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Good morning, Friends! Thank goodness it's Friday!! I can't believe that it is the last day of the month! Where did it go? We are headed out of town for a soccer tournament in Vail. I am looking forward to it! The fall colors should be gorgeous! I better remember to bring my camera! So it is time for another super fun challenge from the team at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Patrice Herrera. Take a look!
 

I told you it was super fun! Here is what I came up with:

I got my color scheme from the Color Coach. I really like these colors together and I wanted to use the hot air balloon set - too fun! I started with a card base of textured Not Quite Navy. The I added layers of Poppy Parade and a piece of Sahara Sand designer paper along with two strips of Poppy Parade. Then I made my tag of Not Quite Navy with a layer of Sahara Sand that was run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and sponged on the edges. I punched a hole and threaded a piece of Poppy Parade poly twill ribbon through and tied it off with some linen thread. The tag is popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from the Up, Up & Away set in Not Quite Navy onto Whisper White card stock and punched it out with the 1 3/8" circle punch. This is popped up onto the tag. Then I stamped the balloon basket in Sahara Sand, The balloon in Not Quite Navy and the strip of flags in Poppy Parade onto Whisper White and then cut them out. The pieces were put together with glue dots and then popped up onto the tag. And there you have it!!

So now it's time for you to go and see what Jennifer has done with this fabulous sketch! Click 'here' to go and see her creation. Keep going through the tour to see what the rest of the fabulous design team has created. Then be sure to create your own project and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all take a look! I just love to see how you all interpret our sketches! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Up, Up & Away; Paper- Not Quite Navy, Poppy Parade, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Not Quite Navy, Poppy Parade, Sahara Sand; Accessories- Poppy Parade poly twill ribbon, linen thread, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, 1 3/8" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals

CCMC 169

Good morning everyone! It's time for another super wonderful and fun challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week's challenge is a color challenge. Take a look at these fantastic colors!

Aren't they awesome? The challenge colors are Pool Party, Sahara Sand, and Basic Black. I always love to pair colors with black. It just makes everything pop! So I found a layout in a magazine that I recently purchased and came up with this:

Can I say that I just love the way this turned out? Everything really fell into place! And it is a very easy layout! My card base is a 6 x 6 piece of textured Sahara Sand card stock that is folded in half to make a 3 x 6 card. Then I cut another smaller piece of Sahara Sand and layered a piece of Sahara Sand polka dot designer paper onto it. Then I tied the Pool Party ruffled ribbon around it before adhering it to the card. I used the small butterfly from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and stamped it in Pool Party onto Very Vanilla card stock (three times) and cut them out. Each butterfly got a mini brad. The butterflies are glue-dotted to 1" Sahara Sand squares which are glued to Basic Black card stock that is punched with the postage stamp punch. Then the squares are popped up over the ribbon. The last thing I did was to stamp the greeting at the bottom (also from the same set) in Basic Black. And there you have it!

I hope that you all will go on over to the Create with Connie and Mary website and see all the other wonderful creations that they have there using these colors. Then make your own creation and upload it to their site so that we might all look too! I can't wait to see what you do with these colors! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Flight of the Butterfly; Paper- Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Pool Party, Basic Black; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, mini brads, postage stamp punch, dimensionals

Spooky Wednesday

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a fantastic week so far! Sure does seem to be flying by! Nothing too out of the ordinary for us today. I need to get a few stamping related projects done today and then a parent/teacher conference with Nick's teacher. Sure hope that goes well!

Today's card is another from the magazine that I got. I think I definitely got my money's worth from this one!! I loving the layouts in it! This card is another pretty simple one - just the way I like them! Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving comments! They always brighten my day! I hope you all have a most wonderful day today!!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- white baker's twine, black button, Lots of Tags sizzlets, extra large oval punch, dimensionals

Easy Layout

Good morning, Friends! It's Monday again! And the last week of September! Where did this month go? We made it back from Denver late yesterday afternoon. It was nice to have a few hours at home before having to go to bed. That was our last trip to Denver for this season! Next weekend we have a tournament in Vail (a little closer). But the colors of the trees are SO beautiful! I wished I had brought my camera for some pictures. Hopefully they will be as brilliant next weekend, too! So the boys lost their game on Sunday. It was a tough game. They did play hard and fought to the end. 

Today's card was inspired by a layout from a recent magazine that I purchased. I love this layout! SO easy!! And it works so well for these stamps! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; paper- Confetti White, Wild Wasabi; Ink- black StazOn, Wild Wasabi, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black marker; Accessories- aqua painter, dimensionals

Tri Panel Friend

Good Sunday morning, Friends! We are still in Denver as the boys have another soccer game today. They did win their game yesterday so that was very exciting! After the game, Nick spent the afternoon with a friend and Pat and I got to go have a nice lunch and do a little shopping! We don't get to hang out just the two of us very often so that was really nice! We will be making our way home after the game today. Should be a really nice drive back!

Today's card was inspired by a layout in the magazine that I purchased recently. I really do like the way this one turned out! And it is super simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- My Friend; Paper- Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake; Ink- Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso; Accessories- Beautiful Butterflies embosslit, mini brad, sponge, dimensionals

Trendy Fall Trees

Good morning, Friends! We made it to Denver yesterday! The drive over here was amazing! The trees are really changing and the colors are so beautiful! Nick has a soccer game this morning and then we will drive to another part of Denver, to a different hotel for the game tomorrow. Then it's back home! I sure hope the boys play well!

I bought a new stamping magazine the other day and it is filled with sketches and samples. I love it! This card came about from one of those sketches. I haven't used this set in quite some time so I thought I would pull it out for this. And, I think it is perfect because this weekend is Color Weekend! It truly is a simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Trendy Trees; Paper- Confetti Cream, Early Espresso; Ink- Early Espresso, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, More Mustard; Accessories- Square Lattice embossing folder, modern label punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, mini brad, dimensionals

SFF 092311

Good Friday morning everyone! I am so happy that it is finally Friday!! My son thought it was a fast week and I am thankful for that. But for me, it was a long one! And today we will be heading out of town for two soccer games. It will be nice to get away! The Sketch Frenzy Friday team has another great sketch challenge! This week's sketch is brought to us by Maria Vanderform. Take a look!
 

Isn't it great?!! Here is what I created with it:

I knew I wanted to go in a Halloween direction. I love Halloween! I don't do anything special for it but it is so fun to see the kids get so excited about dressing up and getting candy! I often wonder how long Nick will continue to get excited about dressing up and going out trick-or-treating. Anyway, I started with a Pumpkin Pie card base. I cut a piece of Basic Black and a piece of Lucky Limeade designer paper and glued them together. Then I wrapped a piece of Basic Black striped grosgrain around that before adhering it to the card. then I took a piece of Basic Black taffeta ribbon and tied it around the striped ribbon leaving the tails exposed. For the focal point I stamped the girl from the Greeting Card Kids set in black StazOn on a piece of Confetti Cream card stock that was punched with the 2 1/2" circle punch. Then I watercolored her with coordinating colors and my aqua painter. The circle is popped up over the ribbon. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Black and added three rhinestones. 

I do hope that you will find some time to play along with us! We always love to see what you come up with! But before you get to creating, be sure to click 'here' to see what Jennifer came up with. Be sure to click your way through the tour to get inspired. Don't forget to upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Greeting Card Kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Pumpkin Pie, Confetti Cream, Neutrals and In Color designer paper stacks; Ink- black StazOn, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Blush Blossom; Accessories- Basic Black wide striped grosgrain ribbon, Basic Black taffeta ribbon, basic rhinestones, aqua painter, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals

CCMC 168

Good morning everyone! It's time for another great Thursday challenge from the team at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are challenging us with a sketch! Check it out!

I love this sketch! In fact I had so many ideas going through my head that I had a hard time trying to decide what to do! But I did finally settled on this:
 

I had gotten this stocking punch quite some time ago but hadn't used it so I thought it was time to get it out and get creative! I started with a card base of textured Marina Mist and added strips of various widths and lengths from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper. The greeting from Four the Holidays is stamped toward the bottom in Marina Mist. Then I took a piece of Cherry Cobbler and ran it through the Big Shot with the ovals die and glued that to a piece of Whisper White. This is popped up on the card. The main part of the stocking is punched from Marina Mist and the pieces are punched from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper. I glued the pieces down onto the stocking. Then I took the mini jingle bells and threaded three of them onto a piece of white baker's twine and adhered them to the stocking. Aren't they cute!! I also added a little loop with the white baker's twine. I popped the stocking up on the oval and added two rhinestones to the bottom right hand corner. Pretty simple!

Be sure to check out the rest of the super talented design team and their projects and the Create with Connie and Mary site! Then create your own project using the sketch provided. We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays; Paper- Marina Mist, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Marina Mist; Accessories- ovals die, stocking builder punch, white baker's twine, mini jingle bells, basic rhinestones, dimensionals

Control Freak Blog Tour - Fall Into Step

 

Hello everyone! It's that time of the month when the Control Freaks create some super wonderful creations to inspire you all! This month the Freaks are focusing on Fall - Halloween/Thanksgiving. So you if you started at the beginning, you have arrived here from Robin Spinner's blog and I would be your last stop. But if you didn't that's o.k. because when you are finished here, you can click on the button at the bottom of this post to move through the tour. You won't be disappointed! So let's get started! (Please note that if you arrive here before the 20th, all the links might not be working. Be sure to come back on the 20th to see all the wonderful creations from the fabulous Freaks)


My first project is something that I have been wanting to do for a while. So I decided to take the plunge and try it out! Here is what came out!

I thought this would make a super nice centerpiece for a Thanksgiving table! Stampin' Up! has come out with an awesome new tool called Simply Scored. I used it to make these medallions (or flowers). I was going through my cupboards and found a few of these milk cans. I have had them for a very long time and decided it was time to use them for something! Here is a close-up of the front of the can:

I used bamboo sticks to adhere the flowers to. I also put some dried beans in the can to help hold the flowers in place. I used a ton of products from the Spice Cake Suite in the Holiday mini catalog. Here is a close-up of the flowers:

My centerpiece project took quite some time so I decided to make a really simple card. I used the Always Thankful set from the Holiday mini catalog. 

So there you have it! I hope that you were inspired by what you saw here! Be sure to click on the link below to go to Barb Mulikin's blog if you haven't been there already. You won't want to miss what she has for you! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Products used: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- Soft Suede, More Mustard, Confetti Cream, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, More Mustard Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- Soft Suede wide grosgrain ribbon, Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon, Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, Spice Cake designer buttons, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, linen thread, gold brads, scallop trim border punch, color spritzer, dimensionals

Poppy Parade Birthday

Good morning, Friends! Well, here we are at the start of another week that will probably go just as fast as the one before it! I just can't believe how time flies! At least it will be a "normal" week for us. Nothing too exciting will be going on. 

Today's card was inspired by several layouts, including one from the catalog. I just kind of combined different elements from each and put this together! It is pretty simple. Because the ribbon is so bulky, I had to use two dimensionals stacked on top of each other to pop up the circle. 

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the Control Freaks blog tour! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Create a Cupcake; Paper- Poppy Parade, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Early Espresso; Accessories- Poppy Parade poly twill ribbon, 2 1/2" circle punch, Perfect Pennants die, itty bitty shapes punch pack, basic rhinestones, dimensionals

Up, Up & Away Birthday

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are having an awesome weekend! Nick's soccer game didn't turn out like we would have wanted. The rain did stop and it turned out to be a really nice afternoon! But the team just didn't quite get the job done. They go their first loss and boy were they bummed. After the game we went to the rodeo with some friends and that was a nice way to take our minds off of it. But the rain came back! Thankfully, it was only for a short time and then it cleared up and was really nice! We hadn't been to a rodeo for a few years so that was really fun! I think we are going to go watch our local college men's team play a soccer game and then Nick has baseball practice. Should be fun!

Today's card started from a sketch and then quickly took another direction. I got this set last week and wanted to do something with it. I really like these hot air balloons and it is something different for me. I took my colors from the Domestic Goddess designer paper. It is a pretty simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Up, Up & Away; Paper- Basic Grey, Calypso Coral, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Grey, Calypso Coral, Pool Party; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, basic rhinestones, dimensionals

LNS Challenge 138

Good morning, Friends! It was so wonderful to be able to sleep in this morning! And what a perfect day to do that! It is raining and gloomy outside. I think I need to go get a cup of coffee while I type this... Ahhh! That's better! Nick is supposed to have a soccer game later this afternoon so we will see if that is going to happen. This past Wednesday it rained during his practice. And the kids got soaked!! Nick got in the car and was so hyped up! He loves playing soccer in the rain!

So my card today is another very simple one. I am using the same set again! There are four stamps in this set and I should have used the image of the girl with the umbrella! It would have been perfectly suited for our day here! Oh well. I'm sure you will get to see her someday soon - lol! I actually got this card layout from the catalog (sorry, I can't remember what page). This card was also made for the challenge at LNS that was to use the new In Colors. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Confetti White, In Color designer paper stack; Ink- black StazOn, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Blush Blossom; Accessories- silver brads, dotted scallop ribbon punch, aqua painter, dimensionals

SFF 091611

Good Friday morning everyone!! It's a great day to do a challenge! Sketch Frenzy Friday has a super fun sketch challenge! This week's sketch is brought to us by Tammy Fite. Take a look:

 

So many wonderful possibilities for this one! But here is what I finally came up with:

 

I just had to use a new set of mine, Lean on Me. I love the sentiments in the set and I love the cute little kiddos! This set makes the easiest cards - ever! There isn't a whole lot of detailed coloring on these stamps. Love them!! And because the images are so simple, I decided to keep my card very simple as well. So I started with a card base of Confetti Cream and then cut another piece of Confetti Cream a little smaller and ran it through the Big Shot with the Stripes embossing folder. I glued this to the card base. For the focal point I stamped the image in black StazOn on a piece of Confetti Cream. I used Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Crumb Cake, and a little Blush Blossom to water color the image with my aqua painter. Then I took a piece of Not Quite Navy card stock and cut an oval with the ovals die. The image piece is glued to the oval and then popped up on the card. Since I already had my sentiment stamped as part of the focal point, I used three gold brads to finish it off (these were actually put on the striped piece before it was glued down - can't have those brad "butts" poking out the back). 

Now it is time for you to move along the tour to see what Jennifer has come up with this fabulous sketch! So click 'here' to move to her blog. Keep clicking through the tour to get inspired and then make your own project to upload to the Sketch Frenzy Friday site so that we can all see! I always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Confetti Cream, Not Quite Navy; Ink- black StazOn, Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Crumb Cake, Blush Blossom; Accessories- Stripes embossing folder, gold brads, ovals die, aqua painter,  dimensionals

CCMC 167

Good morning everyone!! Once again, it's Thursday. Boy, does time fly by!! So it's time for another super fun challenge from the wonderful ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they have a color challenge for us! Check out these awesome colors!

They reminded me of fall. And it definitely feels like fall around our area. The mornings and evenings have that "chill". I love it!! As we drive to Denver for soccer games, you can see some of the trees starting to change colors. In a few weeks it will be a glorious sight! So, I decided to take my card in a fall-like direction. Check it out!

I really love the way this turned out! I took a piece of Confetti White card stock and stamped lightly with Basic Grey ink the A to Z background stamp in the middle. Then I stamped one of the leaf images from Autumn Splendor lightly with Old Olive ink. To the top part of this panel I glued a piece of Basic Grey designer paper from the Neutrals paper stack and toward the bottom I glued a piece of Basic Grey textured card stock. The greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes is stamped in Basic Grey in the lower left hand corner. Then I took a strip of Cajun Craze card stock, tore it and glued it behind this panel. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Basic Grey textured card stock. For my focal point, I took a scrap piece of Confetti White card stock and stamped the leaf image twice - once in Old Olive and once in Cajun Craze and cut them out. These are popped up. My finishing touch was to take a Basic Grey button from the Neutrals buttons, thread some linen thread through the holes and tie a bow. It was adhered with glue dots right over the stems. These colors have a real elegant feel. I got my card layout from the Clean & Simple blog. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team submissions for this week's challenge. You can find them all at the Create with Connie and Mary website. I do hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! I always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Autumn Splendor, Teeny Tiny Wishes, A to Z; Paper- Basic Grey, Cajun Craze, Confetti White, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Basic Grey, Old Olive, Cajun Craze; Accessories- Neutrals buttons, linen thread, dimensionals

Simply Lean on Me

Good morning, Friends! This week seems to be flying by like all the rest! As the week goes on, it gets harder for me to wake up so early! So you can imagine how hard it is for Nick to get up! So why won't he go to bed earlier? 

I got an order yesterday that had some new stamps for me to play with. I just had to get this set, Lean on Me. Just a simple set with really sweet sayings and the cutest kiddos!! Love them! They are so easy to watercolor! So I pulled that one out and made a very quick and simple card for today. I am going to visit a friend today so I think I will be giving it to her. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Confetti White, Chocolate Chip; Ink- black StazOn, Pool Party, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi; Accessories- Chocolate Chip scallop polka dot ribbon, metallic brads, 2 1/2" circle punch, aqua painter, dimensionals