CCMC 282

Good morning, everyone! I hope your week is going great and that you are enjoying the anticipation of Christmas! Create with Connie and Mary have another great challenge for us this week! Take a look at these fabulous colors!

And my card...

Notice anything different? Yep! I used the WRONG color! UGH!! I used Very Vanilla instead of Whisper White. But the card would look really pretty with Whisper White. Here are the details:

• Card base is Very Vanilla (should be Whisper White)
• Layer of Very Vanilla (again, should be Whisper White) that was pierced with the Occasions paper piercing pack
• Stamp greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Cherry Cobbler and adhere panel to card base with dimensionals
• Punch heart with Full Heart punch from Cherry Cobbler and adhere to card
• Punch bird and bird wing from silver glimmer paper using the Bird Builder punch NOTE: Make sure to punch one of the birds and its wing from the back side of the glimmer paper so that they will face each other
• Adhere the birds and their wings to the card with dimensionals

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary site to see what the other designers did with these fabulous colors! I hope you will be able to find some time during this busy time of year to play along with us! We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Very Vanilla (should be Whisper White), Cherry Cobbler, silver glimmer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Occasions paper piercing pack, Full Heart punch, Bird Builder punch, dimensionals

CAS Challenge #9 and #11

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! Nick stayed came home early from school on Thursday and stayed home yesterday. Last night he started feeling better and I do hope that he feels even better today! I really hate it when he's sick! I just want to make it all go away! He just has the coughing and sinus stuff. Now it's just mostly coughing. I woke up with a migraine and I am hoping that goes away quickly. Plus it snowed again overnight. Just when the last of our snow from December was finally melting. Now it's all white again. So I am glad that we have a quiet day around here and can just cozy up to the fire and take it easy!

Today's card was inspired by two challenges at CAS-Colours and Sketches. I used their recent color challenge of Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Perfect Plum and combined it with a past sketch challenge from a few weeks ago. Very simple card! I adhered a piece of the Print Poetry designer paper to a Very Vanilla card base. On top of that I adhered a strip of Very Vanilla that was flagged at the bottom. Then I cut a heart from Perfect Plum card stock using the Hearts a Fluter framelits dies. I sponged the edges with Perfect Plum ink and popped it up onto the card. I threaded some linen thread through a Crumb Cake button and adhered it to the heart. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Perfect Plum onto a strip of Very Vanilla and flagged the end. This is tucked adhered to the heart and tucked under the button. Thanks for stopping by and have a most fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teen Tiny Wishes; Paper- Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum; Ink- Perfect Plum; Accessories- Hearts a Flutter framelits dies, neutrals buttons, linen thread, sponge, dimensionals

Freshly Made 71

Good morning everyone! It felt so good to sleep in this morning! Nick spent the night at a friend's and Pat is out of town so that meant I had the house all to myself! I watched basketball games and stitched and ate junk food - lol! Today Nick has a basketball game and then we will come home to watch the Super Bowl! I don't really care who wins but I like to see the commercials!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made. So many possibilities with this one!! For my card I made a tag from Basic Grey card stock by rounding the top with the 2 1/2" circle punch and flagging the bottom. Then I punched two strips of Real Red with the dotted ribbon scallop border punch. I adhered these to the back of a piece of More Amore designer paper and then to the tag. The tag is popped up onto a card base of Naturals Ivory. To the top of the tag I added a piece of Victoria crochet trim that was tied with some linen thread and an antique brad. Then I carefully cut a Real Red doily heart from the More Amore designer paper and popped it up onto the card. I added a greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes that was stamped in Basic Grey onto a strip of Naturals Ivory and flagged one end. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Basic Grey, Real Red, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Victoria crochet trim, linen thread, antique brad, dotted ribbon scallop punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals

TSOT 103

Good morning, everyone! It seems to be another cold morning around here. And it looks like I will be the one to take Nick to school. Ugh! I really hate to get out on these cold mornings!! Lol!! Another quiet day around here. I am trying to get some stamping and stitching done while doing the never ending pile of laundry. Sounds like a great way to stay warm!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Try Stamping on Tuesday. I adhered two different patterned papers from the More Amore designer paper pack to a piece of Basic Grey and then tied a piece of Pool Party ribbon around it from the Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack. This is then adhered to a card base of Pool Party. I carefully cut a heart from the same designer paper pack and popped it up onto the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Grey onto a strip of Naturals Ivory and flagged both ends. This is then adhered it to the heart. Super simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Pool Party, Basic Grey, Naturals Ivory, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack, dimensionals 

FTL 224

Good morning, Friends! UGH!! It is getting harder to wake up! We all really need the weekend to get here so we can sleep in! I know that Nick will sleep till noon or later this weekend! That drive back from Vegas did us in! I need to get myself awake and alert as I am doing a hand piecing class tonight! I am really excited about that! And this afternoon I must go into town and make my final decision about what fabric I am going to use. I can't believe I have waited this long to decide. So much beautiful fabric to choose from! At least I have it narrowed down between two different ones. 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Clean&Simple. I think I have made more Valentine cards than ever this year! I am having so much fun with the Hearts a Flutter stamps and framelits dies! And the More Amore designer paper is SO beautiful and fun to work with! For this card I took a piece of More Amore designer paper and adhered it to a card base of Pool Party. Then I carefully cut apart a heart from the same paper collection. Behind the heart is a banner from the Hearts a Flutter stamp set that was stamped in Real Red onto Very Vanilla and cut out with the Hearts a Flutter framelits dies. I popped this up onto the card. Then a heart was cut from Real Red using the same framelits dies. Behind this heart is a strip of Very Vanilla with the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Basic Grey. I popped this up onto the bigger heart and added a rhinestone. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Hearts a Flutter, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Very Vanilla, Pool Party, Real Red, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Real Red; Accessories- Hearts a Flutter framelits dies, rhinestone, dimensionals

CAS(E) This 11

Good morning, Friends! It really doesn't feel like a Monday because we have been out of town. Today we head home. It was a disappointing tournament but I believe that everyone had fun! I know I did! From the warmer weather (60's) to frigid (below 20). Oh joy! I have enjoyed this weather! Now I am really ready for spring - lol! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) This. I loved the unique way of using the squares. I adhered a piece of More Amore designer paper to a card base of Naturals Ivory. A piece of Naturals Ivory is popped up onto the card. Then I cut four squares from Naturals Ivory and arranged them onto the card. Some are popped up and some are adhered to the panel. The greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped in Basic Grey. I punched three hearts from Naturals Ivory using the small heart punch and adhered them to three squares. I used the Fashionable Hearts embosslit to cut hearts from Real Red and Primrose Petals card stock. I picked one of each and adhered them together and then popped them up onto the card. I added a small pearl and called it done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Primrose Petals, Real Red, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Fashionable Hearts embosslit, small heart punch, dimensionals

Retro 46

Good morning, Friends! It's another cold morning that I wanted to stay under the blankets! My husband informed me that it is warmer than yesterday at 0. Wow!! So many frozen pipes around the area. I am so thankful that everything seems to be working great around here! Need to get the laundry going so we can start packing. And it does happen to be my birthday but for me it is still Wednesday. I love my family and they will find a way to make it special :)

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. I loved that I could use some of my favorite papers from More Amore! I punched a strip of Basic Grey with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered the papers to that then to a piece of Naturals Ivory. Below that I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Grey. I tied a piece of Basic Grey stitched grosgrain around this and rounded the bottom right hand corner before popping it up onto a card base of Naturals Ivory. Then I cut a heart from Primrose Petals using the Hearts a Flutter framelits dies and sponged the edges with Primrose Petals. This is popped up onto the card and a pearl was added. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Basic Grey, Primrose Petals, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey, Primrose Petals; Accessories- Basic Grey stitched grosgrain ribbon, Hearts a Flutter framelits dies, dotted ribbon scallop punch, corner rounder, pearl, sponge, dimensionals

An Inspiring Day - Hearts a Flutter

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are ready to be inspired by the RemARKable Stampers! This month we are featuring the Hearts a Flutter stamp set! If you are a regular visitor of my blog, you know that I love this stamp set!! And today I have a super simple card to show you using this set! Take a look!

The Raspberry Ripple piece is adhered to a card base of Crumb Cake. On another piece of Crumb Cake I stamped the outline heart image three times using the help of my stamp-a-ma-jig. Below the hearts I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Raspberry Ripple. Then I stamped the solid heart image onto a piece of Very Vanilla in Raspberry Ripple and cut it out. This is popped up onto the panel and the panel is then popped up onto the card. Super easy!!

Continue on through the tour by clicking the image below to see what Tamra Davis has ready to show you! So glad you stopped by! Have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Hearts a Flutter, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple; Ink- Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- stamp-a-ma-jig, pearl, dimensionals

Retro 45

Good morning everyone! Are you ready for a great weekend? It is supposed to be seriously cold this weekend but we plan on staying indoors by the fire for most of it - lol! Actually, today I will be taking a class on Crazy Quilting! I am so super excited about this! Something different. The class is supposed to go most of the afternoon but my friend and I are leaving early as the Broncos are playing this afternoon and, well, we do have priorities! Lol!! Seriously! The Broncos are a big thing around here and we just can't miss it!! That is another super exciting thing going on today! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch from last week at Retro Sketches. I also used it for our shoebox club this month. Super simple and I do love how it turned out! First I adhered a piece of Primrose Petals to a card base of Very Vanilla. Then I took the Occasions Paper Piercing templates and pierced the heart. I adhered two strips of designer paper from the More Amore pack with the ends flagged and stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Primrose Petals. I popped this panel up onto the card. Then I cut a heart using the Hearts a Flutter framelits dies and Primrose Petals card stock. This is popped up onto the card and a pearl was added. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day! GO BRONCOS!!!

PCCCS 22

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is going great! It's another COLD one around here! My husband said it was -8 this morning! The sun will come out but the inversion is what is making it so cold around here. And the snow doesn't melt very fast, either. But there are more play-off games today so no need to go outside - lol! Plus I need to make some more cards for the blog. I had better get to work on that today as well! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Paper Craft Crew Challenges. And can I just say that I love the way this one turned out? This is image is just SO adorable!! I took a piece of the More Amore designer paper and flagged one end. This is adhered to a piece of Primrose Petals. I tied a piece of Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon around this and added an antique brad. A piece of Pool Party was run through the Big Shot with the Designer Frames embossing folder. I cut the frame out and sponged it with Pool Party ink. I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock to fit just inside the frame and stamped the image from Greeting Card Kids in black StazOn. I colored the image with Pool Party, Primrose Petals and Daffodil Delight inks and a blender pen. This is adhered to the frame and then popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn and popped up the panel onto a card base of Primrose Petals. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, More Amore designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Blush Blossom; Accessories- Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, Designer Frames embossing folder, blender pen, antique brad, sponge, dimensionals