RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Day 6

Hello everyone and welcome back to day 6 of the Holiday Madness tour! Wow! Only one more day left! I can hardly believe how fast this week went. And here we are at the beginning of October. If you have followed the tour you have been to my upline's, Janet Wakeland's, blog and there she tells us how many days till Christmas. I think the last time I saw it, it was like 86 or something? So I do hope that this blog tour has given you all some great ideas. I am excited to try some of them out!

So today I am back to doing a card. I haven't been creating as much this week. Seems like I have been busy with other things so today I sat down to play along with the Featured Stamper on Stampin' Connection. This week the featured stamper is Kathy Baffone. I don't seem to find a blog for her but if you are a demonstrator you can check out her gallery on Stampin' Connection. Anyway, I was inspired to make this card. I wanted to keep a "vintage" feel to this card with the snowflakes that I used. And I think it worked. It was so super easy to do and could easily be mass produced for Christmas cards! Who knows? It might be mine? We will see. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to click on the link below to go to the next stop on the tour!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Snowflakes, Peaceful Season; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Ink- VersaMark, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso; Accessories- Cutter Kit, Chantilly crochet trim, scallop trim border punch, glimmer brad, white embossing powder, sponge, dimensionals

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Day 5 and CCMC 118

Hello everyone and welcome back to another day of Holiday madness! It's Thursday and that also means a new challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! You all get a "two-fer" today - LOL!! So I combined the challenge, which is Anything BUT a Card challenge along with the Holiday madness tour. And this is what I came up with! Now my closest friends know that I do not sew very well so they are probably really shocked right now (lol). I have actually been working on this for quite a while. And I will not show it up real close because it has many flaws but overall I think it turned out quite nice! My Home-Ec teacher would probably give me a failing grade but it will stay together :)

I used the new designer fabric from the Holiday mini and the Pennant die to make the triangles. They are doubled with batting in the middle to make them a little "puffy". I used the Alphabet Simple Letters to die cut the letters and glued them on with crystal effects. Then I just embellished each one with some of our new big designer buttons and seam binding ribbon. I also used a little vintage trinket on the bow. Then I strung the triangles together with some narrow Early Espresso taffeta ribbon. That's it! Here are more pictures of each letter:

And there you have it! So, there a few things that you will need to remember to do. First, click on the link below and go through the tour and get even more inspired. Second, make a project for the Anything BUT a Card challenge at Create with Connie and Mary. Third, post your project at Create with Connie and Mary! And lastly, Have FUN!!! See you tomorrow!


Recipe: Stamps- none; Paper- Cherry Cobbler; Ink- none; Accessories- Deck the Halls designer fabric, Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, Deck the Halls big designer buttons, Pennant die, Early Espresso narrow taffeta ribbon, linen thread, vintage trinkets, crystal effects

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Day 4

Hello everyone and welcome back to more Holiday madness! The blog tour week is sure going by very quickly! And I have had an awesome time showing you some of my favorite projects!

Today I am back to doing a card. I made this card a while ago and I just love the way it turned out. I had made a card a few days ago using this same stamp. But I just love him!! It is so easy to make really cute cards with this stamp!! And I do love the non-traditional colors of the Candy Cane Christmas designer paper. Christmas doesn't have to be red and green. This card is super easy and could be mass produced for family and friends. And really isn't that bulky so it could be mailed easily as well.

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day! Come back tomorrow for more Holiday Madness. But for now be sure to click on the link below to continue through the tour!

Card Recipe: Stamps- A Cute Christmas; Paper- Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, Real Red, Garden Green, Blushing Bride; Accessories- Northern Frost decorative strip, basic rhinestones, 2 1/2" circle punch, dotted scallop ribbon border punch, dimensionals

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Day 3

Welcome back to day three of the Holiday Madness tour! Are you getting tons of ideas for the upcoming holidays? I know I am! Yesterday I saw several ideas using the Simply Adorned product line and now I am inspired to get mine out and do something with it! Thank you ladies! So be sure to check back and see if I follow through - lol!!

So today I wanted to do something other than a card. Cards are so easy for me and I wanted to post something else. I had ordered these cute Mini Lunch Sacks from the Holiday mini catalog a while back but I haven't done anything with them. So, I decided I was going to do something and here is what I came up with! This is so SUPER simple but I thought it turned out cute! I used the Snowflake #2 die and cut it out of the backing that comes with the designer paper to make it a little sturdier. It's not as thick as cardboard but thicker than regular cardstock. Then I covered it with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. I used the new Tags Til Christmas stamp set and stamped the tag. It is meant to be punched out with the 1 3/4" circle punch but I cut it out. Then I used that punch to punch out a circle from Baja Breeze cardstock. And that is attached with dimensional to the snowflake. I wrapped the lunch sack with a 1" strip of Candy Cane Christmas designer paper. It is not glued to the lunch sack but attached with a glimmer brad which is also in the new Holiday mini catalog. Then I used some silver tinsel (also in the Holiday mini) to attach the snowflake to the designer paper. The tinsel is really cool as it is a little "wiry" and very easy to "mold" the way you want it! I just twisted it a few times to secure it! It took me longer to type this all up than it did to put it all together! I hope you enjoyed my little treat bag today. Come back tomorrow for another holiday idea. And be sure to click the link below to continue through the tour. Have a super day!

Recipe: Stamps- Tags Til Christmas; Paper- Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas designer paper; Ink- Baja Breeze; Accessories- Glimmer brad, Snowflake #2 die, 1 3/4" circle punch, silver tinsel, dazzling diamonds glitter, dimensionals

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Day 2

Hello everyone! I am so glad you are back for day 2 of the Holiday Madness Tour! I am so excited to be showing you more Christmas ideas! I have lots of cards to show but I am also working on some other projects so be sure to check back everyday to see what I have been working on! And be sure to go through the tour as there are MANY other ideas out there!! This is really a talented bunch of ladies and I am so glad to be a part of this!

So for today I have made another Christmas card. I really do like the way this one turned out. I am also in love with this stamp set, A Cute Christmas. You can find it in the new Holiday mini catalog. And to think... I almost didn't want it! What WAS I thinking?? I have used this cute little snowman more times than I can count! And the other images are so cute, too! I also love the new Candy Cane Christmas designer paper! I love the non-traditional colors in the paper. And I love to use them on my Christmas cards. On this card I also used the new Tasteful Trim die and the new Northern Frost decorative strip (both from the Holiday mini catalog). Thanks for stopping by and have a super day! Don't forget to click on the link at the bottom to take you to the next stop on the tour! And be sure to stop back by tomorrow for another Christmas idea!

Card Recipe: Stamps- A Cute Christmas; Paper- Blushing Bride, Real Red, Whisper White, Candy Cane Christmas designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Real Red; Accessories- Real Red wide grosgrain, linen thread, Tasteful Trim die, Norther Frost decorative strip, Top Note die, basic rhinestones, dimesnionals

RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Day 1

Hello everyone! I am so glad that you decided to join us on the RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour! If you continue to click through the tour you will eventually end up here again. So sit back and be prepared to get some wonderful Christmas ideas!!

My Christmas project today is a card. I was thinking that it would be my Christmas card for family and friends, but I just couldn't wait to post it! And who knows? Maybe it still will be my Christmas card - lol! It is so super easy!! And that's what I really love about it. You could easily reproduce this card and I believe that you really wouldn't have too much trouble mailing it, either. I had heard somewhere that the kraft color was going to be "in" for this Christmas season. Anyway, I really liked the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to click on the link below to go to the next stop on the tour! See you tomorrow!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Come to Bethlehem; Paper- Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake; Ink- VersaMark, Early Espresso; Accessories- scallop edge punch, basic rhinestones, dimensionals

Thank You, Friends!

Good morning everyone! It's the weekend! I found myself not really being able to sleep in. I hate it when that happens! Is it because of the full moon? I don't know, but that is what I will blame it on. This weekend is the Fruita Fall Festival. So downtown Fruita is closed to cars and ALL kinds of vendors are set up down there for the weekend. They also have live music and carnival rides. This morning Fruita will have its parade. We won't be able to go to that as we have a soccer game but it is always fun to watch. We will probably go down later today. It actually started last night and will run through tomorrow afternoon. It's fun to go to and the kids love the rides but it sure does do damage to the pocket book!!! Holy cow are those things expensive!! I love to go for the food! YUM! And there is so much to pick from! I will need to start thinking about what I will get this time - lol!!

Today's card was inspired by a CPS sketch. I believe it was last week's sketch. I am still not sure that I totally like this card but it's all right. I got the colors from the colourQ challenge blog. I love these colors and will need to try them again together. These colors also make me think fall and that's why I like them together, too. Well, that's all for today!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow when the RemARKable Holiday Blog Tour starts! We will be featuring wonderful products from the Idea Book & Catalog and from the new Holiday mini catalog. And it will be all about Christmas! I can't wait to show you all the ideas that I have come up with! I look forward to seeing you all this next week! Have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Friends Never Fade, Occasional Quotes; Paper- Peach Parfait, Early Early Espresso, Whisper White; Ink- Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz; Accesssories- dimensionals

Unscripted #73

Good Friday morning everyone! I hope that you all had a wonderful week! Mine seemed to fly by. And I don't feel like I have had adequate stamping time. I will need to fix that. But later this morning I have a massage. Ahhh! And boy do I need it!! I slept on my back wrong last night and now I have a kink in it. So it will be good for her to work that out today. Yesterday I got my hair highlighted and cut and boy does that feel good! I got some new kind of hair spray from the salon and it has the BEST smell to it! I was getting all kinds of compliments on the "perfume" I was wearing and it was my hairspray!! How cool is that? I just thought that was really neat.

Today's card was inspired by a sketch at Unscripted Sketches. For this sketch they added another challenge to it: make it monochromatic. I love monochromatic! It is so fun and easy! Monochromatic doesn't mean you have to use the exact same colors but the same shades or hues of the color. So for mine I used shades of brown. I used Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, and Chocolate Chip. This is a super simple card but I wanted to highlight the designer paper. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Herb Expressions; Paper- Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Woodland Walk designer paper; Ink- Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake; Accessories- itty bitty punch pack, ticket corner punch, basic pearls, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC 117

Good morning, Friends! It's Thursday and that means another challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week's challenge is to get inspired by this really FUN cake! Take a look...

There is a whole lot going on here and it was hard for me to focus but here is what I came up with...

I took the colors, the flowers and the diamond pattern as my inspiration for this card. I used the same color of cardstock for the diamonds as the card and then sponged that same color onto the edges of each diamond. I got the diamonds from a punch that I had purchased from another store - a non SU punch. But I really like the look of the diamonds. I used the basic pearls because of the pearls around the cake and the colors that I saw were Blushing Bride, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, and Cherry Cobbler. And even though the cake seems to be sort of whimsical, it is still elegant and that is what I was going for on this card.

So there you have it! Be sure to check out the rest of the design team and see how they were inspired! Then make your own project and post it to Create with Connie and Mary so we can all take a look. I would love to know how others are inspired by this great cake!

And don't forget about Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition! I am sure this will be a super one and one you won't want to miss! Their preview projects are just so fabulous! And the tutorials for these preview projects are FREE! Plus you have a chance to win a FREE subscription to the Holiday Edition! Be cure to check it out!! Have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Full of Life; Paper- Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait; Ink- Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Pear Pizzazz ribbon, 5-Petal Flower punch, 1/2" circle punch, oval punch, diamond punch (non SU); sponge, dimensionals

Inspired by a Monster!

Good morning, Friends! I hope that your week is going by wonderfully! Mine seems to be flying by! I was going to do some stamping yesterday but I never made it down to my room. Instead I did several mounds of laundry and cleaned my floors. Well, I got the first layer of dirt off my floors :). I still have another load of laundry and I need to go grocery shopping. I have to make dinner earlier on soccer practice nights because practices were moved to an earlier time. We are running out of daylight before practices get over. Bummer. I really don't like the shorter days. But today is supposed to be rainy and cooler and I am excited about that! Real fall weather! However, when I look out to the west all I see is blue skies. Hmmm... We will see!

Today's card was inspired by the catalog. You can find it on page 77. I think that monster card is soooo cute and I am close to buying the set but I am not really sure who I would give those cards to, so I don't get it. But I still think it's cute! Anyway, I thought I could use the same basic layout with another set. I just love the catalog for that very reason! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Fun; Paper- Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Wicked Fun designer paper; Ink- Basic Black, Old Olive; Accessories- bat punch, scallop edge punch, dimensionals

Tasteful Halloween

Good morning, Friends! I hope that your week is off to a great start! The days just seem to be flying by around here! I hope that you all had a chance to go through the Control Freaks blog tour. If you didn't, you can do it at any time. We keep the links up and they should link directly to each post. I hope that helps! I am looking forward to a quiet day of stamping. I do need to do some laundry but that's about it.

Today's card is from a sketch that I found at Stampin' Addicts. The sketch was a super simple one and I wanted to try something a little different. I used by Tasteful Trim die for this one. I just love that die! It really has so many possibilities! I also used the Spider Web embossing folder and then took a sponge with some white craft ink and lightly highlighted the spider web. My "Happy Halloween" greeting doesn't show up as good as I would like it to but it's there. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Whisper White craft; Accessories- 2 1/2" circle punch, Tasteful Trim die, Spider Web embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals

Control Freaks Blog Tour

Hello everyone! I am posting my Control Freaks blog tour post a little early so we can work out any "bugs" should they come up. The entire tour will be up and running later tonight or you can view it tomorrow.

So, if you are going through the tour, then you probably came from Mary Brown's awesome blog. She always has great projects! If you just started with my blog, well, that's o.k. because if you continue through the tour, you will end up right back here. So sit back and enjoy the tour! The theme this month is Fall/Thanksgiving/Halloween. These are my favorite times of the year!

So my first project is a simple little candy holder. I used the new Candy Wrapper die from the Holiday mini catalog. I just love how it turned out!

I used Basic Black cardstock and the Candy Wrapper die. Then folded it all up. Then I took some Wicked Fun designer paper and some Cajun Craze cardstock to embellish it a little. I added the greeting from the Wicked Cool set and there you have it! I didn't want to put too much on it and hide the way cool and fun designer paper, so I kept it pretty simple. This die is so much fun and you can use it for many other occasions!

My next two projects are cards. This first card is a Thanksgiving card.


I just love this Autumn Splendor set! This is a very simple card to do. I used the color combination of Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze and Wild Wasabi. Then I added some Crumb Cake brads. The words and the leaf are stamped on Very Vanilla. The greeting comes from the set Grateful Greetings. A great set to have for the upcoming holidays!

My last card is my favorite! I just love this stamp set! It is the Greeting Card Kids stamp set and the images in it are just so sweet!

For this card I used Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, and Pumpkin Pie. I also added in a little Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray as well as some Sahara Sand to give it a little shadow. I stamped the image on Shimmery cardstock and water colored it using my aqua painter. I also used my new Tasteful Trim die to make the little zig zag line in the background. The Tasteful Trim die is another "must-have"! And then I topped off the card with a greeting from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set and a black button that has a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock in it. Super simple!

I hope you enjoyed looking at my projects as much as I enjoyed making them! Remember to click on the link below to visit Jan's blog. She always has super projects to show! Enjoy!

Wicked Top Note

Good morning everyone! This is an early post as we are participating in a fundraiser this morning. It is for Nick's competitive baseball team and we are putting our time in early as we have double header soccer games this afternoon! Whew!! Anyway, it should be fun and we are looking forward to raising money so we can do many baseball tournaments this spring.

Today's card is one that I did at this month's shoebox club. It is inspired by the catalog cover. I had been wanting to try this for some time and finally decided to give it a go. I just cut strips of varying lengths of the Wicked Fun designer paper and some sold colored cardstock. Then I glued them to a piece of Whisper White cardstock and ran it through the Big Shot to cut out the Top Note piece. Then I ran the Top Note piece through the Big Shot again using the Spider Web embossing folder. Cool, huh! Then some embellishments and a greeting and there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Old Olive, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Wicked Fun designer paper; Ink- Sahara Sand, Basic Black; Accessories- Raven lace trim, glimmer brad, Top Note die, Spider Web embossing folder, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, dimensionals

TSSC 139

Good morning everyone! It's Friday! Nick doesn't have school today so he is sleeping in. Wish I could have. But he has a friend coming over and I need to make myself "presentable". Better not be walking around in my pajamas - lol!! Last night was kind of a rough one. One of our little kitties was being extremely aggressive towards the other one and nothing we did could calm her down. Then when we were ready to go to bed I found three little "surprises" on our bed! That did it for me! Now we couldn't be sure which one did it but the same little aggressive one kept coming to check on the blankets and sniff around, etc. So, I just thought it must be her. The other kitty just settled in next to Nick in bed. The rough part was that my husband and I immediately made this kitty an outdoor cat. No inside for her! It just broke Nick's heart. Which broke mine. But you just can't have a kitty/cat that can't do her "business" where she is supposed to. It just smells too bad! So today I have to go and find a new comforter and blanket. And yes, we did need new ones as these were falling apart but I wasn't quite ready to spend that money yet. The other kitty will eventually be outdoor as well but she will be able to come in once in a while. So we didn't get much sleep as the outdoor kitty kept mewing to get back in. She will figure it out...

Today's card was inspired by Mary Jo's lunchtime sketch challenge. I haven't played along with her challenges in quite a while and thought it was time. It did take me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with this one. I think that I got it figured out. I really like the colors on this card. They are so bright and cheery! And I haven't used this set so I thought I would get it inked up for the first time. Great sketch and an easy card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Apple Blossoms; Paper- Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Poppy Parade, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Whisper White; Ink- VersaMark, Poppy Parade, Not Quite Navy; Accessories- neutrals buttons, linen thread, dimensionals

CCMC 116

Good morning, Friends! It's Thursday and that means another fabulous challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! Today's challenge is a sketch challenge - my favorite!! And it is a fantastic sketch! Look!

And here is my version of the sketch!

I think that I had used Wicked Cool on my last sketch challenge from Create but this set is just way too much fun so I am going to it more and more! And here is yet another way to use this great set. I hope that you find inspiration from this sketch and will participate in this challenge!

I also want to make sure that you all are aware of what is going on at Create with Connie and Mary. If you notice in my sidebar I have an advertisement for their upcoming Holiday Edition of Create with Connie and Mary. They are currently running an early bird special for these projects. And they are also showcasing some WAY cute projects of examples of what you will get when you register for their Holiday Edition. For lots more information about this, head on over to their blog. You will also find a way to get FREE subscription to their Holiday Edition!

I hope to see your card on Create with Connie and Mary! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Wicked Fun designer paper; Ink0 Basic Black, Cajun Craze; Accessories- Raven lace trim, bat punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, glimmer brads, sponge, dimensionals