Miss You

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! I am looking forward to staying inside the cool house and watching the final of the World Cup! Go Argentina!! And I will hopefully find some time to stamp a card or two. I had a great day yesterday with my friends! We went to a quilt show and shopped a bit. Then we went out for birthday dinners and had presents and stitched a bit! A very full and fun day! Sherry goes back today so this card is for her! Miss you, Friend!

I actually got the layout idea from the current Stampin' Up! catalog.

• Card base is Early Espresso
• Adhere a piece of Daffodil Delight to the bottom of a piece of Early Espresso and run it through the Big Shot with the Large Polka Dots embossing folder
• Flag the ends of a strip of Pumpkin Pie and a strip of Whisper White and adhere to panel
• Wrap a piece of Early Espresso baker's twine around panel three times and tie a bow
• Adhere panel to card
• Stamp the fox image from Life in the Forest onto Whisper White using Tuxedo Black Momento ink and color with the Pumpkin Pie blendabilities then cut out
• Adhere the fox to a piece of Whisper White using dimensionals
• Stamp the sentiment from Just Sayin' on the white panel using Tuxedo Black Momento ink
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie; Ink- Tuxedo Black Momento ink, Blendabilities: Pumpkin Pie; Accessories- Large Polka Dot embossing folder, Early Espresso baker's twine, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I think I could have slept another few hours! Bring on the coffee! I hope I can wake up this morning and get some things done around here! The last few days haven't been productive ones for me. Although, I did manage to finish my quilted Christmas stockings! Those turned out really cute! I love them!! I am looking forward to displaying them at Christmas! Right now I am in need of some creative mojo! Maybe today??

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. Such a fun layout! I decided to pair up my forest animals with the word bubbles again.

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a strip of Early Espresso that has been flagged at the bottom
• On a piece of Whisper White, stamp the trees image from Life in the Forest in black StazOn and color them with Old Olive and Early Espresso markers
• Take a strip of Old Olive card stock and use the fringe scissors to cut the grass then adhere strip onto stamped panel
• Tie a piece of Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon around the bottom of the grass and adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the fox image in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and color with Tangerine Tango marker then cut out
• Adhere the fox to the card with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out using the Word Bubbles framelits then adhere to card with dimensionals

I was thinking of graduation when I made this one. Not your traditional graduation card but my niece who is graduating in a few weeks might appreciate this one! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Early Espresso, Old Olive; Ink- black StazOn, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Early Espresso; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, Early Espresso 1/8" taffeta ribbon, fringe scissors, dimensionals

Retro Fox

Good morning, Friends! I can't believe that Monday is here all over again! Time for a new week! I am hoping to get over my head cold this week! Ugh! I went to bed early last night after taking some night time stuff to help me sleep. And I think I slept pretty well. Now to get the day going! It is raining pretty hard right now so it will be a good day to get some stamping done!! I have stamp club tonight so that will be fun!! Always love to get together with the ladies!

Today's card was inspired by one I had pinned. Here are the details:

• Card base is Baked Brown Sugar
• Take a piece of Whisper White and round the two top corners
• Take a piece of the Retro Fresh designer paper and round the top right corner then adhere to Whisper White panel
• Take a strip of Coastal Cabana and punch the edge with the scallop edge border punch then adhere to the back of the panel
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Flag the end of a strip of Retro Fresh designer paper and adhere to card
• Punch a circle from Baked Brown Sugar with the 1 3/8" circle punch and a circle from So Saffron with the 1 1/4" circle punch
• Adhere circles together and then adhere them to the card with dimensionals
• Stampe the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Baked Brown Sugar onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flag the end then adhere to card
• Stamp the fox from Life in the Forest in black StazOn onto Very Vanilla
• Color the fox with a Tangerine Tango marker and cut out then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add two Tangerine Tango candy dots to card

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

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, So Saffron, Retro Fresh designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar; Accessories- scallop edge border punch, corner rounder, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Brights candy dots, dimensionals

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Good morning Friends!! I hope you have had a fabulous weekend thus far! It's a BIG day around here!! We are all sporting our Bronco gear to cheer our team on to a victory in today's Super Bowl!! Woohoo!! I am drinking coffee from my Bronco mug and am wearing my brand new Manning jersey that my son and husband got me yesterday!! I LOVE it!!! And I am so excited!! Go Broncos!!

So today's card was inspired by the sketch at The Sweetest Thing. Not sure how I feel about the end result but I do love putting the animals with the word bubbles! Too fun and too cute! Here are the details…

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Adhere three strips of Fresh Prints designer paper to card base
• Flag one end of a strip of Crumb Cake
• Stamp the fox image from Life in the Forest onto the Crumb Cake strip using black StazOn then color him with a Crumb Cake marker
• Sponge edges of stamped strip with Crumb Cake ink
• Use the fringe scissors to fringe a strip of Coastal Cabana card stock and adhere to back of stamped strip then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the sentiment from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and cut out using the Word Bubble framelits
• Stamp the little heart into the word bubble using Real Read ink then adhere word bubble to card with dimensionals

So I just realized that I had meant to add two Real Red candy dots to the lower left part of the card. Ugh! But there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Crumb Cake, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Fresh Prints designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Crumb Cake, Real Red; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, fringe scissors, sponge, dimensionals

This Raccoon Loves Ya!!

Good morning, Friends! It just seems too early this morning! We went to the Freshman boys and girls' basketball games yesterday. That was fun! I can't believe that Nick will be there next year! I do need to get serious about finishing some projects up this week! So I think I will work on that today. It is supposed to start snowing today and into tomorrow but we will see if that actually happens… We do need the moisture but yesterday's warm temperatures were sure nice!

Today's card came together from inspiration while surfing my Pinterest board. Card details…

• Card base is Whisper White
• Adhere a piece of Gumball Green card stock to card base
• Take another piece of Gumball Green card stock and use the fringe scissors to make the grass and adhere to a piece of Whisper White
• Round the top corners of Whisper White layer
• Punch a heart from Calypso Coral with the Full Heart punch and adhere to Whisper White layer
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Stamp raccoon from Life in the Forest and words from Just Sayin' onto Whisper White with black StazOn.
• Use Word Bubbles framelits to cut out the words
• Color the raccoon with Smoky Slate and Calypso Coral marker then cut out
• Adhere raccoon and words to card with dimensionals
• Add a Calypso Coral candy dot

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Gumball Green, Calypso Coral; Ink- black StazOn, Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral; Accessories- Full Heart punch, Word Bubbles framelits, Subtles candy dots, fringe scissors, corner rounder, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Thank goodness it's FRIDAY!! I am so looking forward to a fairly quiet weekend. Stitching tonight with Becky and then two basketball games tomorrow is all that is planned. Even thought there was no school on Monday this week sure has seemed long to me. 

Today's card was inspired by last week's sketch at Sketch Frenzy Friday. Card details…

• Card base is Whisper White
• Layer of Old Olive is adhered to card
• Layer of Tangerine Tango was run through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder and then adhere to card
• Cut a layer of Whisper White and run it through the Big Shot with the Word Bubble framelit
• Stamp the bubble image from Just Sayin' in black StazOn (note: be sure to omit the bubbles part of the image) onto a piece of Whisper White and adhere it behind the cut out with dimensionals then adhere panel to card
• Stamp fox image from Life in the Forest in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and color with Tangerine Tango marker then cut out and adhere to card with dimensional
• Cut a strip of Old Olive and use the fringe scissors to make the grass then adhere to card
• Add three rhinestones to make the thought bubbles

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Whisper White, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango; Ink- black StazOn, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- Woodgrain embossing folder, Word Bubbles framelits, fringe scissors, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going as you like! It was a little hard for me to get up this morning - ugh!! At least my headache went away by noon yesterday! That was a relief and I was able to get some things done. It's back to work on designing today. Thankfully I have a quiet week so I should be able to get a lot done, right? :)

Today's card was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch. Card details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• Use the fringe scissors to cut into a strip of Gumball Green card stock and adhere to the back of a piece of Epic Day designer paper
• Flag both ends of a strip of Basic Black and adhere to panel
• Add two mini brads then adhere panel to card
• Use the 2 1/2" circle punch to punch a circle from Whisper White
• Stamp trees image from Life in the Forest in black StazOn and then stamp raccoon onto a piece of Whisper White
• Color images with Gumball Green, Baked Brown Sugar (for tree trunks which you can't see), Smoky Slate and Basic Grey markers
• Cut out raccoon
• Use the Perfect Pennants die to cut the scallop circle from Basic Grey card stock and adhere stamped circle to scallop circle then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Adhere raccoon to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn

I sure had fun creating this one! These little critters are really cute and I thought this could even be considered a little more masculine. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Gumball Green, Basic Black, Epic Day designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Gumball Green, Baked Brown Sugar, Smoky Slate, Basic Grey; Accessories- Perfect Pennants die, 2 1/2" circle punch, fringe scissors, mini brads, dimensionals

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I am so glad it's Friday! I am headed over the mountains to have a quilting weekend with my friend Sherry! I haven't sewn in quite a while so I am excited to have nothing else to do but sew! Woohoo! I am hoping to get a set of Christmas stockings done. Weird, I know, but if I get them done now they will be ready for Christmas next year - lol! And I am sure we will find a little time for some retail therapy!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. A very simple card and I just love these little critters with the word bubbles!! Here are the details…

• Card base is Naturals White
• Layer of Naturals White with the top corners rounded with the 1" circle punch
• Layer a strip of Sweet Sorbet designer paper onto Naturals White then tie a piece of Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon around it and adhere to card base with dimensionals
• Use the Apothecary Accents framelits to cut the shape from Naturals White and then trace around the same shape onto a piece of Basic Black and fussy cut that shape out for a mat
• Use the Essentials paper piercing pack to pierce inside the cut out shape and then stamp the image from Life in the Forest using black StazOn ink
• Color the image with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede markers
• Adhere Basic Black shape to card then adhere stamped shape to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Just Sayin' in black StazOn onto Naturals White and cut out with the Word Bubbles framelits and adhere to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Naturals White, Basic Black, Sweet Sorbet designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede; Accessories- Basic Black 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Word Bubbles framelits, Apothecary Accents framelits, Essentials paper piercing pack, 1" circle punch, dimensionals

CCMC Spring Collection Guest Designer

Good morning, Friends! I am so excited to announce that I will be a guest designer with the Create with Connie and Mary team for their Spring Collection! Connie and Mary are announcing all the fabulous designers this week and each day there will be a chance to win blog candy! So be sure to stop by their site to see how you can win! Here are the details about the Spring Collection:

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Today's card uses a new stamp set from the Celebrate the Everyday catalog! I love this little hedgehog! And I thought how cute for a little guy to have such a big word bubble - lol! Here are the card details…

• Card base is Cajun Craze
• Layer of Cajun Craze that was run through the Big Shot using the Decorative Dots embossing folder then adhere to card stock
• Layer of Crumb Cake that was pierced with the Occasions paper piercing pack
• Stamp the hedgehog image with black StazOn ink and color with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede markers
• Sponge the edges of the panel with Crumb Cake ink and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp words from Just Sayin' in Cajun Craze onto Crumb Cake and use the Word Bubbles framelits to cut out then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add a rhinestone to the word bubble

Be sure to stop by the Create with Connie and Mary website to sign up for the Spring Collection 2014! You can also see a list of the other designers and a link to their blogs to get even more excited about what this collection will be like! I hope you will join us! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Just Sayin'; Paper- Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake; Ink- black StazOn, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede; Accessories- Word Bubbles framelits, Decorative Dots embossing folder, Occasions paper piercing pack, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! Nick has his first basketball game with his new team this morning! He is so excited! I hope that he plays well and has lots of fun! And then we will be home to watch football and Nick has an indoor soccer game later tonight. Whew! Lots going on today!! But the sun is out and it looks to be a gorgeous day! I hope it's a little warmer at least!

Today's card was inspired by a sketch at My Favorite Things. A very cute and simple layout! So I decided to play with some new products from the Celebrate the Everyday mini catalog. Here are the details:

• Card base is Naturals White
• Layer of Pacific Point is adhered to card base
• Stamp fox image from Life in the Forest in black StazOn onto a strip of Naturals White and stamps the trees image onto another piece of Naturals White
• Color images using a blender pen and ink pads - Tangerine Tango, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip
• Cut out the trees and adhere to strip with dimensionals
• Flag both ends of the stamped strip and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Sweet Essentials using black StazOn
• Add a rhinestone

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Life in the Forest, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Naturals White, Pacific Point; Ink- black StazOn, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- blender pen, rhinestone, dimensionals