silver brads, dimensionals

Tea Shoppe Thanks

Good morning, Friends! Well, we made it home safe and sound yesterday. We actually got home at a nice time. We were able to unpack, have dinner and still watch a basketball game on t.v. Now we get back to the routine. Nick isn't real happy about that but there is only three weeks till spring break!


Today's card is one that was inspired by a sketch that I saw in a recent PaperCrafts magazine. Very clean and simple! I took a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and a stamp from the Apothecary Art stamp set and inked just the outline of it in Baja Breeze and stamped it onto the card stock. Then I stamped the greeting from Tea Shoppe just below that in Baja Breeze. This panel is popped up on a card base of Very Vanilla. Then I took a strip of Baja Breeze card stock and flagged both ends and adhered it onto the card. I took a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and cut a label using the Labels framelits die. I popped this up onto the card. Then I took a scrap piece of Very Vanilla and stamped one of the tea cups from the Tea Shoppe stamp set in Baja Breeze and cut it out. I also popped this up on the card. My final touch was to punch a flower from Daffodil Delight card stock using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and add a pearl. I do like the way this turned out! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Apothecary Art, Tea Shoppe; Paper- Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight; Ink- Baja Breeze; Accessories- Labels framelits die, itty bitty shapes punch pack, pearl, dimensionals

Apothecary Birthday

Good morning everyone! Once again I am pre-posting as we will be driving home early in the morning. What a most fabulous time we have had! The boys didn't win any of their games and it wasn't even close on any of them but they gained some great experience and made some really great memories! As for the adults, we all had a super fun time, too! My cousin Diane lives in this area and met us for Nick's games! We don't get to see each other except for maybe once a year so this was super special! We went to the zoo and had lunches together! I just love being near family! The other fun thing that we did was to meet up with a classmate of my husbands. They were friends all through high school. They fixed us dinner two of the evenings and then we just sat and talked and talked. Nick even got to take home a scorpion! Yuck but Nick loves it! They also gave us two boxes of tangelos and a few lemons all from their backyard! They smell SO good! It will be a long drive home but our hearts will be full of wonderful memories! We can't wait to come back!


Today's card is the last of the cards that I did with my stamp club ladies this month. I really loved how this one turned out! I stamped The image from Apothecary Art in black StazOn on Confetti White card stock. Then I used a blender pen to color in the flowers. I used Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight ink pads. Then I cut around the image with scissors. I stamped the greeting from the same stamp set in black StazOn. I cut a frame from a piece of Basic Black card stock with the Labels framelits die and adhered the stamped one to the Basic Black one. I punched a piece of Daffodil Delight with the Lace punch and glued this to the card base of Confetti White card stock. On top of this I glued a piece of Wisteria Wonder that was run through the Big Shot with the Petal Cone die. The labels are popped up on the card. The finishing touch was to add two pearls on the banner. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Apothecary Art; Paper- Confetti White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder; Ink- black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Lace punch, Petal Cone die, pearls, Labels framelits die, blender pen, dimensionals

Paper Players 80 and 81

Good morning everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! Nothing exciting going on around here this week. And that is kind of nice right now!


Today's card is from a sketch at The Paper Players. This is actually their challenge for last week but it would also fit this week's challenge, too. So I will probably enter it for that one. But I did use the sketch as my starting point. I took a piece of Baja Breeze and added a piece of Twitterpated designer paper to it. Then I stamped the greeting from Thank You Kindly in Basic Grey onto a scrap of Whisper White and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch. This is glued to the back of the Baja Breeze panel. Then I wrapped a piece of Whisper White taffeta ribbon around this and popped it up on a card base of Whisper White. For my focal point I took a stamp from the Apothecary Art set and stamped just the outline part of the image. Then I took it to the Big Shot and used my Labels Framelits die to cut out the shape. This is popped up over the ribbon. I stamped the flower images from Bordering on Romance on scrap pieces of Whisper White in Basic Grey and colored them in with Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzazz markers. I cut these out and popped them up on the label frame. The little flower in the corner actually has two dimensionals on it! The last thing I did was to add a little bling with some rhinestones! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bordering on Romance, Thank You Kindly, Apothecary Art; Paper- Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, Decorative Label punch, Labels framelits die, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Another week to begin. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! Patriots fans are probably bummed. While I really didn't care who won, I was secretly cheering for the Giants. And the game was really pretty good! We just had a quiet game watching the event here at home. And that was nice. Now to get another week going...


Today's card was inspired by a sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. They have some really fantastic sketches!! For this challenge, they are going long. So my card is a 3 x 6 card. I started with a card base of Whisper White and then added a piece of Basic Grey and then a piece of Twitterpated designer paper. I took a piece of Riding Hood Red and ran it through the Big Shot with the Adorning Accents edgelits die to scallop it. This is added to the card. Then I took a strip of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Basic Grey. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and stamped just the outline of one of the stamps from Apothecary Art in Basic Grey. I took this to the Big Shot and used my Labels Framelits die to cut the shape. This is popped up on the card. Then I stamped the flowers from Bordering on Romance in Basic Grey onto Whisper White and colored them in with Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz markers. I cut them out and added three brads before popping them up on the card. I found a small flower that I had stamped, colored and cut out from another project and used glue dots to adhere it to the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Friendly Phrases, Bordering on Romance, Apothecary Art; Paper- Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Island Indigo; Accessories- Adorning Accents edgelits die, Labels Framelits die, silver brads, dimensionals

Apothecary Birthday

Good morning, Friends! I hope your New Year is off to a great start! I think this is still considered vacation to many of you. I am looking forward to watching the Rose Parade and football games today!! I always love watching the Rose Parade. Such beautiful floats! And it is always interesting to see what they use. Nick has been getting a bedroom make-over and it should be done today. Pat and Nick have been working hard on it and it looks pretty good! Now if I could just get a craft room make-over...


Today's card uses some great new products! You will soon be able to order these, too!! My card base is Very Vanilla. Then I cut a piece of Soft Suede and attached two different designs from the Attic Boutique designer paper pack. Then I added a strip of Daffodil Delight with both ends flagged. This was to cover up the seams. This whole panel is popped up on the card. Then I cut a piece of Very Vanilla with the labels framelits die and glued it down. Then I stamped the image from Apothecary Art onto Very Vanilla with Soft Suede ink. I colored in the flowers with Pool Party and a blender pen. Then I cut around the image. I stamped the greeting on a strip of Very Vanilla in Soft Suede and flagged both ends of this before gluing it down. This frame is popped up onto the first frame. The last thing I did was to add a few pearls to the flower centers. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Apothecary Art; Paper- Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Attic Boutique designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, Pool Party; Accessories- pearls, labels framelits dies, dimensionals

Control Freaks Blog Tour - Occasions Mini

Hello everyone! And welcome to another Freaky blog tour!! Maybe you just came from the wonderfully talented Barb Mullikin! Or maybe you visit me on a regular basis. However you got here I hope you enjoy your visit and then decide to make the rounds for this fantastic blog tour! This month the Freaks are going to be showing off some of the most fantastic products from the upcoming Occasions mini catalog! You are going to LOVE them all!!! Please note that if you are visiting before the 20th, some of the links may not be working. Be sure to come back on the 20th to go through the entire tour without any hiccups! 


So for my first project I used a new product that I am SO super excited about and a new stamp set. Take a look!

The new stamp set that I used for this card is called Apothecary Art. It is such a beautiful and elegant set! I am so excited to really sit down and play with it! If you look at the card, you will notice that the stamp has a fun shape to it. Well, the new product that Stampin' Up! created to go with this set is the new Framelits dies!!! Yippppeeee!!!! And they are so super easy to use. I started with a card base of Soft Suede and then added a piece of So Saffron that was run through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. I cut a smaller piece of Soft Suede and used my ticket corner punch on the four corners. I ran this piece through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and then attached a piece of Pear Pizzazz to the back of this and then popped it up on the card. I stamped the image from Apothecary Art onto Very Vanilla with Soft Suede ink and then colored the image with So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz markers. Then I used the new Labels Framelits dies (I picked the appropriate size) and ran it through the Big Shot to cut the frame! It is really so easy! I stamped the greeting (also from the same set) on a scrap of Very Vanilla and then attached it to the frame. I popped up the frame onto the card and added several pearls of various sizes to the centers of the flowers! 


For my second project, I decided to try something that I had seen on Pinterest. I had several little mason jars sitting around just waiting for me to do something with them! So I decided to make a votive holder using some fabulous new fabric that will be in the new Occasions mini catalog. I love this fabric! Such fun prints and colors!! So this is what the front looks like.

And then I tried to give you a little peek as to what the inside might look like, too. Please note that I do not have a burning candle in there!! It is just a battery operated candle. I am a little too scared to try a burning candle!! 

So what I did for this was to cut strips of this fabulous new fabric called Twitterpated - cute name, right! I love this fabric (did I say this already?)! Anyway, I used Mod Podge and applied it to the front of the fabric and glued it to the inside of the jar (so the printed side was facing out). I wasn't too worried about the strips overlapping or having a little gap here and there. How cute would it be to have several of these in the different prints around the house or lining the shelves? I was even thinking of finding a way to hang them. Lots of possibilities!


I hope that you will click the button below to move through the tour to Dawn's blog. What wonderful projects await you there! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!