Good morning, Friends! Another week that seems to be flying by! I got so much done in my craft room yesterday! I took 10 loads out to the dumpster!! I couldn't believe some of the things that I was storing! Some of that stuff has been there for at least a decade! Yikes!! It was so nice to get rid of that stuff and be able to store stuff that needed a home. I still have quite a ways to go but it is definitely coming along! Now I need to spend some time getting some cards stamped and the laundry needs to be attended to as well. Oh, and I do need to go to the grocery store...
Today's card was inspired by a sketch at Retro Sketches. This one was last week's but I really liked the layout. Again, I am trying to use up the retiring products. The only things on my card not retiring are the silver brads, the embossing folder, the Early Espresso ink, and the Very Vanilla card stock. I cut a narrow long piece of Very Vanilla and stamped the greeting from Thank You Kindly in Early Espresso toward the bottom. This panel is adhered to a piece of Peach Parfait that was run through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder. I wrapped a piece of Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon around this and added three silver brads. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. On a scrap piece of Very Vanilla I stamped the leaf image from Autumn Splendor in Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait and cut them out. The Peach Parfait leaf is glued flat and the Pear Pizzazz leaf is popped up. I will really miss these leaves! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Splendor, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait; Ink- Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso; Accessories- Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon, silver brads, Square Lattice embossing folder, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! And happy November! It's like we start counting down till Christmas. I guess it is time to start some serious Christmas shopping because I don't like to get out and do it after Thanksgiving! Nick had the day off today so we slept in. So nice! But he won't have another day off until Thanksgiving. He didn't go trick-or-treating last night. And I don't think he missed it. He really doesn't eat all that much candy anyway. And it's nice not to have it in the house so that I will be tempted! We watched a great Monday night football game instead. That was fun!!
Today's card was for the LNS challenge last week which was to create projects using leaves and/or trees. I wanted a different color combination so I looked at my Color Coach and this is what I found - Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze and Perfect Plum. Perfect Plum, really? But then I remembered a tree that we had at our last house. It was a Purple Autumn Ash. I loved that tree! The leaves turned the deepest purple in the fall. It was beautiful! So here it is on my card! I like the way it all came together! I also used the sketch at CAS-ual Fridays to get me going. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Splendor, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Confetti Cream, Always Artichoke; Ink- Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze, Perfect Plum; Accessories- neutrals buttons, linen thread, piercer, dimensionals
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
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
Good morning everyone!! Once again, it's Thursday. Boy, does time fly by!! So it's time for another super fun challenge from the wonderful ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they have a color challenge for us! Check out these awesome colors!
They reminded me of fall. And it definitely feels like fall around our area. The mornings and evenings have that "chill". I love it!! As we drive to Denver for soccer games, you can see some of the trees starting to change colors. In a few weeks it will be a glorious sight! So, I decided to take my card in a fall-like direction. Check it out!
I really love the way this turned out! I took a piece of Confetti White card stock and stamped lightly with Basic Grey ink the A to Z background stamp in the middle. Then I stamped one of the leaf images from Autumn Splendor lightly with Old Olive ink. To the top part of this panel I glued a piece of Basic Grey designer paper from the Neutrals paper stack and toward the bottom I glued a piece of Basic Grey textured card stock. The greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes is stamped in Basic Grey in the lower left hand corner. Then I took a strip of Cajun Craze card stock, tore it and glued it behind this panel. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Basic Grey textured card stock. For my focal point, I took a scrap piece of Confetti White card stock and stamped the leaf image twice - once in Old Olive and once in Cajun Craze and cut them out. These are popped up. My finishing touch was to take a Basic Grey button from the Neutrals buttons, thread some linen thread through the holes and tie a bow. It was adhered with glue dots right over the stems. These colors have a real elegant feel. I got my card layout from the Clean & Simple blog.
Be sure to check out the rest of the design team submissions for this week's challenge. You can find them all at the Create with Connie and Mary website. I do hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! I always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Splendor, Teeny Tiny Wishes, A to Z; Paper- Basic Grey, Cajun Craze, Confetti White, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Basic Grey, Old Olive, Cajun Craze; Accessories- Neutrals buttons, linen thread, dimensionals
Good Friday morning, Friends! Are you ready for the weekend? I am!! We are heading out this afternoon for Colorado Springs for a soccer tournament. The tournament takes place at the Air Force Academy. It is SO beautiful there! And we are all ready to get out of town! But before that happens I want to make sure you all know about the great sketch challenge from the team at Sketch Frenzy Friday! Check out the sketch that Angela Walters created:
And here is what I created using the sketch:
I rather like this one! To be honest, when I first saw the sketch, I wasn't sure what I could do with it. But then it came to me! Falling leaves! I started with my main panel. I stamped the background with the A to Z stamp in Pear Pizzazz on Confetti Cream card stock. I roughed up the edges with the distressing tool and then sponged Pear Pizzazz ink all the way around. I stamped the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Cajun Craze and added two gold brads. This is glued to a piece of More Mustard. Then I used my piercer and poked holes around the main panel. This is popped up onto a Cajun Craze card base. I stamped the leaf image from Autumn Splendor three times on scrap Confetti Cream card stock in Pear Pizzazz, Cajun Craze, and More Mustard and cut them out. These are popped up on the front of the card.
And there you have it! Click 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog and see her creation! I hope that you will find some time this week to play along with our sketch challenge. I always love to see what you all come up with! I really do get inspired, too! Be sure to upload your creation at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- A to Z, Perfectly Penned, Autumn Splendor; Paper- Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Confetti Cream; Ink- Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Cajun Craze; Accessories- gold brads, distressing tool, piercer, sponge, dimensionals
