Extreme Birthday

Good early morning everyone! Well, it seems so much earlier than usual. We got home pretty late last night. The roads weren't that bad but the visibility wasn't great. The snow and rain kept us from going too fast. And then it got dark. And then it started to rain and snow again while it was dark and we had to go pretty slow again because it was hard to see when the snow is blowing toward you. But we made it home safe and sound and went right to bed. Now it is time to start another week. And Nick is going really slow this morning. Some of his soccer buddies get to stay home from school and sleep in. So he is mad at us. Yes, we are mean. The price you pay to play sports...


Anyway, on to the card. Today's card was inspired by one I saw in the recent issue of PaperCrafts Magazine. I used this card for this month's shoebox swap. It's a truly super easy card and I love how it came out! My card base is Sahara Sand and I stamped the splatter stamp from Extreme Elements in Sahara Sand. Then I took a strip of Sahara Sand and rounded the top by using the 1 3/4" circle punch. I stamped the greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes in black StazOn and flagged the bottom. I sponged the edges with Sahara Sand ink and added a jumbo eyelet to the top. This is popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the car from Need for Speed in black StazOn onto Whisper White card stock and colored it in with the Poppy Parade marker. I cut it out and adhered it to the tag while popping the back end up. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Happiest Birthday Wishes, Extreme Elements, Need for Speed; Paper- Sahara Sand, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Sahara Sand, Poppy Parade; Accessories- jumbo eyelet, 1 3/4" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals

Retro 5

Good morning everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! My morning seems to have started with a headache. Ugh! I hate it when that happens! My sinuses are really bad right now. With the wind and all the dust and pollen in the air, I don't stand a chance! And poor Nick with his allergies! So far he seems to be holding his own. I hope that keeps up!


Today's card was inspired by a sketch at Retro Sketches. I thought this sketch was really fun! And one that could be used in so many ways!! I will definitely be trying this one again! I started with a card base of Crumb Cake and then added my circle elements in Basic Black and Lucky Limeade. I used the 1 1/4", 1" and 3/4" circle punches. Then I took another piece of Crumb Cake and rounded all four corners with the corner rounder. I stamped the splatter from Extreme Elements in Crumb Cake and sponged the edges in Crumb Cake, too. I stamped the ATV from Need for Speed in black StazOn and then stamped it again on a scrap piece of Crumb Cake. I added some highlights with the Lucky Limeade marker and cut it out. This one is popped up right over the other one and the panel is popped up onto the card. Then I took a strip of Lucky Limeade designer paper and stamped the greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes in black StazOn. I glued this to a piece of Basic Black card stock and added three brads then popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Need for Speed, Extreme Elements, Happiest Birthday Wishes; Paper- Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, In Color designer paper pack; Ink- Crumb Cake, black StazOn, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- metallic brads, corner rounder, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals

SSSC 155

Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend! Don't be fooled today -lol! Nick's team has another soccer game and I hope they fool the other team by winning!!! Their team lost yesterday 1-0. It was such a bummer as they played so exceptional! The other team's goal was a result of a penalty kick. Everyone was so proud of them! I am not one who really gets into April Fool's Day. So I hope it's just another beautiful fun day!


Today's card was inspired from Karen Giron's sketch challenge. I got the colors from the Color Coach - thought they were great masculine colors! I started with a card base of Sahara Sand and added a piece of Sahara Sand designer paper from the neutrals pack. Then I took a smaller piece of Sahara Sand and stamped the splatter from Extreme Elements in Sahara Sand and sponged the edges. Then I stamped the car from Need for Speed in black StazOn. This is adhered to a piece of Not Quite Navy. I added three strips of poppy parade which had their ends flagged and a brad in the corner. This panel is popped up onto the card. In the bottom right hand corner I stamped the sentiment from Perfectly Penned in black StazOn. Then I stamped the car onto a piece of Sahara Sand and added some color with a Not Quite Navy marker. I cut the car out and popped it up right over the other car that was stamped. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Need For Speed, Extreme Elements, Perfectly Penned; Paper- Sahara Sand, Not Quite Navy, Poppy Parade, Neutrals designer paper pack; Ink- black StazOn, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand; Accessories- metallic brads, sponge, dimensionals

Poppy Car Parade

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! I am up earlier than I want to be - ugh! I seem to be getting a migraine. So I am trying to nurse it before it gets too bad. Hard to sleep anyway because of the pain. So I took some pills and now I am drinking some coffee and hope it will subside soon. I did get some stamping done yesterday. Not much but some. So I will be trying to get a little more done today. 


Today's card was inspired by one I saw in a PaperCrafts magazine. I think this issue was an older one but the card still caught my eye. It was simple and masculine. My card base is Poppy Parade and I stamped the splatter from Extreme Elements onto it in Poppy Parade. Then I took two strips of Basic Black and ran them through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim die. I adhered these to the back of a strip of Whisper White. On that I stamped the greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes in black StazOn. I added two silver brads before adhering to the card base. On a scrap of Whisper White I stamped the car from Need for Speed in black StazOn and used the Poppy Parade marker to outline the car. I cut it out and popped it up onto the card. Done! Told you it was easy!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Need for Speed, Happiest Birthday Wishes, Extreme Elements; Paper- Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Basic Black; Ink- black StazOn, Poppy Parade; Accessories- Tasteful Trim die, silver brads, dimensionals

SSSC 153 and LNS 162

Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a fantastic weekend! I can't believe how fast it has gone for us! Becky and I have been having a blast visiting with our friend Sherry! Yesterday was a FULL day of shopping at various wool and quilt stores and stamp stores! I think I controlled myself pretty well. But it was sure fun to see Becky go nuts!! And we even got Sherry excited about wool, too! So she has several projects to start and even inquired about classes at the local stores! Go Sherry! We even picked a project that we are going to work on together. Guess that means I will have to visit more often!


Today's card was inspired from a sketch by Karen Giron. I also combined it with the challenge at LNS which is to go green. And I did use the green on this one! My card base is Lucky Limeade. Then I adhered a piece of Lucky Limeade designer paper to a piece of Basic Black. Then I took a piece of Basic Black and ran it through the Big Shot using the Houndstooth embossing folder and adhered it to the designer paper. I took some strips of Basic Black and ran them through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim die and adhered them to the panel. Then I added two black brads and adhered the whole panel to the card base. My focal point is a 2 1/2" punched circle of Lucky Limeade that has the splatter stamped from Extreme Elements in Lucky Limeade. I also stamped the car from Need for Speed in black StazOn and then stamped the car again on a scrap of Lucky Limeade in black StazOn. I used my Lucky Limeade marker to highlight some of the lines on the car and then popped it up on the circle. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn and then popped the circle onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Elements, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Need for Speed; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, In Color designer paper pack; Ink- Lucky Limeade, black StazOn; Accessories- Houndstooth embossing folder, Tasteful Trim die, 2 1/2" circle punch, black brads, dimensionals

It's Your Day

Good morning everyone! I hope your week is off to a great start! Nick had a soccer scrimmage last night. They did really great! I think that they are ready for the season to officially start! Then the weather turned cold and windy. It rained a little last night and is supposed to again today. I hope so. We really need the moisture! I did get some stamping done yesterday but the pictures I took did not come out good at all! I even took them outside before the weather turned bad. So frustrating! I am going to try again today to see what I can do. 


Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pintrest. It is very simple and I know my son would love it! He loves green and he is at the age of loving all things fast - lol! I took a piece of Whisper White and stamped the splatter from Extreme Elements in Lucky Limeade. Then I stamped the car from Need for Speed in black StazOn. I also stamped the car on a scrap piece of Whisper White and cut it out. I used the Lucky Limeade marker and gave it some color by highlighting some of the lines in the car. This was popped up onto the stamped car. Then I stamped the greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes in black StazOn and added two black brads. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. Done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Happiest Birthday Wishes, Need for Speed, Extreme Elements; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- Lucky Limeade, black StazOn; Accessories- black brads, dimensionals 

Remembering 9/11

Good Sunday morning, Friends! Today is a day to remember. I chose to make a card for all those brave men and women who have fought for our freedoms and those who still are. My thoughts and prayers also go out to those who were directly affected by the horrific attack ten years ago. I will never forget that day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Word Play, Extreme Elements; Paper- Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy; Ink- Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Stripes embossing folder, gold brads, ovals die, dimensionals

CCMC 162

Good morning everyone! It's time to get busy with another great challenge from Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are challenging us with a fantastic sketch! Take a look:

Isn't it great?! So many possibilities but here is what I came up with:

Since my husband's birthday is coming up, I realized that I really don't make many masculine cards. And my son is getting older (he is too old for the cutesy look, anyway), so I thought I would go in a different direction than flowers and bows. I really do like the way it turned out, too! I started out with a card base of Crumb Cake. On that I used a stamp from the Extreme Elements set and stamped it in Crumb Cake and then sponged around the card with Crumb Cake ink. For the circles I took a piece of Crumb Cake and ran it through the Big Shot using my 3" circle die and to make the Basic Black circle I used my circle scissors plus. I stamped on the Crumb Cake circle with the Extreme Elements set in Crumb Cake ink and then sponged with Crumb Cake. Then I stamped my birthday greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes in black StazOn. This circle was then glued to the black one. Now you really can't tell from the photo, but I took my piercing tool and pierced holes along the edge of the Basic Black circle and then used my distressing tool and distressed the edges. Before the circles were glued to the card I added two black brads. To the top of the card I glued a strip of designer paper from the Neutrals paper stack. Then I took a strip of Basic Black card stock and ran it through the Big Shot using the Tasteful Trim die and glued that right on the edge of the designer paper. The last thing I did was to stamp the ATV from the Need for Speed stamp set on Crumb Cake card stock in black StazOn. I did add some highlights with the Crumb Cake marker. This is popped up on the card! 

Be sure to check out the Create with Connie and Mary website to see more great inspiration! Then go and create your own project using the sketch provided and upload it to their website so that we can all see! I do love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Elements, Happiest Birthday Wishes, Need for Speed; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Neutrals paper stack; Ink- Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- Tasteful Trim die, 3" circle die, circle scissors plus, black brads, piercing tools, sponge, dimensionals

TSSC 173

Good morning, Friends! Boy have I been a real slacker lately! I have been running out of stamping time and then when I have some I am working on my design team projects. Yesterday I made myself make one card. I hope to get the mojo going again to make several today. We will see. I decided to use Mary Jo's lunchtime sketch to get me going for this card. Here is her sketch:

And here is my card:

It was really hard not to reach for my flowers for this one. But I was looking for something different. The LNS challenge this week is to make masculine cards. I think this qualifies! This dirt bike stamp has come in so handy at my house! My son just loves it!!

Remember that Mary Jo does a blog hop for her challenges so you can upload your card right here! And you can see what everyone else has done, too! Pretty cool! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Dirt Bike, Extreme Elements, Word Play; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Neutrals paper pack; Ink- Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, VersaMark; Accessories- black brads, Tasteful Trim die, sponge, dimensionals

Mojo 183

Good morning, Friends! I am ready for a super great weekend! How about you all? I got to sleep in a little and later this morning we will head out to watch a little soccer! I will have to put on my wool socks and ear warmers, though! Last night as I was coming home it was raining slush and ice! Yuck! This morning there is remnants of that on the ground and my car. The sun is trying to shine so we will see if it warms up any.

Today's card was inspired from the Mojo Monday sketch. I wanted to do something different so I pulled out my extreme stamps and came up with this. I haven't showed it to my son yet so I haven't gotten "official" approval if it is good enough. But I like it! And i really think Nick will, too. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Elements, Extreme Dirt Bike; Paper- Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White, Neutrals designer paper pack; Ink- Basic Black, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- large star punch, Tasteful Trim die, sponge, dimensionals