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Good morning everyone! Sketch Frenzy Friday has another great sketch for you this week! This week I am providing the sketch! Take a look!

A super simple sketch for this week! I know that I am really busy this summer and I am sure I am not the only one! So I hope that this easy sketch will give you some inspiration for a super quick card! Here is what I came up with!

My card base is Whisper White with another piece of Whisper White that went through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and then on top of that is a piece of the Summer Smooches designer paper. Then I took another piece of Whisper White and ran it through the Big Shot with the Designer Frames embossing folder. I cut around it and stamped the vase from Bright Blossoms using Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight inks. I stamped the tulip image in Tangerine Tango and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials on a strip of Whisper White in Tangerine Tango ink. I flagged one end and tucked the other behind the frame. The last thing I did was to add a rhinestone. Can't forget the bling!! 


Be sure to click 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Continue through the tour to get inspired then make your own creation using this sketch and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. We always love to see what you do!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Designer Frames embossing folder, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good Thursday morning everyone! Did you have fun with last week's CCMC Scavenger Hunt? This week we are back to our regular posts. This week Create with Connie and Mary are challenging us with a sketch. Take a look at this unusual sketch.

This was definitely a challenge for me! A little out my box but I did figure out something that I really liked! Take a look!

This card would have probably look just fine with just the paper, card stock and ribbon but I wanted to add just a little something to it all. So I started with a piece of Whisper White card stock and added a strip of Summer Smooches designer paper and a strip of Lucky Limeade card stock that had been punched with the scallop edge border punch. Then I wrapped a piece of Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon to cover the seam. I stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Lucky Limeade. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I took another piece of Whisper White and ran it through the Big Shot with the oval designer frame and cut around it by hand. I stamped the image from Bright Blossoms with my Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight markers into the frame. I popped this up onto the card. Then I stamped the round blossom in Tangerine Tango onto a scrap of Whisper White and cut it out. I added a mini brad and popped it up on the card. 


Be sure to check out the rest of the design team's creations at Create with Connie and Mary. And don't forget to create your own project and upload it to the site so that we can all take a look! I always love to see how you interpret the challenges! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon, Designer Frames embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, mini brad, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! It's hard for me to believe that this is the last week of April! Wow! Where does the time go? It was a L O N G drive home yesterday! The boys didn't play well. Bummer. It was really quiet in our car! Now it is quite a fight to get him going this morning! Thankfully, this will be the last weekend for a late night ride home. Only three more games. It's been a quick season! Also, I promised you the link to the fabric organizer that I made last week for the Control Freaks blog tour. I finally found it and you can find it 'here'. Thanks for being patient with me on that one. 


My card today was inspired by the sketch at My Favorite Things. I finally used something other than white as my card base - lol!! My card base this time is Island Indigo. This I layered a piece of the Summer Smooches onto two strips of Lucky Limeade that were punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch. I inserted two silver brads before adhering it to the card base. Then I stamped the image from Bright Blossoms onto Whisper White in Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Tangerine Tango. This panel is popped up onto the card. I stamped the floral bunch on a scrap piece of Whisper White in Tangerine Tango and cut around it. I popped this up onto the panel. Then I stamped the greeting from Bring on the Cake in Island Indigo and adhered it to the panel. Quick and Easy!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Bring on the Cake; Paper- Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Summer Smooches; Ink- Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- dotted ribbon scallop punch, silver brads, dimensionals

Razzleberry Smooch

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are having a fabulous weekend! It's been another busy one for us. Nick will have another soccer game later this afternoon and then we will be on our way home once again to start another week! They tied their game yesterday! That is exciting as that team hasn't lost or tied yet this season! Hopefully they will play that well today!! We also got to watch the Rapids play last night against the Galaxy. That was an exciting game, too! The boys thought it was way cool to see Beckham and Donovan! The Rapids lost but it was still fun and exciting!


Today's card was inspired by a card a friend of mine did at our last shoebox swap. I really liked her layout and decided to give it a go with Stampin' Up! products. My card base is Whisper White. To that I adhered a piece of the Summer Smooches designer paper that has the two side corners rounded. Then I adhered a strip of Lucky Limeade that was punched with the scallop edge border punch. Then I took a strip of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Rich Razzleberry and flagged one end. This is glued to the top of the scallop piece. Then I took a piece of Whisper White to the Big Shot and ran it through with the Designer Frames embossing folder. I cut this out and stamped the vase from Bright Blossoms in Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight. I popped this up onto the card and added a button from the Brights Collections and a rhinestone. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Teen Tiny Wishes, Bright Blossoms; Paper- Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Designer Frames embossing folder, Brights buttons, rhinestone, scallop edge border punch, corner rounder, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! We will be starting our Saturday off with a soccer game (on our home turf) then immediately following that, we all get in our cars and drive to Denver to watch the Colorado Rapids play a game and then we spend the night there and play a game in Denver on Sunday before driving home. It will be another late night on Sunday. But it will be another fun weekend, too. Here's hoping that the boys play as well as they did last weekend!! I promised you the tutorial for the little fabric organizer that I made for the Control Freaks blog tour and I still need to find where I got it. I am looking but my internet doesn't want to help me out right now. Please be patient. Thanks!!


Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. I am late in getting it into the challenge but it was still fun to play along! Last week when I was making up cards for the week, I had a fun time playing with the new Summer Smooches line! So you will be seeing a lot of cards with these products! My card base is Whisper White with two panels of Island Indigo card stock adhered to it. Then I took another piece of Whisper White and used the scallop punch to punch the bottom and adhered this to the card. I took another piece of Whisper White and ran it through the Big Shot with the Designer Frames embossing folder. I cut this out and stamped the vase from Bright Blossoms in Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight. I popped this up onto the card. I stamped the flower onto a scrap of Whisper White in Tangerine Tango, cut it out and popped it up onto the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Island Indigo onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. I attached this to a strip of Island Indigo that was punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and then adhered it to the card. Then I took a button from the brights collections and added a silver brad to the middle and adhered that to the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo; Ink- Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Designer Frames embossing folder, dotted ribbon scallop punch, scallop edge border punch, brights buttons, silver brad, dimensionals

Smoochin' With the Freaks!

Hello everyone and welcome to another Control Freaks blog tour! Did you come from Sandy's blog? Wow! She is always so creative and clever! Love her work!! If you just happened upon my blog or are a follower, never fear because when you click on the button below you will move on to the next blog on the tour and eventually you will end up where you began! This month the Control Freaks are showcasing the new Summer Smooches product line! This line of products will be available till the end of April and then be available when the new catalog comes out in June! So get ready to be inspired!! (please note that if you are visiting before the 20th not all the links may be up and working; so come back on the 20th when you will be able to go through the entire tour without a hiccup!)


So my first project is a card. I used the sketch at Sketch Frenzy Friday to make this card. It is a very clean and simple card (just the way I like 'em)! 

I started with a card base of Whisper White and adhered a piece of the Summer Smooches designer paper. Then I stamped the image from Bright Blossoms in Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight onto a piece of Whisper White. I stamped the tulip in Island Indigo onto a scrap piece of Whisper White and cut it out. This is popped up onto the panel and a rhinestone is added. I wrapped a piece of Island Indigo ruffled ribbon around the panel and tied a clear button on with a piece of white baker's twine. This panel is popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. This is adhered to the stamped panel. 


My second project was made with the new Summer Smooches designer fabric. I LOVE this new fabric! The colors are so vibrant, cheery and FUN!

I found a tutorial on how to make a fabric organizer. What a super easy and fun project! And it is very useful! If you will come back later this weekend, I will post a link to the tutorial so that you can make them, too! My sewing is not perfect but I am getting better - lol! I am thinking that I need to make more of these to organize my silverware in my kitchen! 


I hope you enjoyed seeing my Summer Smooches projects! It is time to send you on to see all the wonderful creations that LeeAnn has made! You will not be disappointed!! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Framed Smooch

Good morning, Friends! Boy am I tired!! I slept well but last weekend is starting to catch up to me. Ugh! Two more days until another crazy weekend - lol! I hope that we won't get home as late as last weekend. It looks like the weather will be a lot warmer and much nicer! I didn't have my act together either and didn't have anything ready to post. So yesterday I sat down and started creating! It took me a while to get my mojo going but I did come up with some cards! I played a lot with my new Summer Smooches line. These products are available till the end of this month! And don't forget to look at the retired list! It is out as well. I am only losing 41 sets this year. I didn't think that was too bad!


Today's card was inspired by one I saw in the recent PaperCrafts Magazine. This is a super simple card and has no layers! However, it did take quite a few tries to get the vase of flowers centered and straight - lol! I did have to resort to a Stamp-a-ma-jig for help. I colored the image from Bright Blossoms with Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight and stamped it onto my card base of Whisper White. Below the image I stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in black StazOn. Then I used a ruler to draw a frame around it with my Basic Black marker. I added a Rich Razzleberry button and put a rhinestone in the middle. And that's it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Brights buttons, rhinestone

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Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a great start to the week! I had a great workshop last night with some fabulous ladies! We laughed a lot and created some fun cards! It looks like I need to get some laundry done today. 


Today's card was inspired by a sketch from iSpy Sketches. I loved the circle elements and thought it would be perfect to show off the new Summer Smooches line. This is a special that Stampin' Up! is running for this month and most of the new products will be in the new catalog!! I took a piece of Whisper White that was cut down and adhered a piece of the Summer Smooches designer paper to the top part. To the bottom I stamped the greeting from Curvy Verses in Rich Razzleberry. I added a strip of Daffodil Delight card stock and then popped the entire panel up onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I stamped the leaves and flowers from Bright Blossoms onto a scrap piece of Whisper White in Lucky Limeade and Rich Razzleberry and punched them out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. These are adhered to circle that were punched from Rich Razzleberry with the 1 3/8" circle punch. I popped these up onto the card and added a little rhinestone to each. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Curvy Verses; Paper- Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! We sure did and the weather was just perfect for about anything you might want to do! We attended a wonderful church service where one of our nieces was baptized and then had an awesome dinner with family! It was great to chat and catch up on the happenings around us! Then we came home and relaxed. Now it's Monday and time to get back to it!


Today's card was inspired by a sketch at My Favorite Things. This was an older one but still fun to use!! I started with a card base of Whisper White and added a piece of Summer Smooches designer paper and then a strip of Rich Razzleberry card stock. I used the Bright Blossoms stamp set for this card. I cut three panels of Whisper White and stamped the stem in Lucky Limeade. I stamped the vases in Tangerine Tango on scrap card stock and cut them out and adhered them onto the panels. I stamped the flower bunch in Rich Razzleberry onto scrap pieces and cut them out, too. These are popped up onto the three panels and the three panels are popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Rich Razzleberry, flagged the ends and then adhered it to the card. My finishing touch was to added a rhinestone to each panel. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! I'm here with the latest challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with a sketch. Take a look at this fun sketch!

Lots of fun elements on this sketch! I had fun trying to figure out what to do. Take a look at my creation!

I knew that I wanted to use the new Summer Smooches promotional products. I took a card base of Tangerine Tango and added a piece of the Summer Smooches designer paper and then a strip of Lucky Limeade that was run through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim die. Then I stamped the image from Bright Blossoms with Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight markers onto a 1 3/4" Whisper White circle. The upper blossom was stamped in Tangerine Tango, cut out and then popped up. This circle is adhered to a Tangerine Tango circle that was die cut with the circles #2 die. I used the doily sizzlet die to cut the doily out of Whisper White. I then clipped away part of the doily to make a smaller doily. I popped the circles up onto the doily and then popped the doily up onto the card. I stamped the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. This is adhered to the circle element. I tied a piece of Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon to a paper clip and then the clip is fixed to the circle element. I added three rhinestones and called it good - lol!


Make sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other fabulous designers did with this fun sketch! Create your own project with using this sketch and all your wonderful Stampin' Up! products. We love it when you play along and we love to see what you do with our challenges! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon, clips assortment, doily sizzlet, circles #2 die, 1 3/4" circle punch, rhinestones, Tasteful Trim die, dimensionals 

Freaky Smooches

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a great start to a fantastic weekend! We are hoping to have two great soccer games this weekend! The coach decided that he wanted to boys to play in the State Cup tournament. That means several games in the next few weeks. And if they play well and win then we continue on. So here's hoping to the boys playing their best!! At least the weather looks like it will cooperate with us -lol! Now to get rid of my sinus headache...


Today's card is one that I did for a recent swap that I participated in - The Control Freaks Swap group. I love being a part of this group! I get some of the most awesome cards ever!!! I started with a card base of Island Indigo and then added a piece of Daffodil Delight that was run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. I took a smaller piece of Island Indigo and added a piece of the Summer Smooches designer paper. This panel is popped up onto the card. Then I made a tag from Whisper White card stock. I stamped the floral image from the Bright Blossoms stamp set using my Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight markers. On a scrap piece of Whisper White I stamped the leaves in Lucky Limeade, the vase in Daffodil Delight and the flower in Island Indigo. I cut these all out by hand. The vase is glued flat but the leaves and flower are popped up onto the tag. Then I punched a half circle from scrap Whisper White and adhered it to the top of the tag and punched a hole for my Daffodil Delight ribbon. Around the ribbon I tied a piece of white baker's twine. The tag is popped up onto the card. Then I took a strip of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes and flagged one end. This is attached to the tag. My final touch was a rhinestone just above the flower! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo; Accessories- Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon, white baker's twine, rhinestone, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, dimensionals

Delightful Smooches

Good morning everyone! Wow! It's Wednesday already! With my headache yesterday, I didn't get much done but I am ready to get something done today. So we will see. 


Today's card was inspired by one I saw while browsing through some old magazines. It was a simple layout and one that I thought worked great to show off our new Smooches preview! I took a piece of Whisper White card stock that was cut just a little shorter than the card base of Whisper White and adhered two strips of the Summer Smooches designer paper. In the middle I adhered a piece of Island Indigo. Then I tied a piece of the Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon around the top and popped it up on the card base. Then I took another smaller piece of Whisper White and rounded the corners. I used my Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight markers to ink up the vase and flowers from the Bright Blossoms set and stamped it. Then I stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Island Indigo. This panel is popped up on the card. I needed a little sparkle so I added one little rhinestone to the flower. Easy! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon, corner rounder, rhinestone, dimensionals

Delightful Smooches

Good morning, Friends! It's spring break around here and the weather is definitely going to cooperate with that! Most beautiful!! And we get to sleep in a little! Nick will still have various practices to attend but he will get to have the days to do whatever he can think of! For me I have to think about the laundry and grocery shopping today. And I really need to do some stamping. Yesterday was a really fun day of stitching and I even signed up for another class! Yikes!! I am really getting into this! I am thinking of starting another blog to show off the pieces that I have made. Of course I won't have as much to post because it does take a while to finish a piece. But it might be fun! I will keep you updated on that. 


Today's card was inspired by one that I saw on Pinterest. I think that I did one like this before but I just love the grey and yellow! And I got a new stamp set, Bright Blossoms. This set will be in the upcoming 2012-2013 catalog but customers will be able to order it in April!! And it isn't just a stamp set. It's the beautiful Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon and the designer paper along with some other goodies!! So be sure to ask your demonstrator about it!! For my card I started with a card base of Basic Grey. Then I stamped the Bright Blossoms with Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade markers onto a piece of Whisper White. This is adhered to the card base. I took another piece of Whisper White and punched a 1 3/4" circle on the right hand side and stamped the greeting on the left hand side from Friendly Phrases in Basic Grey. I added a piece of the Summer Smooches designer paper to the bottom part and rounded the corners on the bottom. I tied some of the new Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon around the edge of the designer paper and popped this panel up on the card. My final touch was to add a flower that was punched from Daffodil Delight with the itty bitty shapes punch pack and a rhinestone. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bright Blossoms, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Basic Grey, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Summer Smooches designer paper; Ink- Lucky Limeade, Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon, 1 3/4" circle punch, corner punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals