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Good morning everyone! Thank goodness it's Friday! And it's time for a great sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was created by ME!! Take a look!

Sometimes I find it so hard to create a card from my own sketch! Weird, I know - lol! For my card I decided to combine it with the challenge at LNS which is to create a project using black, white and one other color. So take a look at what I came up with!

Another Valentine card! I used Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, and Whisper White. I took a piece of Whisper White and attached a piece of patterned paper from the Neutrals paper stack and a another piece of Whisper White that was run through the Big Shot with the Adorning Accents edgelits embossing folder (see the cute little hearts). Then I wrapped a piece of Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon around this and adhered this to a card base of Basic Black. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and stamped the dotted heart from I {Heart} Hearts in black StazOn. I popped this up on the card. Then I stamped the polka dot heart (from the same set) in Cherry Cobbler on a scrap of Whisper White and cut it out. This is glued flat inside the dotted heart. Then I stamped the greeting from Grateful Greetings in black StazOn and punched it out with the 1 3/8" circle punch and adhered it to a punched scallop circle that was punched from Basic Black. I colored in the heart with the Cherry Cobbler marker and popped this up on the card. The last thing I did was to add a rhinestone to the heart!


Be sure to go to Jennifer's blog by clicking 'here' and see what she did with this sketch. Keep going through the tour to get inspired. Then create your own project using the sketch provided. I hope you will play along and upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see what you did! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day! 

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Good morning, Friends! Time to play along with another great challenge from the team at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look at these yummy colors!

The challenge colors are Concord Crush, Pool Party and Sahara Sand. I didn't even think about ever putting these colors together but they look so great! Take a look at what I came up with!

I really liked the idea of making a Valentine card using non-traditional "valentine" colors. I took a piece of Sahara Sand that was cut down and stamped the dotted heart from I {Heart} Hearts in Sahara Sand. Then I wrapped a piece of Pool Party seam binding ribbon around it. I glued this panel down to a piece of Concord Crush and then popped it up on a card base of Sahara Sand. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and used my Labels framelits and cut the shape. I stamped the greeting from Grateful Greetings in Concord Crush and popped it up on the card. Then I cut hearts using the Fashionable Hearts embosslit from Pool Party and Concord Crush card stock and then attached them to the card. The last thing was to add some rhinestones. 


Have you checked out the rest of the designer's cards at the Create with Connie and Mary site? You won't be disappointed! Check them out and then create your own project using the colors shown. I always love to see what you all do with these challenges! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Grateful Greetings, I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Sahara Sand, Pool Party, Concord Crush, Whisper White; Ink- Concord Crush, Sahara Sand; Accessories- Pool Party seam binding ribbon, Fashionable Hearts embosslit, Labels framelits, rhinestones, dimensionals

Control Freaks Blog Tour - Love is in the Air

Hello everyone! Welcome to another Stampin' Up! blog tour brought to you by the Control Freaks swap group! You might have just come from my friend, Mary Brown's blog. I think she is just a genius!! Didn't you just love her projects? If you happened to land here or are a regular visitor, never fear! Just click on the button at the end of my blog post to advance through the tour. And eventually you will end right back where you started! Please remember that if you are visiting before the 20th, some of the links may not be working. You can come back on the 20th and go right through the tour without any hiccups!

So this month's tour is all about the LOVE! We will be featuring projects made with a lot of love but also showing a lot of love, too! I have three projects this month. Which surprises me as I woke up this morning feeling awful! Thank goodness I didn't have anything else to do and could take my time finishing up my projects. My first project is a simple card (do I do any other kind -lol).

I ran a piece of Very Vanilla card stock through the Big Shot with the new edgelits embossing folder. I hope you can see the cute little hearts that are embossed! Love them!! This is adhered to a piece of Poppy Parade and then popped up onto a Crumb Cake card base. Then I stamped the solid heart from I {Heart} Hearts onto a scrap of Very Vanilla with Poppy Parade ink and cut it out. It is popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting onto a strip of Very Vanilla in Poppy Parade. I flagged one end and put in one of the new brads from the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack. This is adhered right over the heart. Very simple. I even thought it isn't too "mushy" for a guy!

My second project is another card. It is hard to tell from the photo, but I actually punched out an oval from Island Indigo with my extra large oval punch. Then I ran it through the Big Shot using the designer frames embossing folders. So when it came out, the frame had a hole in the center. Make sense? Then I cut around the frame. I stamped the greeting from Grateful Greetings on Whisper White in Island Indigo. Then I put dimensionals on back side of the frame and adhered it to the greeting. I cut any excess Whisper White card stock so it didn't show around the outside of the frame. Then I took a piece of designer paper from the Twitterpated pack and stamped the dotted heart from i {Heart} Hearts in Island Indigo. This was adhered to a piece of Whisper White and then popped up onto a card base of textured Island Indigo. Then I stamped the other heart in Riding Hood Red onto Whisper white and cut it out. I glued down my frame piece and popped up the heart. I also added a flower that was punched from Blushing Bride card stock with the itty bitty shapes punch pack. I added a rhinestone to the flower and a few under the greeting as well. Very simple and not much of a layout change from the other card. 


The next project is one that I am really proud of! It is my first faux chenille quilted project!! I actually started this project last week (thinking I would use it for the tour) but got stuck on the binding. And that is why you will not be getting close-ups of this!! The binding is really not good but I can't complain too much because it is all held together - lol!!

I am not going to go into details on how I made this because you can find many tutorials on this kind of project. I did use the Twitterpated designer fabric. And I think it is SO cute!! It's not a potholder because it doesn't have any insulation. It is more of a table decoration! Remember the tea light mason jar I made for last month's tour? Well, doesn't it look great set on top of it? You could also set a plant on it or a bigger candle. Anyway, I am thrilled!! 

The Benadryl that I took a few minutes ago seems to be kicking in. I do hope there aren't too many typos and that you can understand everything. I am so glad you stopped by to see my projects! Now I am going to send you on to Gretchen Barron's blog to see the delightful projects that she has come up with! Have a super day!!

Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts, Grateful Greetings, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Blushing Bride, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Poppy Parade, Island Indigo, Riding Hood Red; Accessories- Twitterpated designer fabric, rhinestones, designer frames embossing folders, edgelits embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week got off to a great start! After a day off yesterday it is back to the routine around here. This week we get to add soccer practices to our schedule as the soccer team prepares for a tournament in Phoenix in a few weeks!


Today's card was inspired by a sketch from CPS. This sketch was from a few weeks ago but I loved the simplicity of it and wanted to give it a try. Having Valentine's Day on the brain, here is what I came up with. My card base is Whisper White that I ran through the Big Shot with the edgelits embossing folder. I rounded the bottom corners with the corner rounder and attached a strip of Riding Hood Red. On scrap Whisper White I stamped two hearts from I {Heart} Hearts in Blushing Bride and Riding Hood Red and cut them out. On a piece of Blushing Bride I stamped the greeting from Grateful Greetings in Basic Grey and then attached the Blushing Bride heart to that before popping that piece up on the card. Then I popped up the Riding Hood Red heart over the that. I punched a flower from Blushing Bride using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and added a rhinestone. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Grateful Greetings, I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride; Ink- Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey; Accessories- edgelits embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestone, corner rounder, dimensionals

Valentine Shoebox

Good morning everyone! Well, the two games that I cared about the most didn't turn out the way I had wanted. Bummer for the Broncos but I am looking forward to seeing what next year will hold for them! As for Nick's basketball team, they played awesome! But they ended up just losing at the very end. I think they should be very proud of themselves. So we are up early, had our breakfast and now we are packing up to head to the next game. We will see what happens! Just a lot of fun!!


Today's card was one I made for the shoebox club I am in. My card base is Pool Party which I ran through the Big Shot with the new edgelits embossing folder (they are little hearts - too cute). Then I attached a piece of Calypso Coral card stock. On a piece of Very Vanilla I stamped the heart from I {Heart} Hearts. I wrapped a piece of Calypso Coral ribbon from the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack (from the SAB brochure). This is attached to a piece of Calypso Coral. I punched three holes for silver brads and then popped this up on the card. I stamped another heart from the same set on Very Vanilla scrap paper in Calypso Coral and cut it out. This was popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Pool Party onto the card base. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla; Ink- Calypso Coral, Pool Party; Accessories- Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack, silver brads, edgelits embossing folder, dimensionals

Friendly Hearts

Good morning, Friends! Are you ready for a great weekend? We will be heading to Denver later this morning because Nick has a basketball tournament over there. The bummer part about this is that his first game is later this evening when our beloved Broncos will be playing. We have told him that we may have to stay at the hotel and watch the Broncos - lol! No really... And then again, maybe we really don't want to watch? So I said that we could watch the beginning and see how they are doing and then if they aren't doing well, we could go and watch Nick. I know... Bad parents. But he will be well cared for by his coaches. O.k. we will continue to think about it. Too many exciting things going on!


Today's card was inspired by one I saw on the Hero Arts blog. I love clean and simple cards and this one definitely fits the bill! My card base is Whisper White to which I rounded the corners on the top and bottom of the right hand side. Then I stamped the dotted outline heart in Riding Hood Red. I attached a piece of designer paper from the Twitterpated pack and flagged one end. On scrap pieces of Whisper White I stamped two other hearts (all images are from the I {Heart} Hearts set) - one in Baja Breeze and the other in Blushing Bride, and cut them out. I attached the Baja Breeze one with glue dots because the glue dots gives just a hint of dimension instead of gluing it down flat. The Blushing Bride heart is popped up. My final touch was to punch a flower from Riding Hood Red using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and add a rhinestone. And it's done! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- I {Heart} Hearts; Paper- Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Blushing Bride; Accessories- corner rounder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals