Good morning everyone! Oh my goodness it is freakin' cold out this morning!! My phone says -8 but I think it's worse than that! Actually, with the wind chill it is. We are headed to Las Vegas this weekend and it is only 27 there right now! Yesterday, Nick's school had no power or water for the first part of their school day. Everything was back to normal late morning so we will see how it is for them today. I am so thankful for our wood stove and no frozen pipes so far! I was able to get some stamping and sewing done yesterday but it is cold in that room, too! I had to take several breaks to come upstairs and warm up. Looks like it will be the same for today.
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Fab Friday. A super clean and simple card! I stamped the outline image from Oh, Hello in Sahara Sand onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I cut an oval from Island Indigo using the Ovals framelits dies and adhered it to the card. On top of this is a strip of Sycamore Street designer paper that was flagged at one end. Then I stamped the oval image in Sahara Sand onto Whisper White and the greeting in Island Indigo right over that. I used the Ovals framelits dies to cut this out and popped it up onto the card. Finally I added a button from the Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack with some white baker's twine tied through it. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo, Sycamore Street designer paper; Ink- Sahara Sand, Island Indigo; Accessories- Ovals framelits dies, Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack, white baker's twine, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I am having a hard time waking up this morning! Ugh! I kept thinking that it was Sunday and I could sleep in a little. But I realized I was wrong and now I am downing the coffee to help me get going - lol! Looks like I need a day to do some stamping. I have quite a few cards I need to make and then I also have a swap to get ready for. I want to have all this done as we will be leaving for Las Vegas on Friday! Yea!! We are all looking forward to that!
Today's card was inspired by a new sketch challenge blog called Seize the Birthday. Each week they will have a new sketch and alternate between feminine and masculine birthdays. For the first week they have started with feminine. Ladies first!! Anyway, this is what I came up with. A flagged strip of Sahara Sand is adhered to a flagged strip of Sycamore Street designer paper and then to a piece of Island Indigo that was run through the Big Shot with the Honeycomb embossing folder and then to a card base of Island Indigo. Whew!! The flower from Mixed Bunch is stamped with Tangerine Tango onto Whisper White and punched with the Blossoms punch. I also punched two leaves from Lucky Limeade with the Blossom Petal builder punch. These are adhered to the back of the flower and then popped up onto the card. I punched a 3/4" circle from Island Indigo and adhered this to the flower center. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Island Indigo onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged the end. This is tucked behind the Pool Party button with White baker's twine which is adhered with glue dots. The button is from the Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Mixed Bunch, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Sycamore Street designer paper; Ink- Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango; Accessories- Honeycomb embossing folder, Sycamore Street ribbon and button pack, white bakers twine, Blossoms punch, Blossom Petal builder punch, 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals
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
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!!!
Good morning, Friends! It's finally Friday!! And time for another sketch challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch was created by me!! I made it pretty simple! Take a look!
And here's my card!
I stamped the greeting from Up, Up, and Away onto a strip of Whisper White with Midnight Muse and Rich Razzleberry markers. I flagged the bottom and adhered it to a piece of Pool Party that was stamped with the cloud image in Pool Party. This is then adhered to a piece of Summer Starfruit and then to a card base of Whisper White. On a scrap of Whisper White I stamped the balloon in Summer Starfruit, the basket in Midnight Muse and the banners in Rich Razzleberry. I cut these out and adhered them together then popped them up onto the card. I punched a heart from Rich Razzleberry using the small heart punch and popped it up onto the balloon. Finally, I added a rhinestone.
Check out the other designer's work on the Sketch Frenzy Friday home page! I hope that you will be inspired to play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Up, Up, and Away; Paper- Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry; Ink- Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party, Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse; Accessories- small heart punch, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! It's time once again for a fabulous challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week's challenge is a color challenge. Check it out!
Pink Pirouette, Midnight Muse, Whisper White. Great colors but none that I had put together. But take a look at how great they go together!
Love the way this one came together! A super easy card, too! I took a strip of Whisper White and flagged the bottom. Then I ran it through the Big Shot with the Adorning Accents hearts folder and embossed the bottom part of the banner. Then I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Midnight Muse and tied a piece of Pink Pirouette 3/8" taffeta ribbon around it before popping it up onto a card base of Midnight Muse. Then I stamped the heart image from Hearts a Flutter in Midnight Muse onto Pink Pirouette card stock and cut it out with the Hearts a Flutter framelits dies. This is popped up onto the white panel. A small heart was punched from Whisper White card stock with the small heart punch. This is popped up onto the pink heart with a rhinestone.
Check out the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the rest of the design team did with these fabulous colors! I hope you will be inspired to play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials, Hearts a Flutter; Paper- Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Pink Pirouette 3/8" taffeta ribbon, Adorning Accents embossing folder, Hearts a Flutter framelits dies, small heart punch, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! We are half through another week! I hope it is going well for you all! It's still cold around here and we have another good chance for snow on Friday. I hope so!! We sure could use it! The mountains more so but it is so nice to have the moisture! I didn't get as much stamping done yesterday as I had planned but I did get some a sewing project done and another one started. I really need to spend some time updating that blog, too. I like to take my pictures outdoors but that won't happen for a while - lol! So it will be more of the same for today and then a quiet evening at home.
Today's card was inspired by one I saw on the Hero Arts blog. Pretty simple with lots of layers. I adhered a piece of Basic Grey that was run through the Big Shot with the Honeycomb embossing folder to a piece of Naturals Ivory and then to a piece of Primrose Petals and then to a card base of Naturals Ivory. Then I adhered a strip of More Amore designer paper. On top of this I adhered a strip of Basic Grey and a strip of Naturals Ivory that has the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Basic Grey. Each of these strips were cut at an angle on one end. Then I stamped the heart image from Hearts a Flutter in Basic Grey onto Primrose Petals and cut it out using the Hearts a Flutter framelits dies. This is popped up onto the card. Then I punched a heart from Pool Party using the small heart punch. I added a pearl and called it done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Hearts a Flutter, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Naturals Ivory, Primrose Petals, Basic Grey, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Honeycomb embossing folder, Hearts a Flutter framelits dies, small heart punch, pearl, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! This is the only part of school being in session that I hate - getting up early. Ugh! But I do appreciate that I have to get up and get going. Back to the full routine of homework, various practices and early mornings. And we start living for the weekends - lol! So I am hoping that I can get some stamping done today. I also am looking forward to start some sewing projects, too! Becky and I have a class coming up on Crazy Quilting! I am really looking forward to that one, too!!
Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. A nice simple layout! I pulled out some Naturals Ivory card stock for this one. I bought a package of the Naturals White and Ivory not too long ago and have used it so rarely. I did started this card on Very Vanilla but switched to the Naturals Ivory and I like the texture of it a lot better for this. What do you think? I stamped the heart from Hearts a Flutter onto Naturals Ivory card stock in Primrose Petals (I stamped off once before stamping on the card stock). Then I stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Basic Grey. Then I added three strips of More Amore designer paper that were flagged on the bottom. This panel is then popped up onto a card base of Naturals Ivory. I added two rhinestones and called it done! Super simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Sweet Essentials, Hearts a Flutter; Paper- Naturals Ivory, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Primrose Petals, Basic Grey; Accessories- rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Another week has rolled around. And this is a week that a lot of parents have been waiting for - lol! School will be back in session tomorrow! Yea!! Nick is not that excited at all but I guess he will need to suck it up! I will be glad for the regular routine once again. And he will be starting basketball and soccer practices so that will be another plus. He has thoroughly enjoyed his break but I think even he is ready for the routine as well.
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches. This didn't come out like I had envisioned but I liked it. And it's super simple! I stamped the outline image from Oh, Hello in Crumb Cake onto a piece of Crumb Cake (I did stamp off once and that makes it a little hard to see in the photo). Then I rounded the corners and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake. I stamped the greeting in Early Espresso and adhered this panel to a card base of Crumb Cake. On the side, I adhered a strip of Print Poetry designer paper. Then I stamped the flower onto Very Vanilla using Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green markers. I cut it out and popped it up onto the card. Finally, I threaded a bronze button with linen thread and tied it to a piece of Victoria crochet trim. This is adhered to the card with glue dots. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry designer paper; Ink- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Victoria crochet trim, linen thread, bronze button, corner rounder, sponge, dimensionals
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
Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a super weekend! Last night Becky, Emily, Sherry and I got together to celebrate our Christmas and Emily's and my birthdays. It was SO much fun! Since Sherry moved away, we have to be a little more strategic about when we do these things. She was in town this weekend so that is why we did it all now. It was so great to see her and get caught up on everything. And Becky made her famous chicken and noodles and graham cracker ice cream - YUM!! Thanks girls!! I had the best time and I LOVE all my gifts! You are the best!!
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Paper Craft Crew Challenges. I used a piece of Print Poetry designer paper and adhered it to a piece of Raspberry Ripple that was punched along the bottom with the scallop edge border punch. This is then adhered to a piece of Primrose Petals that was run through the Big Shot with the Honeycomb embossing folder. A piece of Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon was tied around it before it was adhered to a card base of Very Vanilla. Then I stamped the greeting from Oh, Hello in Raspberry Ripple onto Very Vanilla and punched it out with the Decorative Label punch. This is popped up onto the card. A butterfly was punched from Summer Starfruit using the Bitty Butterfly punch. I added a metallic brad and adhered it to the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit, Print Poetry designer paper; Ink- Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Raspberry Ripple stitched satin ribbon, Honeycomb embossing folder, Decorative Label punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, scallop edge border punch, metallic brads, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! I hope your New Year is off to a super start! I can't believe that Nick will have to go back to school on Tuesday! Wow! This break really went by fast!! I am looking forward to having some time at home to myself, though! Today the Sketch Frenzy Friday team has another wonderful sketch for us! This week's sketch was created by Tammy Fite. Take a look!
Super simple and super cute!! I wanted to create something with my new toys so here is what I came up with!
I have to say that I really like how this came out!! I kept is simple, just like the sketch! I took a piece of the beautiful new designer paper from the More Amore designer paper pack and adhered it to a card base of Basic Grey. Then I took a piece of Very Vanilla and stamped the greeting from Made for You in Basic Grey. To the back of this I adhered two strips of Primrose Petals that were punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and then adhered this to the card. I stamped the scalloped heart from Hearts a Flutter in Basic Grey onto a piece of Primrose Petals and cut it out using the Hearts a Flutter framelits dies. I popped this up onto the card and added a Basic Grey button that was threaded with some linen thread.
Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday home page to see what the other designers did with this fabulous sketch! I hope that you will be inspired to play along with us this week! Be sure to upload your creation to the blog so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Made for You, Hearts a Flutter; Paper- Basic Grey, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla, More Amore designer paper; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Hearts a Flutter framelits dies, Neutrals buttons, linen thread, dotted ribbon scallop punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! It's the first Thursday of the New Year! And it's the first Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we have sketch challenge. Take a look!
This is a little different for me. But here's what I came up with.
I used some new products from the spring mini catalog! So much fun to play with new toys!! I flagged a strip of designer paper from the Print Poetry paper stack and adhered it to a piece of Crumb Cake. Then I took three strips of Midnight Muse card stock and ran them through the Big Shot using the Honeycomb embossing folder. These are adhered to the card. I stamped the flower image from Oh, Hello three times onto Very Vanilla using Gumball Green and Midnight Muse markers. I cut these out and popped them up onto each strip. Then I inked up just the 'thanks' using the Midnight Muse marker and stamped it onto the Crumb Cake piece. I added three metallic brads and adhered this panel to a card base of Midnight Muse.
Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary site and see what the other designers did with this sketch. I do hope that you will be inspired to play along this week! Upload your creation to the website so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Print Poetry designer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse, Gumball Green; Accessories- Honeycomb embossing folder, metallic brads, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going super! We totally enjoyed a full day of relaxing and watching football! It was pretty cold yesterday and so we kept the fire going and made a big pot of soup to graze on most of the afternoon. Today I need to get myself going as I have a few things that I must finish up before Friday and one of them I have not even started on - yikes!! I also need to get to stamping again. All the cards I stamped before Christmas vacation are used up. Now I need to find the mojo and start all over again.
So today's card was one that I whipped up late yesterday afternoon. I didn't have any left in the folder to show for today so I turned to Pinterest for inspiration. This one truly took my minutes to make! I stamped the hearts from Hearts a Flutter in Real Red onto Whisper White and punched them out using the Postage Stamp punch. Then I popped them up onto another piece of Whisper White. I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Real Red at the bottom and tied a piece of 1/8" Real Red taffeta ribbon to the top. I popped this panel up onto a card base of Real Red and added a rhinestone to each heart. Done!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Hearts a Flutter, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Real Red; Ink- Real Red; Accessories- Real Red 1/8" taffeta ribbon, Postage Stamp punch, rhinestones, dimensionals
Happy New Year everyone!! My 2012 year went by so fast that I pray I may enjoy each day as it comes in this new year. I really don't want to wish it all away. I don't really make resolutions because I never seem to keep them. I just want to keep doing what makes me happy and enjoy being with my family! I stayed awake long enough to see the new year in and then we came home. So thankful that we could sleep in this morning! Now I am looking forward to the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl football game. No real plans. Just time relaxing with family!!
Today's card is one that I did for the Control Freaks Spring mini catalog swap. I just got them all back yesterday and figured it was safe to show you all. I just love this set and had fun making this card! I took a piece of Very Vanilla and ran it through the Big Shot with the Honeycomb embossing folder and adhered it to a piece of Primrose Petals and then to a card base of Very Vanilla. Then I stamped the oval image from Oh, Hello in Primrose Petals onto Primrose Petals and cut it out using the Ovals Collection framelits dies. This is adhered to the card. Then I stamped the greeting in Gumball Green onto Very Vanilla. I adhered a piece of Print Poetry designer paper to the bottom of this piece and tied some Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon around it. This is adhered to a piece of Gumball Green and then popped up onto the card. I stamped the flower using Primrose Petals and Gumball Green markers onto Very Vanilla and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and here's to a super New Year!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Oh, Hello; Paper- Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Print Poetry designer paper; Ink- Primrose Petals, Gumball Green; Accessories- Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon, Honeycomb embossing folder, Ovals Collection framelits dies, dimensionals
