DS 136 and Fab Friday 34

Good morning, Friends! It's good to know that the weekend is getting closer! It snowed a good part of the day yesterday and it's supposed to continue through Friday! At least it seems to be melting and not accumulating. But it is pretty cold this morning. I do hope my friend Sherry will be able to drive over the mountains on Friday!

Today's card was created for two challenges - Deconstructed Sketch and Fab Friday. It was easy to use the Fab Friday colors because of the Fresh Prints designer paper! Love these colors and paper! Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Adhere a piece of Fresh Prints designer paper onto card
• Run a piece of Coastal Cabana card stock through the Big Shot using the Argyle embossing folder then adhere to card
• Stamp greeting from Perfect Pennants using Coastal Cabana and Real Red markers onto Whisper White
• Adhere stamped panel to a piece of Real Red card stock and then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the lines image from Perfect Pennants in Crumb Cake onto Whisper White, cut out and adhere to card
• Stamp heart image in Real Red onto Whisper White, cut out and adhere to card
• Add a rhinestone to the heart

There you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfect Pennants; Paper- Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Whisper White, Fresh Prints designer paper; Ink- Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Argyle embossing folder, rhinestone, dimensionals

Fab Friday 11

Good morning, Friends! This week seems to be going fairly quickly around here! And we don't even have a lot that is on our calendar. It's kind of nice! Tonight will be another quiet evening of watching basketball games. Love that! And Nick can spend some time working on his research project. I need to get some stamping done but other than that I am hoping to do a little stitching. Haven't done that in a while. 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Fab Friday. This is also a card that my stamp club did this month. I wanted to try the chalkboard technique and this is what I came up with. And I kind of like it! Lots of steps to this but it is pretty easy. First of all, I adhered a strip of Summer Starfruit to a card base of Marina Mist. Then I stamped the Hello, Hello single stamp image onto Basic Black card stock using VersaMark ink and then emboss it using white emboss powder. Then I stamped the image again right over the embossed one but just off-set using white craft ink. Then I took a tissue and rubbed the ink off the embossed image and tried to smear it and make it look like eraser marks on a chalkboard. To make the white lines I used a ruler and a white watercolor pencil. I sponged the edges with Basic Black ink to give it a little shadow. Then I punched a strip of Real Red with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered it to the top of the Basic Black piece before popping it up onto the card. I added a strip of Real Red designer paper from the Polka Dot Parade designer paper pack that has both ends flagged. Finally, I added several rhinestones for a little bling! I hope you give this fun technique a try! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Hello, Hello; Paper- Basic Black, Marina Mist, Real Red, Summer Starfruit, Polka Dot Parade designer paper; Ink- VersaMark, Basic Black, white craft; Accessories- white emboss powder, rhinestones, white watercolor pencil, dotted ribbon scallop punch, sponge, dimensionals

Fab Friday 09

Good morning everyone! Oh my goodness it is freakin' cold out this morning!! My phone says -8 but I think it's worse than that! Actually, with the wind chill it is. We are headed to Las Vegas this weekend and it is only 27 there right now! Yesterday, Nick's school had no power or water for the first part of their school day. Everything was back to normal late morning so we will see how it is for them today. I am so thankful for our wood stove and no frozen pipes so far! I was able to get some stamping and sewing done yesterday but it is cold in that room, too! I had to take several breaks to come upstairs and warm up. Looks like it will be the same for today.

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Fab Friday. A super clean and simple card! I stamped the outline image from Oh, Hello in Sahara Sand onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I cut an oval from Island Indigo using the Ovals framelits dies and adhered it to the card. On top of this is a strip of Sycamore Street designer paper that was flagged at one end. Then I stamped the oval image in Sahara Sand onto Whisper White and the greeting in Island Indigo right over that. I used the Ovals framelits dies to cut this out and popped it up onto the card. Finally I added a button from the Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack with some white baker's twine tied through it. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo, Sycamore Street designer paper; Ink- Sahara Sand, Island Indigo; Accessories- Ovals framelits dies, Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack, white baker's twine, dimensionals

Fab Friday 05 Again

Good morning everyone! So glad that it is the middle of the week! Looking forward to the weekend! It has been a little busy around here. Nick's team lost their game yesterday but I thought they played pretty darn good! Can't win them all and they are still learning a lot about themselves and the game. The team they played yesterday will also be going to the same high school so when they all meet up in a few (short) years, that high school should have a very awesome team!! That will be exciting! It should be a quiet evening around here - yea!! Then another game tomorrow! Now to figure out what's for dinner tonight...

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Fab Friday. I had done a card for that challenge earlier but couldn't resist doing another. I just love the clean and simple look of the sketch! And I thought my new single stamp would be perfect! On my Naturals Ivory card base I traced around a Label framelit die then I adhered a strip of Orchard Harvest designer paper with both ends flagged. Then I cut two Labels (the same size) from Naturals Ivory. On one I cut the top and bottom off and then stamped the image using my Cajun Craze and Old Olive markers. I used the dotted ribbon scallop punch to punch a strip of Old Olive card stock and then this is popped up onto the other label. Then the label is popped up onto the card. And it's hard to tell, but I did add a tiny pearl to the top of the image. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Seasonal Sayings; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Old Olive, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Cajun Craze, Old Olive; Accessories- Labels framelits dies, dotted ribbon scallop punch, dimensionals

Fab Friday 05

Good morning, Friends! I can't believe that October is about to end! Yikes! Where did all the time go? My son has been making sure that we know his birthday is coming up - lol! He loves this time of the year! First comes Halloween, then his birthday, then Thanksgiving and then a few short weeks later it's Christmas!! Woohoo for him!! Yikes for me! I thought I would have so much more done than what I actually do. So I guess I had better find time to get busy!!

Today's card was inspired by the challenge at Fab Friday. Great designers and challenges! This sketch was pretty easy and I need to whip up a card pretty fast so I went with it! And since Halloween is tomorrow, I thought I had better use my cute Halloween set before it went by! I ran a piece of Basic Black through the Big Shot with the Web embossing folder and adhered it to a piece of Lucky Limeade. Then I popped up this panel onto a card base of Basic Black. On top of this I adhered a strip of Pumpkin Pie designer paper from the Polka Dot Parade pack. Both ends are flagged. I stamped the mummy from Googly Ghouls onto a piece of Whisper White using black StazOn and cut him out. He is popped up onto a tag from the Ghoulish Googlies designer kit and that is popped up onto the card. A googlie is added to finish it off. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls; Paper- Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Ghoulish Googlies designer kit, Web embossing folder, gogglies, dimensionals 

Fab Friday 03

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has started off good for you! It's an exciting day around here as Nick has his first Middle School basketball game today! He says he is really nervous but I bet all the boys are! I told him this is the start of his school sports! He is really proud to be representing his school and I think that is really neat! Anyway, I am excited for him and this is going to be a really fun adventure for us all! 

Today's card is one that I did a few week's ago. It was for the Fab Friday challenge. I super simple sketch! I have really been into using this new champagne glimmer paper! It is just so fun and sparkly! I adhered three strips of the glimmer paper to a card base of Cherry Cobbler. Then I stamped the image from Word Play in black StazOn onto Whisper White and punched it out with the 2 3/8" scallop circle punch. I colored the ornament with a Cherry Cobbler marker and pierced holes in each scallop. This is popped up onto a 2 1/2" circle that was punched from Gumball Green. Then this is popped up onto the card. And that's all there is to it!

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Card Recipe: Stamps- Word Play; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, Whisper White, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- 2 1/2" circle punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, piercer, dimensionals