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Hello everyone! I am here to remind you that it is time for a great new sketch from Sketch Frenzy Friday! I am so sorry that I didn't get mine done this week. Too much turkey and fun with family, I guess. I hope to get one up later this week but we will see. We will be on the road on our way home on Saturday. Then I will be stamping on a regular basis once again! I did bring a few supplies with me but just didn't find the time for this wonderful sketch. So I send you on to Jennifer's blog who is the creator of this super fun sketch! Click 'here' to see what she created! I do hope you will find time to join us this week! I will be looking for your fabulous creations! Thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend!

 

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Good morning everyone! And HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope you enjoy your day with family and/or friends! We are enjoying the day with family in Kansas! Nick had the whole week off so we left last Saturday and will be going back home to Colorado on Saturday. But today is the Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge. I wasn't able to get my design team card done before I left so I threw a few stamp supplies (and I mean a FEW) together and figured I would make the card at my mom's. This week's challenge is a color challenge. Take a look!
 

The challenge colors are Night of Navy, Lucky Limeade and River Rock. Don't they look wonderful together?! Here is what I came up with (with my limited supplies):
 

I brought my Lean on Me stamp set because it makes very easy cards and the images are so cute! For this card I used a sketch from the Clean&Simple blog (the sketch used an circle and I made mine a square). My card base is Lucky Limeade with a piece of Lucky Limeade striped dsp on top. The focal point is the stamp stamped in black StazOn on Whisper White. I also stamped the boy image again on scrap paper and cut him out after coloring him with my aqua painter. Then I cut a strip of River Rock and flagged the ends. This was glued to the Whisper White piece and then glued to a Night of Navy piece and then I put two gold brads in. I popped up this panel onto the card and after cutting the little boy out, I popped him up right over the original boy image. Done!!

Please be sure to check out the rest of the design team and their wonderful creations at the Create with Connie and Mary site! I hope you will be able to find some time this next week to play along with us and show off your wonderful creations! I know we all love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Night of Navy, River Rock, Whisper White, in color designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Lucky Limeade, River Rock, Night of Navy, Blush Blossom; Accessories- gold brads, aqua painter, dimensionals

Simple Season

Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a super week! We are having our 'big' dinner this afternoon because my sister and her family have to leave tomorrow. So the house is starting to smell really yummy right now!! I can't wait!! Then I think that we may work off the meal by doing a little shopping, but we may have to see if we can stay awake - lol!

Today's card is one that I did a while back. I found a similar design in a magazine. I liked the way the bottom of the strip and the decorative label seem like one piece. When actually they are two separate pieces and the ribbon hides the seam. A super simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Season of Joy; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Whisper White; Ink- Early Espresso, Garden Green; Accessories- Early Espresso quilted satin ribbon, decorative label punch, mini brad, dimensionals

Bethlehem Button

Good morning everyone! I know that I am a little late in posting but it is our vacation time - lol! I am at my parents' house for the week. I had the honor of meeting my mom's Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Eva and her husband (also a stamper)! They came over last night to bring my mom's order. Eva had some samples to show and they were gorgeous! I am anxious to try out a new technique they told me about! It's always so much fun to meet other demonstrators! My brother is here now and my sister and her family will be coming tonight. I just love this time of year when the whole family can be together!

Today's card is one that I did a while ago. I was looking through an older magazine and found a card with a CAS design. So, I decided to copy it using Stampin' Up! supplies. I added a little more to it but I think it turned out all right. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Come to Bethlehem; Paper- Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Ink- Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake; Accessories- linen thread, Early Espresso button, sponge

Serene Pool Party

Good Monday morning! We have arrived safely at my parents' house. We got here yesterday afternoon. We left on Saturday and did some shopping in Denver and then drove the rest of the way on Sunday. So looking forward to some relaxation!! I can't believe that it is Thanksgiving!! Also, Saturday was Nick's birthday. We celebrated it on Friday. He got to open his gifts and we went out to dinner. He loved all his gifts and even has a little bit of birthday money to spend. I can't believe how big he is getting! I know I say it all the time, but it sure seems that time speeds up the older you get! I think that I will find some time to stamp while I am here - at least I hope so!

Today's card was inspired by a magazine that I had bought a while back. It had three snowflakes down the side. Anyway, it is very simple! I did cut the center of the snowflake out and popped it up on the center snowflake with a brad. Love the little "extras" in the Confetti White card stock! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Snowflakes, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Confetti White; Ink- Pool Party, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, silver brad, corner rounder, sponge, dimensionals

Control Freaks Blog Tour - KISS

Hello everyone! It's that time of the month when the Freaks come out to provide you all with a great blog tour! This month the Freaks are focusing on the 'KISS' method - Keep It Simple Stamper! All of our projects have minimal layers and are easily duplicated. So you probably arrived here from Mary Brown's blog. Isn't she talented? I always love to see what she comes up with! If you just landed here be sure to click on the button at the end of this post to continue through the tour. (please note that if you are visiting before the 20th, all the links may not be working so be sure to come back on the 20th for a smooth tour)

I used the Christmas Lodge set. I stamped the tree onto a Garden Green textured card base with Garden Green ink. Then I took a strip of Whisper White card stock and rounded the corners on one end. I stamped the greeting using Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler markers. On the other end is a strip of Cherry Cobbler that I punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch. The strip is then popped up on the card base and I added a Cherry Cobbler button with Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.

For this card I used the same stamp set, Christmas Lodge, along with Teeny Tiny Wishes. My card base is Confetti White card stock with the bottom corners rounded. I made a tag from Confetti White card stock as well. On the tag I stamped the image with Garden Green and Early Espresso markers. The greeting is stamped with Early Espresso. I took a strip of Cherry Cobbler card stock and punched it with the scallop edge border punch and glued it behind the tag. I tied a piece of Cherry Cobbler baker's twine at the top and popped the tag up on the card.

There you have it! I hope you got some inspiration for some clean and simple cards! I am the last stop on the tour but if you haven't been all the way through (there are 13 stops total), then be sure to click the button below to start at the beginning with Cindy Major. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Christmas Lodge, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Confetti White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green; Ink- Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Early Espresso; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, corner rounder, dotted scallop ribbon punch, scallop edge border punch, Cherry Cobbler button, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Yea!! It's Friday!! Time for some fun with a sketch challenge from Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was made by me! Take a look!
 

And here is what I finally came up with!

I don't know what it is but I have a much easier time with other people's sketches. When I have to come up with a card for my own sketch I get stumped. What is up with that? I wanted to do a card associated with Thanksgiving but I just couldn't get anything to work. So I went to Christmas. I love the look of the triangle shaped Christmas tree. I started with a card base of Garden Green and took a smaller piece of Garden Green and ran it through the Big Shot with the Snow Burst embossing folder. Then I used pieces of Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso to finish the sketch off. The tree part is made from a piece of Frostwood Lodge designer paper that was cut with the Perfect Pennants die. Then I cut a square of Early Espresso for the trunk. The tree is popped up on the card and then I added a 'star' with a rhinestone. Not much room for a greeting so I used 'merry' from the Pennant Parade set and stamped it in Early Espresso on Whisper White and flagged one end and put a silver mini brad in the other. 

Please click 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. I hope you will continue through the tour to see all the great designs and to get inspired. Then be sure to make your own creation and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all take a look! I can't wait to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- Snow Burst embossing folder, Perfect Pennants die, mini brad, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! It's time for another fun challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with a sketch. Take a look!
 

I knew that I wanted to do a Thanksgiving card so here is what I came up with:

I did a search to see if I could find a tutorial for making a turkey from punches. I found one from Angie Kennedy Juda who said she got it from one of our Stampin' Success magazines (it was from a while ago). So I followed her instructions and this is what evolved! Isn't he the cutest? I was really happy with how he turned out. I did add the little "wobble" but it looks more like a mustache. I won't go into details about how I made the turkey but you can do a search and find the video (and many others) on how to make him. I took pieces of More Mustard, Cajun Craze, and Old Olive and sponged them then mounted them to a piece of Early Espresso and ran it through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder. This is mounted onto a card base of Confetti Cream. The turkey is mounted a 3" circle of River Rock that was sponged then glued to the card. I added a strip of Confetti Cream with "Happy Thanksgiving" stamped in Early Espresso and a gold brad attached. This is glued onto the card. There you have it!

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary site to find even more inspiration from the rest of the team. Then create your own project using the sketch provided! Remember that we are Stampin' Up! only! I can't wait to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Confetti Cream, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Basic Black, River Rock; Ink- Early Espresso, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, River Rock; Accessories- gold brad, Square Lattice embossing folder, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/4" circle punch, Boho Blossoms punch, sponge

Simple Solstice

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going great! Seems like I have a lot to do this week and I am getting nothing done! Yikes! Yesterday I felt icky all day long! UGH! I guess we all had some side effects from the flu shot that we got on Monday. If I didn't know better I would have thought that I had the flu. I had the chills, my head ached, my body ached and I just felt awful! So I sat in a chair by the fire, curled up in a blanket and dozed most of the day. Thankfully, we all felt much better before we went to bed last night and we all seem to be back to "normal". So today I must go birthday shopping and do some stamping! I am way behind on these things!!

Today's card is one that I did quite a while ago. I wasn't sure how I felt about it. It's o.k. I like the clean and simple look of it. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Solstice; Paper- Confetti Cream; Ink- Island Indigo, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Very Vanilla narrow taffeta ribbon, mini brad, 1 3/8" circle punch, color spritzer, dimensionals

Monochromatic Christmas

Good morning everyone! It was pretty tough for me to get up this morning! I hope I can wake up so that I can get everything done that needs to get done. Yesterday we all went to get our flu shots. We have never had one before. This year we just felt like we should get one. So here's hoping we don't get the flu this year!

Today's card was one that I made thinking I might do it for the workshop I had last week. It's not my favorite but I do like the simple monochromatic look. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke; Ink- Always Artichoke; Accessories- linen thread, pearl, ornament punch, corner rounder, piercer, dimensionals 

Pretty Boughs

Good morning everyone! Here we are at another week. Lots to get done this week as we prepare to leave on Saturday. Today will be laundry day! And a big laundry day it will be! But that's o.k. as it allows me to stamp in between loads. And I do have a lot of stamping to get done as well.

Today's card was inspired by a few I found while blurfing. I was glad to use this stamp from Bells & Boughs. This particular stamp doesn't get much use so I wanted to see what I could do with it. I rather like the way it turned out! I used my blender pen and stamp pads. Pretty simple but can take a little time with the coloring. And I love the pop of color with the Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells & Boughs; Paper- Crumb Cake; Ink- black StazOn, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, pearls, corner rounder, blender pen, sponge, dimensionals

Mocha Morning Bethlehem

Good Sunday morning everyone! I hope you are having a super weekend! Yesterday's demonstrator meeting was awesome! I believe that everyone had a most wonderful time! We did some business discussions and then we had a cookie exchange with 6 x 6 recipe pages and then we played a little Stampin' Up! BINGO (thank you Sherry for your wonderful prizes) and then we had a gift exchange. This group of demonstrators can make THE best gifts!! I got a most beautiful Advent Calendar that was made by Heather Williams. The details on this are outstanding!! Thank you, Heather! So today is a day of relaxing and watching a little football - I love football Sundays! Plus, it is pretty yucky outside.

Today's card is one that I did in my workshop last week. I love this stamp set and it always makes very simple, yet elegant cards. I used some of the flocked Mocha Morning designer paper and the Tulip embossing folder. And then added a little ribbon and a rhinestone. Pretty simple! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Come to Bethlehem; Paper- Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Mocha Morning designer paper; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Basic Black taffeta ribbon, tulip embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, rhinestone, dimensionals

Ornamental Greetings

Good morning, Friends! I hope you all are ready for a fantastic weekend! I can't believe how fast time is going but I seem to be saying that more and more (must mean that I am getting old). My son, on the other hand, can't wait for time to fly! His birthday is next Saturday and he is SO looking forward to it! Poor guy doesn't realize that we have not done any birthday shopping - lol! Guess that will be my priority next week! I have a demonstrator meeting later today and I have lots to do to get ready so I guess I better move on to the card...

I had a workshop this past week and we made this card. It is a SUPER simple card but I think it packs a nice punch. I love the monochromatic with a pop of color with the ribbon. Of course I had to add a little rhinestone for some bling! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Whisper White, Garden Green; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, rhinestones, ornament punch, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning everyone! Time for another wonderful sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Angela Walters. Take a look!
 

A sketch with so many possibilities! But this is what I came up with!

I am quite pleased with this one! I did end up flipping the sketch to make it more balanced. For this card I started with a card base of Whisper White. Then I took another piece of Whisper White and ran it through the Big Shot with the Snow Burst embossing folder and glued it to a piece of Cherry Cobbler. To this panel I added a strip of Cherry Cobbler that I punched with the scallop edge border punch and wrapped a piece of Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon around it. Then I popped up this panel onto the card base. My focal point is a piece of Garden Green card stock that was cut with the scallop squares duo die. I stamped the image from Bells & Boughs onto a scrap piece with black StazOn and colored it with Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler markers and then cut it out. It is popped up onto a piece of Whisper White with the greeting (from the same set) stamped in Cherry Cobbler. This is glued to the Garden Green scallop square that is popped up onto the card. 

Please click 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog and see what she did with this sketch! Continue to click through the tour to get more inspiration and then I hope you will find some time to play along with us this week! Make your creation using this sketch and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!


Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells & Boughs; Paper- Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green; Ink- Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, scallop edge border punch, snow burst embossing folder, scallop squares duo die, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! It's time for another great challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look at these colors!
 

Our challenge colors are Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, and Basic Black. I do like the swatches of color together. But what to do with them? Well, I have been cranking out the Christmas cards lately so that's what I went with. Check it out!
 

This is a very simple card. I love this stamp set and how easy it is to use! This set would definitely be a great one to use to mass produce those Christmas cards! I started with a card base of textured Cherry Cobbler card stock. Then I took a piece of More Mustard and scalloped the bottom of it and wrapped a piece of Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon around the bottom. This is glued flat to the card front. Then I took a piece of Cherry Cobbler and stamped the image and greeting from Come to Bethlehem set in black StazOn. Then I sponged the edges with Cherry Cobbler and glued it to a piece of Basic Black card stock. This panel is popped up on the More Mustard. The final touch was to add a rhinestone to the star. Super easy! 

Please be sure to check out the rest of the design team at Create with Connie and Mary to get more inspiration using these colors! I do hope that you will play along with us this week and post your card to the site so that we can all see what fabulous things you do with these colors! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Come to Bethlehem; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Basic Black; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- Basic Black narrow taffeta, scallop edge border punch, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals