Good morning, Friends! I need to make this post a quick one. Today is the day Nick gets registered for Middle School! Yikes!! Yes, they do the registration most of the day but I thought I would like to get it over with early. Plus, I get to have lunch with a special friend!! I hope your week is going great so far. I can't believe how busy I am with projects. I need to get to work!!
Today's card is one that I made quite a while ago. It has just been sitting on my desk as I am not sure how I really feel about it. I believe that I got the colors from the Color Coach. And that is what I am not so sure about. I do like the simplicity of it. Anyway, I hope that it might inspire you! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Strength & Hope; Paper- Confetti Cream, Cherry Cobbler, Neutrals paper stack; Ink- More Mustard; Accessories- extra large oval punch, ticket corner punch, basic rhinestones, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Here we are with another Monday! This will be the last full week of summer for students around this area. Tomorrow we will register him for Middle School! Not sure what that all means but I do know that they will be taking my money - lol! My guys made it back safely from their camping/fishing trip and it sounds like they had tons of fun! Nick took his unicycle up there and was riding it through the woods. Pat took video of it and boy, he is really good at riding that thing! He was riding over rocks and tree roots and down the hill then back up. He loves that thing! And I am glad!
Today's card is one that I put together really quick one day. I found a similar card in a magazine and thought that it was cute with the different layers and all. I am not sure how I feel about this one but it isn't horrible. I did take a few layers off than what the one in the magazine had. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Happiest Birthday Wishes; Paper- Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- Baja Breeze, So Saffron, black StazOn; Accessories- Poppy Parade poly twill ribbon, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, circles #2 die, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, sponges, dimensionals
Good Sunday morning everyone! I hope you are all having a super weekend! Mine has been wonderful! My guys will come home today from their camping/fishing trip. I am sure that they will want to take a nap and hopefully they will want to shower and clean up a bit, too! The demonstrator meeting went very well yesterday! Thanks to Sherry, Emily, Cheryl and Judy for putting it all together! We had awesome make-n-takes!! I just might have to show them this week!
Today's card was one that I did for the shoebox club that I am in. We meet on a monthly basis and this is the card that I prepared for them. I really like the way this one turned out! And it was fun to do something a little different than the traditional card. Other than the cuts and folds of the card, it really went together very easily! By the way, there are some really great instructions for this card 'here'. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Fabulous Florets; Paper- Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! My husband and son are out camping and fishing this weekend, so I have the whole house to myself!! They left yesterday and will be back sometime tomorrow! While I love having the house to myself, I find it hard to sleep at night. So I am a little tired this morning! Today is also our demonstrator team meeting! And I am in charge of refreshments!! After I get this posted I will be baking some goodies to take! Yum! It's probably a good thing that my boys aren't here to eat them before I leave - lol!
Today's card is the third of the projects that we made in stamp club this month. I really liked the way this one turned out. I used the sketch from The Paper Players. Turns out that it was from last month. It's still a great sketch! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- My Friend; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Neutrals paper stack, First Edition designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Basic Black taffeta ribbon, Top Note die, silver brad, corner rounder, sponge, dimensionals
Happy Friday everyone! It's time for another fun sketch from the team at Sketch Frenzy Friday! Take a look at the great sketch by Tina Munzke:
And here is what I came up with:
I ended up flipping my card so that I could get it all to fit. That's what I love about sketch challenges! And I am quite pleased with how this one turned out, too! I took some scrap Whisper White and stamped the pennants from Pennant Parade in Baja Breeze and punched them out. Then I stamped them again in Calypso Coral and punched out the inside, polka dot part and glued them together. Then I stamped the star in Daffodil Delight and punched them out with the 1/2" circle punch. Then I added a mini brad to each and popped them up on the pennants. I used my 1/16" hole punch to punch holes in each pennant to string the white baker's twine through. Then I stamped the greeting in Baja Breeze and punch it out with the Word Window punch and notched one end. For the panel, I cut down a piece of Calypso Coral and ran it through the Big Shot using the Stripes embossing folder and glued it to a piece of Daffodil Delight. The pennants are glued to the panel and the ends of the baker's twine is taped behind. Then I wrapped a piece of Baja Breeze narrow taffeta ribbon around that and tied a knot. This is popped up on a Baja Breeze card base.
And there you have it! To continue through the tour, click 'here' to see what wonderful creation Jennifer has made. Continue all the way through the tour to get inspired and then be sure to upload your project to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Baja breeze, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink- Baja Breeze, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Baja Breeze narrow taffeta ribbon, mini brads, pennant builder punch, 1/2" circle punch, Stripes embossing folder, white baker's twine, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! It's time to get busy with another great challenge from Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are challenging us with a fantastic sketch! Take a look:
Isn't it great?! So many possibilities but here is what I came up with:
Since my husband's birthday is coming up, I realized that I really don't make many masculine cards. And my son is getting older (he is too old for the cutesy look, anyway), so I thought I would go in a different direction than flowers and bows. I really do like the way it turned out, too! I started out with a card base of Crumb Cake. On that I used a stamp from the Extreme Elements set and stamped it in Crumb Cake and then sponged around the card with Crumb Cake ink. For the circles I took a piece of Crumb Cake and ran it through the Big Shot using my 3" circle die and to make the Basic Black circle I used my circle scissors plus. I stamped on the Crumb Cake circle with the Extreme Elements set in Crumb Cake ink and then sponged with Crumb Cake. Then I stamped my birthday greeting from Happiest Birthday Wishes in black StazOn. This circle was then glued to the black one. Now you really can't tell from the photo, but I took my piercing tool and pierced holes along the edge of the Basic Black circle and then used my distressing tool and distressed the edges. Before the circles were glued to the card I added two black brads. To the top of the card I glued a strip of designer paper from the Neutrals paper stack. Then I took a strip of Basic Black card stock and ran it through the Big Shot using the Tasteful Trim die and glued that right on the edge of the designer paper. The last thing I did was to stamp the ATV from the Need for Speed stamp set on Crumb Cake card stock in black StazOn. I did add some highlights with the Crumb Cake marker. This is popped up on the card!
Be sure to check out the Create with Connie and Mary website to see more great inspiration! Then go and create your own project using the sketch provided and upload it to their website so that we can all see! I do love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Elements, Happiest Birthday Wishes, Need for Speed; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Neutrals paper stack; Ink- Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- Tasteful Trim die, 3" circle die, circle scissors plus, black brads, piercing tools, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Wow! We are halfway through another week! School is not that far away! I may have to start training myself to get up early. And we need to finish up the school supply shopping. I always hate to go when I know that there will be a huge crowd doing the same thing. Reminds me of Christmas shopping. Yuck! I like to go and look and take my time without people pushing me. Well, I guess I will have to deal with it.
Today's card was another one that we did for stamp club this past Monday. I really love the way this one turned out. The center part of this card can actually be punched out with the Doily triple layer punch. I cut mine out, but at the workshop, we tried the punch. There is a trick to it, but it does work! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, silver brad, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, word window punch, doily triple layer punch, silver brad, 1 3/4" circle punch, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a fantastic start! I had stamp club with a great group of ladies last night. It ended up being our last meeting together and most decided to take some time off. So we will dis-band for now, but I do hope we will get together real soon! I do want to thank every one of them for being so great to work with!! I had so much fun! Last night while I was doing my Stampin' Up! thing, my son's soccer team was playing a scrimmage against an older team. They did lose, but Nick got to play in goal and it sounds like he did a pretty fantastic job in goal (being his first time)! I can't wait to see him do it in a real game!! It seems that he even stopped a penalty kick! Way to go Nick!!
Today's card is one that I did for my stamp club last night. I used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch for this one. The color inspiration came from the Color Coach. I wanted to use some product from the Summer mini catalog to remind everyone that it ends this month!! So, if you see something from the Summer mini that you can't live without, make sure to order it before August 31!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bold Blossom; Paper- Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White; Ink- Pear Pizzazz, Concord Crush; Accessories- Blossoms Bouquet triple layer punch, 3/4" circle punch, Tasteful Trim die, Houndstooth embossing folder, silver brad, Lots of Tags sizzlets, extra large oval punch, dimensionals
Good Sunday morning, Friends! I got to sleep a little later this morning and it was nice! I am still in Denver but we will be heading home today. Nick got up earlier and headed down to breakfast so that he could get a little more swim time in. I thought I would post this real quick like and then get ready so that I can get me some breakfast, too. Thankfully, Pat will take him swimming! I just cannot stand to be in that pool room! It is SO crazy hot and humid in there!!
Today's card was inspired from the sketch over at Stampin' Addicts. I really liked the simplicity of it and thought that you could use the little scraps of designer paper on this! Very easy!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Fabulous Florets, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pocketful of Posies designer paper; Ink- Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- basic rhinestone, corner rounder, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, everyone! I hope you are all ready for a great weekend! We will be leaving later this morning for Denver to go see the Rockies play! I LOVE going to see them play and it is always better when the win. So, hopefully they will!! I do have to make this quick as I need to get everything ready...
Today's card was inspired by the sketch from Mary Jo. I was also inspired by the card that was done with this stamp set in the new catalog. So I kind of combined them both to come up with this! And I think it turned out pretty good! It is hard to tell, but I did sponge some Whisper White craft ink on my So Saffron layer. Not sure why. Just thought it might be cool but now you can't even see it. Oh, well! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Just Believe; Paper- Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White; Ink- Wild Wasabi, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White craft; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, silver brad, Tasteful Trim die, Square Lattice embossing folder, neutrals buttons, white baker's twine, sponge, dimensionals
Happy Friday, everyone! The Sketch Frenzy Friday team has a great challenge for you today! Today's sketch comes from Jennifer Weide. Take a look:
So many possibilities on this one! But here is what I finally decided on:
Cute, huh?! I do like the way this one turned out! And it is SO super simple! I got my color inspiration from the Color Coach. I started out with a card base of Concord Crush. Then I cut down a smaller piece of Pear Pizzazz. The strip is Whisper White and I stamped the greeting from Flight of the Butterfly in Concord Crush. On a scrap of Whisper White, I stamped the solid butterfly in Concord Crush and cut it out (I really need to get the punch), and the smaller butterfly in Peach Parfait and cut it out, too. Under the Whisper White strip I punched out two strips of Peach Parfait using the dotted scallop ribbon border punch. I love the look of the scallops "peeking" from underneath! I stamped the second part of the greeting on the Pear Pizzazz piece in Concord Crush. The strip is glued to the Pear Pizzazz and then that is popped up on the card. The butterflies are glued together and then to the strip. I also added a Peach Parfait flower that was punched with the itty bitty shapes punch pack with a rhinestone in the middle.
Please go and see what Jennifer has done with her sketch 'here'. Be sure to keep going through the tour to see what the design team has done and to get inspired! We have a few new members to our team and they are fantastic! I do hope that you will have some time this next week to join us in our sketch challenge! I always love to see what you come up with so be sure to upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Flight of the Butterfly; Paper- Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Whisper White; Ink- Concord Crush, Peach Parfait; Accessories- dotted scallop ribbon border punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, basic rhinestones, dimensionals
Hello everyone! It's time, once again, for another fabulous challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with a great color combination! Take a look:
Happy colors, aren't they?! Most probably don't think of black as a "happy" color, but I love to use black as it can make other colors "pop"! And I feel like that is what it did on my card. Take a look:
So, the challenge colors are Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive. I started with a card base of Old Olive. Then I glued down a piece of Basic Black. For the focal point I stamped the trees from the Lovely As A Tree stamp set on a scrap piece of typing paper and cut right at the horizon. This created a mask for me that I used for sponging. But first I stamped the trees on Very Vanilla card stock using black StazOn. Then I masked off the sky and sponged Old Olive on the grass part. Then I masked off the grass part and sponged Daffodil Delight on the sky part making sure it was darker at the horizon and gradually got lighter at the top. Then I glued it to a piece of Basic Black card stock and tore the bottom at an angle. I put in two silver brads to the left and glued this to a piece of Old Olive. I stamped a greeting in black StazOn from Friendly Phrases on the right hand side of the Old Olive panel and then popped it all up on the Basic Black. And there you have it!
So now I highly recommend that you all visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to get even more inspiration from the very talented design team. Then make your own wonderful creation and upload it to their site so that we can all have a look. I always love to see what others come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Lovely As a Tree, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Old Olive, Basic Black, Very Vanilla; Ink- black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive; Accessories- silver brads, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Wow, halfway through another week! Nick commented on how fast the days seem to go. I hope he still feels the same way when I have to get him up in just a few minutes - lol! He is SO not a morning person. But this is good for him so that he can start preparing for school that starts in just a few short weeks! Need to get the last minute school shopping done...
Today's card comes from the sketch at Clean&Simple. They made a square card but I stretched it out and made a regular sized card. I do like the way it turned out! I went to my Color Coach for these colors of Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip and So Saffron. Then added a tiny bit of Pool Party. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Create a Cupcake; Paper- Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Pool Party, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- itty bitty shapes punch pack, basic rhinestones, cupcake builder punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has gotten off to a great start! I have had a migraine since Saturday that I just can't seem to shake. It is SO annoying!! With a schedule like we have, I just can't slow down so I find a way to keep going. Ugh! Nick is sure enjoying goalie camp! I am glad that he is finding a new challenge to try. It will be fun to see him do it in a game! Well, I will probably be a nervous wreck - lol!
Today's card is another one that I did for a recent swap I was in. I really like the way this one turned out! I got the layout from My Favorite Things. I also really like the color scheme which came from the Color Coach. The flower and leaves are stamped in Basic Gray and then colored in with markers. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Solstice; Paper- Basic Gray, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, neutrals paper stack; Ink- Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon, Tasteful Trim die, Perfect Pennants die, antique brads, dimensionals
Good morning everyone and Happy August! Wow! It's really August! I will be making this post very quick as we are headed out the door for Nick to go to goalie camp. And to think, that we will be getting up earlier than this for school! Yikes! I hope we can train ourselves before that happens - lol!
This is a card that I made for a recent swap that I participated in. I thought it was very fun and it really is super easy! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand; Ink- Basic Black, VersaMark, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, white gel pen; Accessories- Poppy Parade poly twill ribbon, Stripes embossing folder, black emboss powder, silver brad, dimensionals
