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Good morning everyone! Yea!!! It's Friday!! We are ready for a long weekend! I hope that you all get some time off this week to play along with us at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch was created by Tammy Fite. Take a look!

Great sketch!! It was something a little different for me and I found out that it was FUN!! Take a look at what I did!

I kept it all very simple. I adhered two squares of the Orchard Harvest designer paper to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I used the Apothecary Accents framelits dies to cut a frame from Very Vanilla card stock. I stamped the greeting from Perfectly Penned in Early Espresso and used the paper piercing essentials pack to pierce inside the frame. This is popped up onto the card. I stamped the flower from Perfectly Preserved in Raspberry Ripple onto Very Vanilla card stock and cut it out using the Cannery framelits dies. I put a brad in the flower center and attached it to the frame. 

Click 'here' to go and see what Jennifer did with this great sketch. I hope that you will be able to take some time and create a project using this sketch and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Penned, Perfectly Preserved; Paper- Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso; Accessories- Apothecary Accents framelits, Cannery framelits, paper piercing essentials pack, silver brad, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I am so excited to bring you this week's Thursday challenge from the great ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week's challenge is a color challenge! Here are the colors we are to work with this week...

Rich Razzleberry, Night of Navy and Lucky Limeade! Fun colors!! And so many possibilities! I found a card in our recent Stampin' Success magazine (a magazine for demonstrators) that I really liked and I decided to recreate it with the challenge colors!

I took a piece of Lucky Limeade designer paper and flagged one end. Then I took a strip of Whisper White and stamped the bird and the "trail" from Moving Forward in Night of Navy. This is adhered to the designer paper. Then I took a piece of Rich Razzleberry and stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Night of Navy and adhered this to the Whisper White piece. I must mention that my secret Create word is Create's. Then this panel is popped up onto a card base of Night of Navy. I added a Night of Navy flower that was punched with the Boho Blossoms punch and a Rich Razzleberry flower that was punched with the itty bitty shapes punch pack. In the flower center is a rhinestone! Super easy card!!

Be sure to check out the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers did with these colors. While you are there make sure you subscribe to their Create Holiday Edition! The early bird pricing is going on right now and you can save on your subscription! They also have lots of preview projects with FREE downloads over there! You will not be sorry! So much talent!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Moving Forward, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Night of Navy, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, In Color designer paper; Ink- Night of Navy; Accessories- Boho Blossoms punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

Nacho 9

Good morning everyone! Seems to be a busy week for us so far. I can't believe that we are nearing the end of August! Wow!! Nick is looking forward to a long weekend this weekend! I think we all are!! No special plans for us, but it will be nice to just relax at home and try to get some things done around here. I hope your week is going well and that you are able to find some time to create! That is on my schedule for today!

Today's card comes from the latest challenge at Nacho Average Challenge. This week they have a sketch challenge. I really liked how clean and simple it was so I was excited to play along! I took a strip of Very Vanilla and ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and adhered it to the card base of Very Vanilla. Then I stamped the flower stem from Summer Silhouettes in Lucky Limeade and the flower top in Raspberry Ripple. I used my paper piercing essentials pack to help me pierce a circle around the flower. Then I tied a piece of Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon around this before popping this panel up onto the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Raspberry Ripple and attached it to the card. My final touch was to add a rhinestone to the flower (kind of hard to see). Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Very Vanilla; Ink- Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon, Square Lattice embossing folder, paper piercing essentials pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a splendid start! Nick had a dentist appointment yesterday after school and needless to say he was less than thrilled! But it all turned out great and he is good for another six months! I wish I was so lucky when I was his age! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Pals Paper Arts. It's been quite a while since I played with one of their challenges. This sketch was calling out to me but I did have a hard time with what I wanted to do. Of course I was trying to use the new Perfectly Preserved set but I also wanted to try to use some of my other stamps. So, I finally narrowed it down to this one; Lean on Me. This set will make you a very quick and easy card and they always turn out cute because this set is just so adorable!! Anyway, I attached some strips of Twitterpated designer paper to a Whisper White panel and popped this up onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I stamped the image from Lean on Me in black StazOn onto a Whisper White panel and colored it in with inks and a blender pen. I adhered this to a piece of Basic Grey and then popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Blush Blossom; Accessories- blender pen, dimensionals

Flower in a Jar

Good morning, Friends! Wow! Another Monday has rolled around! What a great weekend we had! The soccer team won their game yesterday and that was great as we haven't beat that team until yesterday! Now it's back to the routine of school and practices with a dentist appointment thrown in for good measure - lol! And then September comes. I think I am ready for fall. How about you?

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. Great simple layout! And I used my new favorite stamp set and colors! Are you tired of see this set? I am hoping to spend some time creating today so I will try to break out a different stamp set. For this card I stamped the jar from Perfectly Preserved in Early Espresso onto a piece of Very Vanilla, then the stem in Lucky Limeade, then the flower in Raspberry Ripple, and then the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Early Espresso. I took a piece of Early Espresso card stock and tore the edge before adhering it to the back of the stamped panel. Then I pierced a circle around the flower image using my paper piercing essentials pack and added two pieces of Orchard Harvest designer paper that were flagged and popped this panel up onto the card. Finally I added a rhinestone to the flower and called it done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- paper piercing essentials pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

Canned Tag

Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is going great! I know that I told you that we had the house to ourselves last night. It was pretty quiet around here! We ended up just enjoying the quiet and got some things done around here before ordering a pizza. Yep, nothing fancy. But it was nice. So, we will be picking him up soon and then he has another soccer game (they tied their game yesterday). AND... it is my husband's birthday, today, so we will be shopping for some new shirts for him (he needs some badly) and then our wonderful friend, Becky, will be making a glorious dinner and dessert! Can't wait for chicken and noodles!! Yum!!! 

Today's card was inspired by one that I saw on Pinterest. I loved the tag that they used so I tried to make it a little different on mine. Used a different set and here is what I came up with. I adhered a strip of Orchard Harvest designer paper onto a card base of Crumb Cake and then stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Early Espresso. Then I cut a piece of Crumb Cake to 2 3/8" and slid the top part into my 2 1/2" circle punch and punched the top part of the tag to round it. I flagged the bottom part and then popped this up onto the card. I stamped the images from Perfectly Preserved in Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple and Lucky Limeade onto Very Vanilla and cut them out using the Cannery framelits dies. I adhered these together and popped them up onto the tag. Then I added a bronze button with some Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon to the top of the tag. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, bronze button, Cannery framelits dies, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends!! Are you all ready for a great weekend? I guess that first week of school wore me out a little - lol!! It was really nice to sleep in a little. A little later we will be going to Nick's first soccer game of the season! I am so excited for them to get this season started! And I think they are ready to go out and win!! Then Nick has a birthday party sleep over, so Pat and I will have the evening to ourselves! Gee, whatever will we do :))))

Today's card come from a sketch at Freshly Made. Yep! I used the Perfectly Preserved set! Love this set!!! I ordered a brand new package of Crumb Cake two weeks ago and I need to get another one ordered! I just love how all these colors go together!! And you will be seeing this set for a few more cards (in a row). Did I say how much I love this set? :) O.k. This card is so super simple looking but not so much a simple card to make. Well, it might be for you all but I had to start over several times - lol! I drew a light pencil line on my card base of Crumb Cake. Then I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the apples and stems and I stamped them in Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the other apple in Raspberry Ripple onto Very Vanilla and the stem in Lucky Limeade onto Very Vanilla and used the Cannery framelits to cut out those pieces. I popped up the apple onto the card, covering one of the Crumb Cake apples. Then I used the sentiment from Made for You and stamped it in Early Espresso. Finally I added a rhinestone for a little bling!! I did erase the line very carefully, too. Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved, Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla; Ink- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple; Accessories- Cannery framelits dies, stamp-a-ma-jig, rhinestone, dimensionals 

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Good Friday morning everyone! Wow! Another week that has flown by! My son just finished his first week of school and all seemed to go well! Yea!! Now we start a weekend of soccer games and fall seems to be in the air! Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for you to play with! This week's sketch is provided by Tina Munzke. Take a look!

I love how she kept her sketch really simple! So I tried to keep my card the same. Take a look!

I am loving this new set from the Holiday mini catalog, Perfectly Preserved and matching Cannery framelits dies! I apologize now for all the cards you will be seeing with it - lol!! I stamped the apple image from Perfectly Preserved three times onto a strip of Crumb Cake in Raspberry Ripple and Lucky Limeade. Then I stamped the same images onto a piece of Very Vanilla and used the Cannery framelits dies to cut them out. I popped the cut image up onto the strip. The strip is popped up onto a piece of Crumb Cake that went through the Big Shot with the Argyle embossing folder. This is then adhered to a piece of Early Espresso and then popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped the greeting in Early Espresso onto a piece of Very Vanilla and cut it out. It is adhered to the card. And finally, I added a rhinestone to the main apple!

Continue through the mini tour by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Continue through the tour to get inspired by the other designers. I do hope you will be able to find some time to play along with us this week! Be sure to upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! We always love to see what you do with our sketches! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Ink- Early Espresso, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Argyle embossing folder, Cannery framelits dies, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I'm excited to bring you this week's challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are providing us with a sketch. Take a look!

I am loving this sketch!!! So clean. So simple. So my style - lol!! And here is what I came up with!

I took a piece of Soft Suede card stock and rounded the top left hand corner with the 1" circle punch. I like how you can round the corners with circle punches to give a different look! This is adhered to the card base of Pool Party. Then I took a piece of Calypso Coral designer paper and flagged the bottom before adhering it to the card. I rounded the bottom right hand corner of a piece of Very Vanilla with the 1" circle punch and stamped the sentiment from Sweet Essentials in Soft  Suede. Then I popped it up on the card. I punched a 2 3/8" scallop circle from Pool Party and pierced each scallop before popping this up on the card. Then I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Pool Party and cut it out. I adhered this to a circle of Calypso Coral that was punched with the 1 3/4" circle punch. This is popped up onto the scallop circle. Then I added small pearls to the flower centers. 

Please visit the Create with Connie and Mary website for more inspiration from the other talented designers! I hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! Be sure to upload your creation to the site so that we can all see what you did! While you are there, check out the upcoming Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition! Their early bird pricing is going on right now! Don't miss out on a great opportunity to get some awesome ideas for the upcoming holiday season!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, In Color designer paper stack; Ink- Pool Party, Soft Suede; Accessories- 1 3/4" circle punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1" circle punch, pearls, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! I finally have a post for you!! I have discovered something about myself: I am just not creative in the evenings. Sunday I had planned to make a few cards for the upcoming week and we ended up being out of the house the entire day. So when we got home I thought I would try to get a card ready for Monday. Well, I tried. I just couldn't get "it" together and thought I would work on Monday. Well, Monday turned into another "one of those days" and I didn't even get into the craft room. So yesterday I HAD to do something. After dropping Nick off at school I got some laundry ready and then headed to the craft room. And things started coming together! I am looking forward to getting more done today! Nick's Back-to-School Night is tonight and I look forward to meeting his teachers. He seems to like his schedule and his teachers! That's good news!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch from Freshly Made. Like I said, I had every intention of having this card done on Monday so needless to say, I missed the deadline to enter it. But it is a great sketch! I also caved in and got the Perfectly Preserved set along with the matching framelits. I am SO glad I did! I am loving these new toys!! I also got the Orchard Harvest designer paper. I am considering this my fall type stamps - lol! For this card I tok a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper and adhered it to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I took three strips of Early Espresso card stock and flagged one end of each. These are adhered to a piece of Very Vanilla and popped up onto the card. I stamped the images from Perfectly Preserved onto a piece of Very Vanilla (jar lid in Raspberry Ripple, jar in Early Espresso, pear in Lucky Limeade with Early Espresso for the seeds and the stem in Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso). I used the matching Cannery framelits dies to cut these all out - super easy!! I added some Early Espresso baker's twine to the jar lid along and assembled these all together and then popped the jar up onto the card. I stamped the greeting in Early Espresso onto a piece of Very Vanilla and cut it out by hand (because I don't have the Bitty Banners framelits dies) and it is adhered to the jar. Finally, I added an Early Espresso button with some Early Espresso baker's twine. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Early Espresso baker's twine, Cannery framelits dies, neutrals buttons, dimensionals

Googlie Spider

Good Sunday morning everyone! I hope your weekend has been going great! After we came back from the memorial service yesterday, we each took a little nap. I was still feeling the effects of my migraine so it was nice to lay down for a while. Then Nick got invited to a baseball game (our local minor league team) and spend the night with a friend. So we drove him in and were looking for a place to eat when some friends of ours called us up and asked if we would like tickets to the same baseball game. We said yes and went, too!! I hadn't been to one and it was so much fun!! The seats were great ones, too!!! And the GJ Rockies winning the game added to the fun, too! We got home pretty late and thankfully I was able to sleep in. Ahhh!! Tomorrow morning it's up early to get the kiddo off to school!

Today's card is the fourth of the cards I did with my stamp club this month. I really liked how this turned out even if it is super easy!! I got the idea from the recent special issue of PaperCrafts magazine. I embossed a piece of Basic Black with the Web embossing folder and then adhered it to a piece of Lucky Limeade. This is popped up onto a card base of Basic Black. Then I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Black onto a strip of Pumpkin Pie. A strip of Lucky Limeade was cut with the Tasteful Trim die and adhered to the bottom part of the Pumpkin Pie strip. I put a brad through and attached a piece of white baker's twine behind this before adhering it to the card. Then I stamped the spider from Googly Ghouls in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White and cut him out. He is popped up onto the card and over the baker's twine. I added two googlies for his eyes. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, black StazOn; Accessories- Web embossing folder, Tasteful Trim die, silver brad, white baker's twine, googlies, dimensionals

Especially for You

Good morning, Friends! An early morning post that will be quick as we will be leaving shortly to go out of town to a memorial service for a family member. And I didn't sleep well at all last night so I know that there is a migraine just around the corner. Hopefully a cup of coffee and a few pills will nip that and I will be good to go for the rest of the day!

Today's card is the third one that I did with my stamp club on Monday. I just love the color Crumb Cake. Anything goes with it!! And here I paired it with Wisteria Wonder. I love how soft it is. I took a piece of Crumb Cake and rounded one corner. I took two strips of Crumb Cake dsp flagged the ends and sponged them before adhering them to the panel. Then I stamped the image from Summer Silhouettes in Crumb Cake ink and the sentiment from Made for You in Basic Black. I used my paper piercing essentials pack and a piercer to pierce a circle around the flower to highlight it. I wrapped a piece of Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon around this and popped it up onto a card base of Crumb Cake to which I rounded the corner, too. Finally I added a flower that was punched from Wisteria Wonder using the itty bitty shapes punch pack with a rhinestone. So soft and simple!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Silhouettes, Made for You; Paper- Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- Crumb Cake, Basic Black; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, itty bitty shapes punch pack, corner rounder, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals

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Good Friday morning! Time for another challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch comes to us from Tammy Fite. Take a look!

Great sketch! So many possibilities! It was hard to narrow down what I wanted to do but here is what I finally came up with!

Yes, I made a Christmas card. I wasn't going to but there was just something calling me toward Christmas. So I pulled out the Bells and Boughs set and went to work. I wrapped three pieces of Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon around a piece of Gumball Green card stock. Then I stamped the bough in black StazOn onto Very Vanilla and colored it with Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler markers and cut it out. I popped it up onto a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered this to a piece of Cherry Cobbler. This panel is popped up onto the card and stamped the sentiment in black StazOn below it and added a rhinestone. 

Continue on the tour by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Be sure to take the entire tour to get inspiration from each designer's creation. I hope that you will be able to find some time to play along with us! Be sure to upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells and Boughs; Paper- Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla; Ink- black StazOn, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Time for another challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look!

Midnight Muse, Daffodil Delight and Gumball Green are the colors we are to work with. Love these colors!! The new Midnight Muse is such a beautiful color to work with! I used a sketch from CPS to help me put this card together. Fun!!

Another very easy card! I wrapped a piece of Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon around a piece of Midnight Muse card stock and popped it up onto a card base of Midnight Muse. Then I stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Midnight Muse onto Whisper White and punched it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. This is adhered to a circle of Daffodil Delight that was punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch. This is popped up onto a scallop circle that was punched from Gumball Green. Then I popped it up onto the card. I took a piece of Daffodil Delight to the Big Shot and used the Beautiful Wings embosslit to cut some butterflies. These are adhered to the card. Then I added some rhinestones to complete the card!

Find more inspiration from the other designers at Create with Connie and Mary! I hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Friendly Phrases; Paper- Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, Beautiful Wings embosslit, rhinestones, circle punches, scallop circle punch, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Another week seems to be flying by! Here we are halfway through the last week of our summer! I know I keep repeating that but it's mainly because I need to remember that I will need to start getting the boy up and getting him ready for school! While it's been nice just being lazy and leisure, it will be nice to have a regular routine once again. 

Today's card is #2 that my stamp club did on Monday night. This card was inspired by my friend Mary Brown. She used these same colors, stamp set and technique last week on a card she did. I used the sketch at Clean&Simple to help me put this card together. And I quite like how it all turned out! I think the ladies did, too! And the best part is, it is really simple!! I took a piece of Daffodil Delight to the Big Shot and ran it through with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. This is adhered to a piece of Basic Grey and then adhered to the card base of Whisper White. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and a piece of Basic Grey card stock to the Big Shot and ran them through with the Apothecary Accents framelit dies. I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Basic Grey and sponged Daffodil ink just on top of the flowers. I cut the Basic Grey piece because I wanted just the bottom portion. This is adhered to the Whisper White piece. I tied a piece of ribbon around this and then popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight; Ink- Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Basic Grey stitched grosgrain ribbon, Apothecary Accents framelit dies, Fancy Fan embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals