Raspberry Silhouettes

Good morning, Friends! Brrrr!!! I was enjoying the warmer temperatures and now we are below freezing again. Ugh! I just hope that it wasn't too bad for our fruit farmers. It looks like it could be another cold one tonight, too. And then it's supposed to warm up. At least the sun is shining today after a great day of rain yesterday! I have to get my stuff ready for stamp club tonight. I'm looking forward to a great time with the club ladies!

For today's card I pulled out some stamps and colors that I haven't used in a while. Raspberry Ripple will be retiring at the end of May. I really do like this color and used it a lot when it first came out. And Summer Silhouettes is still one of my favorite stamp sets but it got pushed back on the shelf when the Occasions mini came out. So it was nice to work with them again!

• Card base is Crumb Cake with the bottom right hand corner rounded with the 1" circle punch
• On a layer of Crumb Cake, round the bottom right had corner with the 1" circle punch
• Stamps the border image from Summer Silhouettes in Crumb Cake across the bottom
• Stamp the stems in Old Olive (I had to use a Post-It to mask off the border so that my stem would not stamp where I didn't want it - lol)
• Stamp the flower tops in Raspberry Ripple
• Cut a scallop border from Raspberry Ripple card stock using the Tasteful Trim die and adhere to stamped panel
• Stamp the greeting from Sweet Essentials in black StazOn
• Wrap a piece of silver twine around the panel twice and secure on the back (I use scotch tape)
• Adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Thread a piece of silver twine through a Basic Metal button and tie a bow on the back side of the button and adhere to card with glue dots
• Cut a butterfly from Pink Pirouette card stock using the Beautiful Wings embosslit and adhere to card
• Add a small pearl to butterfly

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette; Ink- black StazOn, Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Tasteful Trim die, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Basic Metal buttons, silver twine, 1" circle punch, pearls, dimensionals

Butterfly Sorbet

Good morning, Friends! Well it's the start of the two week spring break for our kiddos around here! So Nick is happily sleeping in! The weather looks to be really nice, too! I am so bummed that both my Kansas teams lost yesterday! Soooo close!! That last second shot just wouldn't fall for us. I was so nervous for WSU's game that I had to make myself busy so I went and created cards while the game was going on. I could hear the tv and every once in a while I would peek to see what was going on. What a heartbreaker that one was. But they still are winners to me! a 35-0 run for the season! Who could be upset about that? Looking forward to the next big upset!!

My inspiration for my cards yesterday came from looking through past Stampin' Up! magazines. And this was one of them!

• Card base is Whisper White
• Use the Banners framelits to make a banner from Sweet Sorbet designer paper and adhere to card
• Adhere a strip of Basic Black card stock to card
• Stamp the greeting from Sweet Essentials in black StazOn onto a strip of Whisper White and flag the end then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Tie a piece of Pool Party twine from the Sweet Sorbet accessory pack through a Basic Metal button and adhere to card
• Use the Bitty Butterfly punch to punch two butterflies from some Sweet Sorbet designer paper and adhere to card with dimensionals
• Add rhinestones to butterfiles

Super Simple! Before I sign off I want to tell you about the new edition of Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions! I am so excited to be a designer for this edition! Here is some more information.

• 3 weeks of FABULOUS card ideas - 18 different sets (not including our two Preview sets). 
• Each SET is presented with 4 cards...for a total of 72 EXCLUSIVE card ideas NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE!
• Each Saturday we will each do a small favor as a bonus item using the same set we use during the week.   These WILL be displayed publicly but only subscribers will see the cards!
• Featuring designers:  Melissa Davies, Debbie Henderson, Deb Currier, Nicole Tugrul, Connie Babbert, and Mary Brown

The Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions PREVIEW starts March 25 and the session runs from March 30 thru April 19!

I hope you will join us for this very fun edition! You can sign up at the Create with Connie and Mary website for only $19.95!! I hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Black, Sweet Sorbet designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Banners framelits, Basic Metal buttons, Sweet Sorbet accessory pack, Bitty Butterfly punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! The week seems to be flying by! And I am glad we are on the downhill side - lol! I have been busy stamping each day but I am trying to get ahead on some design commitments and I need to work on a swap and more cards for my blog. So I think that I will try to focus on that today. We will see… lol! Maybe I can do a little bit of it all? I must be ADD as I can't ever seem to concentrate on one thing at a time. I really do bounce around!! It will all get done and this is why I start on projects ahead of time. Otherwise it can be stressful!

Today's card was inspired by the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge a few weeks ago. I really liked them (and still do) and pulled out a set that I haven't used in a while. Love how it came together and how it is more masculine!

• Card base is Soft Sky
• Adhere a panel of Night of Navy to card base and then adhere a strip of Old Olive
• On a panel of Very Vanilla, stamp the plant image from By the Tide in Old Olive
• Stamp the lines and splatters from Gorgeous Grunge in Soft Sky then sponge the edges in Soft Sky
• Stamp the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Night of Navy and add two mini brads then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Stamp the fish image onto a piece of Very Vanilla with Night of Navy ink and cut out
• Adhere fish to card with dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- By the Tide, Gorgeous Grunge, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Soft Sky, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Very Vanilla; Ink- Soft Sky, Old Olive, Night of Navy; Accessories- mini brads, 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

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has been going great for you! I was glad to have some time yesterday to get some stamping done! I even exercised and now I am feeling the effects of that. So I may take it a little easier today. I hope to get even more stamping done. I got a box of new goodies on Monday and that was fun to play with! It's nice when you don't have to go anywhere!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday. I just love the colors in the Sweet Sorbet designer paper! The dsp will be available in the Sale-a-Bration brochure coming up on January 28. So here are my card details…

• Card base is Pool Party
• Adhere a strip of Sweet Sorbet designer paper to card base
• On a piece of Whisper White, stamp "friends" from Sweet Essentials in black StazOn and then the heart image from Hearts a Flutter in Crisp Cantaloupe
• Adhere panel to a piece of Basic Black
• Use the scallop edge border punch to punch a strip of silver glimmer paper and adhere to back of panel then adhere panel to card with dimensionals
• Stamp scallop heart image in Calypso Coral onto Crisp Cantaloupe and use the Hearts a Flutter framelits to cut it out then adhere to card with dimensionals
• Use the itty bitty shapes punch pack to punch a flower from Summer Starfruit and adhere to card
• Add a Basic Black candy dot to flower center

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Hearts a Flutter, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Pool Party, Basic Black, Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Sweet Sorbet designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe; Accessories- Neutrals candy dots, Hearts a Flutter framelits, scallop edge border punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, dimensionals

Gorgeous Grunge Leaf

Good Sunday morning, Friends! We are getting ready for our last soccer game of the season! The boys won yesterday so that was pretty exciting! They really have a great record this season! I am so proud of them!! We are hoping that we will be home in plenty of time to see the Bronco game this evening! 

Today's card was another one that we did at stamp club this month. I kind of liked how this one turned out! Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• Layer of Crumb Cake that was stamped with the images from the Gorgeous Grunge set in Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry and Chocolate Chip then sponged with Crumb Cake
• The greeting from Sweet Essentials was stamped in Chocolate Chip and then a piece of Crushed Curry 3/4" chevron ribbon was tied around it
• The panel is popped up onto the card
• The leaf was cut from the Sweater Weather designer paper using the Autumn Accents die and then sponged with Tangerine Tango ink and stamped with the splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge
• Leaf is adhered to card with dimensionals

The Create with Connie and Mary Winter Collection starts today! They will be announcing the Blog Candy winners today so be sure to check their website throughout the day to see if  you are a winner! You can also sign up for this Winter Collection! I hope to see you there! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Gorgeous Grunge, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Crushed Curry 3/4" chevron ribbon, Autumn Accents die, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Yippee!! It's Friday! I can't believe that we have been in our new house for a whole week already! Wow! I even have my stamp/craft room somewhat unpacked and organized! Just a few more boxes and a little tweaking and I'll be good to go! We are off to Denver for the last two soccer games of the season! Basketball started this last week and Nick is playing great! He is just so fun to watch and he does love his basketball! 

Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new challenge for us this week! This week's sketch was created by Kim Innis. Take a look!

Such a fun sketch! Here is what I came up with...

I kept it pretty simple, just like the sketch. Card details:

• Card base is Naturals White
• Stamp the oak leaf from Wonderfall in Tangerine Tango onto the card 
• Stamp splotches from Gorgeous Grunge in Sahara Sand
• Stamp smaller leaf in Crushed Curry onto a scrap of Naturals White and cut out
• Stamp the splotches again onto the smaller leaf
• Adhere a strip of Sweater Weather designer paper with end flagged onto card
• Adhere the cut out leaf with dimensionals
• Stamp greeting from Sweet Essentials in Chocolate Chip onto card
• Thread some linen thread through a Naturals designer button and adhere to leaf on card using glue dots

There you have it! Check out what the other designers did with this sketch at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! I hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Sweet Essentials, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Naturals white, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- Naturals designer button, linen thread, dimensionals

Crushed Curry Leaves

Good morning, Friends! Wow! It has been a wild couple of weeks around here! I came home from my friend, Sherry's, house and found out that we were going to be moving ASAP! Not a big deal as we knew we would be moving soon but didn't expect it that soon! So instead of unloading all the fun goodies I kept them packed up and starting throwing, donating and packing everything else in our house! Lol!! Well, we've done a lot but there is still lots to do! Then Nick had soccer tryouts in Denver so he and I took off for that and Pat stayed behind to take a lot of stuff to storage. And now we wait to see if we have a place to move to. We should find out today or tomorrow. And then I hope it's ready for us to move into!! Don't like the waiting game! We are really excited to move! Closer to town! Nick did great at his soccer tryouts! He has one more tryout and then we wait to see if he makes the team! Today he finds out which basketball team he is on. Of course he is hoping he is on the "A" team but said he would be happy either way. I had to get him new basketball shoes while we were in Denver. That was a chore!! I didn't know boys could be so picky - lol!! I need to get some stamping done today and then I hope to pack it all up! 

Today's card was one I did for a swap last month. I think that I missed fall around here as it has been snowing in the mountains! But There are still some trees in the lower valley areas that are showing their colors. So bright and vibrant! Here are the card details:

• Card base is Soft Sky
• Layer of Sahara Sand that was run through the Big Shot using the Woodgrain embossing folder and then sponged with Sahara Sand ink
• Strip of Whisper White that was stamped with the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Chocolate Chip
• Strip of Sweater Weather designer paper was punched with the scallop edge border punch and then adhered to the Whisper White strip
• Strip of Chocolate Chip with the ends cut at an angle is adhered to other strips then adhered to Sahara Sand panel
• Pop Panel up onto card
• Use Autumn Accents die to cut a leaf from Crushed Curry card stock and from Sweater Weather designer paper
• Sponge leaves with Crushed Curry ink
• Loop some linen thread on the back of the leaves and then pop up onto card
• Punch a flower from Tangerine Tango card stock, adhere to card and add a pearl

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

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Soft Sky, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Sweater Weather designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry; Accessories- Autumn Accents die, Woodgrain embossing folder, linen thread, scallop edge border punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, pearl, sponge, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! It's time for another Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week they have provided us with a color challenge. Take a look at these soft and beautiful colors!

Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky and Pistachio Pudding. Love all of these! Someone I know just had a baby girl and I thought these would be great for her! So here's what I came up with!

A very simple card! I used the Christmas set, Wishing You, for the gifts image. I have been seeing a lot of people using this image for cards other than Christmas. How clever!! So here are the details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• Strip of Soft Sky with bottom flagged
• Run banner through Big Shot using the Adorning Accents embossing folder (hearts) and then adhere to card
• Stamp packages image from Wishing You using the Wisteria Wonder and Pistachio Pudding markers, cut out and pop up onto card
• Stamp greeting from Sweet Essentials in black StazOn onto strip of Whisper White, flag end and adhere to card
• Tie a bow using white baker's twine and adhere to popped up image then adhere a large rhinestone on top of the bow

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary site to see what the other creative designers did with these colors! Always great inspiration! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wishing You, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Soft Sky; Ink- black StazOn, Wisteria Wonder and Pistachio Pudding markers; Accessories- Adorning Accents embossing folder, white baker's twine, large rhinestones, dimensionals

A Silver Butterfly

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! Nick had a home soccer game yesterday afternoon and it was great! The boys played beautifully and WON!! Their season is off to a great start! I hope they keep this up! It is so fun to watch when they play like this! And I think they have figured out that they can beat anyone if they play like this! Anyway, it was fun! I think fall is really in the air. It is supposed to get cooler this week and boy do I hope so! We have been having very high temperatures this week and it's been awful! I'm ready for some cooler weather for sure! Today will be a stitching day for me! 

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. I like the three strips of paper but I used washi tape! Here are the details:

• Adhere three strips of Gingham Garden washi tape to a piece of Whisper White card stock
• Use the Little Leaves sizzlet to cut a stem from Pear Pizzazz then pop up onto panel
• Punch a butterfly from silver glimmer paper using the Elegant Butterfly punch and pop up onto panel
• Stamp sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Night of Navy onto panel
• Pop panel up onto card base of Whisper White
• Punch flower from Melon Mambo using itty bitty shapes punch pack
• Add rhinestone to flower center

Very simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a marvelous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, silver glimmer paper; Ink- Night of Navy; Accessories- Little Leaves sizzlet, Elegant Butterfly punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, Gingham Garden washi tape, rhinestone, dimensionals

Epic Butterfly

Good morning, Friends! Well, I guess it would be late morning! Ahhh!! It felt so good to sleep in this morning! It has been a long week! But I think that Nick has had a good first week of school and while school is not his thing, he is enjoying it and says he likes all of his teachers! And that's what I am very happy to hear!! Next weekend we will be in Denver for the start of the fall soccer season! Here we go! 

Today's card is one that I did with my stamp club last week. Here are the details:

• Card base is Basic Grey
• Layer of Calypso Coral with a layer of Epic Day designer paper adhered to the bottom portion
• Add a strip of Epic Day washi tape to the top part of the designer paper then tie a piece of Basic Grey stitched grosgrain around the panel
• Use a corner rounder to round the bottom corners
• Stamp greeting from Sweet Essentials onto the Calypso Coral part in Basic Grey and pop panel up onto card
• Cut shape from Basic Grey using the Apothecary Accents framelits and pop up onto card
• Flag both ends of a strip of Gumball Green card stock and adhere to label
• Punch a butterfly from Daffodil Delight using Elegant Butterfly punch and one from Pool Party using Bitty Butterfly punch
• Adhere butterflies together and then to card
• Add two rhinestones to butterfly body

Not a lot of stamping on this one! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Basic Grey, Calypso Coral, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Epic Day designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Basic Grey stitched grosgrain ribbon, Epic Day washi tape, corner rounder, Apothecary Accents framelits, Elegant Butterfly punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! It's Friday!! That means the Sketch Frenzy Friday team has another sketch for you to try! This week's sketch was created by Patrice Herrera. Take a look!

I have to admit that when I see sketches like these I can get "hung up" on the shapes that are in the sketch. Like the rectangles here. But once I let go of that I can see other shapes instead. So here is what I came up with!

Instead of rectangles, I used the mosaic shapes! And I came up with something that still stuck to the sketch! Here are the card details:

• Card base is Sahara Sand
• A layer of Sahara Sand went through the Big Shot with the Modern Mosaic TIEF then was adhered to a piece of Strawberry Slush and then popped up onto the card base
• Stamp three mosaic images from Mosaic Madness in Sahara Sand onto Sahara Sand and punch out with mosaic punch
• Use the itty bitty shapes punch pack to punch out three flower images from Strawberry Slush and adhere to punched mosaics
• Pop up two mosaics onto card and add rhinestones
• Stamp sentiment from Sweet Essentials onto a strip of Whisper White using Strawberry Slush, flag the end and adhere to card
• Pop up third mosaic onto card, add a bow tied with white baker's twine and a large rhinestone

Pretty simple card to make thanks to all those great coordinating punches!! Be sure to see what the other designers did with this sketch at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. I hope to see your creation linked up this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials, Mosaic Madness; Paper- Sahara Sand, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White; Ink- Sahara Sand, Strawberry Slush; Accessories- Modern Mosaic TIEF, mosaic punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, white baker's twine, rhinestones, dimensionals

Washi Butterfly

Good morning, Friends! Oh what a glorious rain we had in the wee hours of the morning. I think it started around 2:00 a.m. I know that we had a great rain because our barnyard has a little "pond" right now! It even thundered a few times! Love that!! Now it's humid but we do need the rain. We went and saw The Lone Ranger yesterday. And we LOVED it!! What a FUN movie!! My husband wants to see it again - lol! 

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. Mine is different than hers but the idea is the same. I thought it would be a great way to use the washi tape! Card details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• On the layer of Whisper White, adhere three strips of the Gingham Garden washi tape and stamp the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Night of Navy then pop panel up onto card
• Punch butterfly from silver glimmer paper then use 2 1/2" circle punch to punch out around the already punched out butterfly
• Use the Pennant die to cut a scallop circle from Night of Navy and then adhere to silver glimmer paper
• Pop up onto card
• Thread white baker's twine through a vintage faceted button and adhere to middle of butterfly

There you have it! Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Night of Navy, silver glimmer paper; Ink- Night of Navy; Accessories- Elegant Butterfly punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Penant die, Gingham Garden washi tape, white baker's twine, vintage faceted button, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope you are ready for a great weekend! It's the last one of June! Where did this month go? I just can't believe how fast time flies! Monday my son and I leave for Kansas to see family and then my husband will be joining us there on Wednesday. We are so excited!! We love to do fireworks and Colorado has banned them (and for good reason) so we like to go some place where there is no ban. Yes, I guess my son is a little pyro - lol!! This is almost as good as Christmas for him! So I do need to start thinking about getting the laundry done and the packing started! Yikes!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch. It was last week's sketch but I really liked it! Nice and simple and I kept mine very clean as well! I love grey and yellow so I stuck with Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate and of course, lots of Whisper White. Card details:

• Card base is Whisper White
• Layer is Whisper White that was run through the Big Shot with the Modern Mosaic embossing folder
• Punch a strip of Daffodil Delight with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhere to back of embossed panel then pop up onto card
• Stamp greeting from Sweet Essentials onto card
• Stamp mosaic image from Mosaic Madness three times onto Whisper White using Smoky Slate ink, punch out with mosaic punch and pop up onto card
• Punch three flowers from Daffodil Delight card stock using itty bitty shapes punch pack and adhere to mosaic centers
• Add rhinestones to flower centers

There you have it! Super simple! Thank you for stopping by and have a glorious day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Mosaic Madness, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Daffodil Delight; Ink- Smoky Slate; Accessories- Modern Mosaic TIEF, dotted ribbon scallop punch, mosaic punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going great! It's time again for another fabulous Thursday challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we have a sketch to use! Check it out!

Another clean and simple sketch! So FUN!! Here is what I came up with!

I stuck pretty much to the sketch. I also thought it would be a great opportunity to use some new patterned paper. So I cut a piece of the Gingham Garden designer paper and adhered it to a card front of Island Indigo. Then I flagged a piece of Daffodil Delight and ran it through the Big Shot using the Honeycomb embossing folder. This is popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Island Indigo onto a piece of Whisper White. This is punched using the oval punch and then adhered to a piece of Island Indigo that was punched with the scallop oval punch. I adhered this to the Daffodil Delight panel. Then I punched a butterfly from Melon Mambo using the Elegant Butterfly punch. I added a flower that was punched from Night of Navy with the itty bitty shapes punch pack. A mini brad is holding them together and then is popped up onto the card. 

More inspiration can be found at the Create with Connie and Mary website! I do hope you will play along with us this week! It's always so much fun seeing your creations! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Gingham Garden designer paper; Ink- Island Indigo; Accessories- Honeycomb TEF, oval punch, scallop oval punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, mini brad, dimensionals

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It's time for another great challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch was created by Patrice Herrera. Take a look!

Looks like a photo frame, huh? Well, I didn't have a photo to use like that but that would be so cool, wouldn't it? So I went in a slightly different direction and here's what I did.

I still used the frame idea, just not with a photo. I used the Designer Frames TEF to emboss a piece of Whisper White and cut around the frame. Then I stamped the leaf image from Summer Silhouettes in the new Pistachio Pudding color. This is adhered to the inside of the frame. I pierced a bit on a piece of Whisper White before popping the frame up onto the card. I was trying to get the flourish part of the sketch. Then I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials with the new Crisp Cantaloupe. On another piece of Whisper White I stamped the flower image with Crisp Cantaloupe and the flower center with Calypso Coral. I cut this out and popped it up onto the card. I added a rhinestone to the flower center. 

You can see all the other designer's work at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. I hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! We sure do love seeing all the wonderful ideas that you all come up with! Thanks for stoppin by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White; Ink- Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral; Accessories- Designer Frames TEF, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is going well! The soccer tournament is not going the way we would have liked (or thought it would) but that is sports for ya. The boys have one more game today and then we will come home and try to forget all about it - lol! Yesterday the games were delayed due to lightning in the area. So that made things very interesting! And now the weather has turned pretty cool. Forecast shows more thunderstorms about the time we are supposed to play. We will see... Only three more days of school left and Nick is really looking forward to that!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made. I decided to use the single stamp Boutique Blossom which is still available till July 31! I really like this big bold flower! I adhered a piece of Tea for Two designer paper to the bottom of a piece of Very Vanilla and then tied a piece of Early Espresso stitched grosgrain ribbon around it. This panel is adhered to a piece of Early Espresso that was punched along the bottom with the scallop edge border punch. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla. I stamped the flower onto Very Vanilla in Calypso Coral and Old Olive (for the stem) and then again in So Saffron (for the center). I cut these out. The flower center is adhered to the flower and then popped up onto the card. I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Early Espresso and then used the Essentials paper piercing pack to pierce a line of holes along the bottom. Finally I added a few pearls to the flower center. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials, Boutique Blossom; Paper- Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Tea for Two designer paper; Ink- Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Early Espresso; Accessories- Early Espresso stitched grosgrain ribbon, scallop edge border punch, pearls, Essentials paper piercing pack, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! It's time for the Thursday challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with a sketch. Take a look!

This is such a super great sketch! There are so many possibilities and here is where I went with it!

I thought this sketch would be perfect to showcase designer paper! I chose to use the Epic Day designer paper and make it a little more masculine. I started by adhering three strips of the Epic Day washi tape to a card base of Basic Grey. Then I adhered a piece of Epic Day designer paper to a piece of Gumball Green and then popped it up onto the card. Then I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Basic Grey onto Very Vanilla and flagged one end. This is adhered to the card. I stamped the circle image from By the Tide in Basic Grey onto Very Vanilla and punched it out with the 1" circle punch. I added a mini brad and popped it up onto the card. Super simple!!

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary to see what the other talented designers did with this fun sketch! I hope you will play along with us this week! We sure do love to see your creations! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- By the Tide, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Basic Grey, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla, Epic Day designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Epic Day washi tape, 1" circle punch, mini brad, dimensionals

CCMC 247

Good morning, Friends! It's time again for the Thursday challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we have a sketch challenge!

Love this one!! I think I love them all - lol! So clean. So simple. What's not to love? Check out my card!

I kept mine pretty clean as well. I have had this embossing folder for quite a while but haven't used it much. It's one of those products that I buy and then can't quite figure out how to use it. Well, it called out to me when I saw this sketch! So simple!! I embossed a piece of Naturals Ivory card stock with the Flower Garden embossing folder. To the back of this I adhered a strip of Tea for Two designer paper that was punched with the scallop edge border punch. I popped this up onto a card base of Naturals Ivory. Then I took a strip of Natural Ivory and stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso and flagged the end. I used the itty bitty shapes punch pack to punch a flower from Island Indigo. I snipped each petal and adhered it to a butterfly that was punched with the Elegant Butterfly punch from Calypso Coral. I added a mini brad and adhered it to the card.

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers did with this sketch. I hope you are inspired to play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Tea for Two designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- Flower Garden designer paper, Elegant Butterfly punch, scallop edge border punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, mini brad, dimensionals

Melon Mambo Friends

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a fabulous start! I cannot believe how the weather has turned! We were having the most gorgeous weather with sun and temps in the 70's! But yesterday we got rain (which I'm not complaining about) and the temps dropped down into the 20's!! We had all kinds of freeze warnings! And we even had blizzard warnings! Yikes! Thankfully it didn't snow around here! My poor flowers! They don't know what to do - lol! I am so happy for the moisture, though. And I am so happy that Nick's track meet isn't today - lol! It would be really cold out there today! He has until Thursday for the weather to warm up. And it is supposed to.

Today's card was one of four that we did at stamp club last night! What a most wonderful and FUN bunch of ladies! Love them all!! I love how this card is so bright and fun and yet has a muted card base. I adhered a strip of Sunshine and Sprinkles designer paper (with the bottom flagged) to a piece of Crumb Cake card stock that was run through the Big Shot with the Woodgrain embossing folder. Then I added a strip of Whisper White with the end flagged that was stamped with the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Melon Mambo. The panel is then popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. On a piece of Whisper White I stamped the flower from Mixed Bunch in Melon Mambo and punched it out with the Blossom punch. I also stamped the flower center onto Whisper White in Early Espresso and punched it out with the 3/4" circle punch. I added a silver brad and adhered it to the flower. To the back of the flower I added two leaves that were punched with the Blossom Petals builder punch from Old Olive. I folded these in half before adhering to the back of the flower. Then the flower is popped up onto the card. Super simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Mixed Bunch, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Old Olive, Sunshine and Sprinkles designer paper; Ink- Melon Mambo, Early Espresso; Accessories- Woodgrain embossing folder, Blossom punch, Blossom Petals builder punch, 3/4" circle punch, silver brad, dimensionals