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Good Friday morning everyone! It's the last day of November, it's Friday, AND it's Jennifer Weide's birthday!! Woohoo!! It's also the day that Sketch Frenzy Friday provides a new sketch challenge to play along with! This week's sketch was created by Kim Innis. Take a look!

Cute and simple! Love it! And in honor of Jennifer's birthday, I made a birthday card!

I have no idea if Jennifer likes pink but I wanted to try some different colors other than Christmas. So I went with Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals and then a little Baja Breeze and So Saffron. Got this combination from the Color Coach. Such a great tool to get me out of a color rut - lol! So I started off by punching a 1 3/4" circle from silver glimmer paper. This is adhered to a piece of Pink Pirouette. Then I adhered a strip of Primrose Petals that was run through the Big Shot using the Tasteful Trim die. I used the Essentials Paper Piercing pack to pierce around the silver circle. Then I tied some Pink Pirouette taffeta ribbon around this. I stamped the greeting from Create a Cupcake in Primrose Petals and popped this panel up onto a card base of Primrose Petals. Then I stamped the cupcake bottom in Baja Breeze and the top in So Saffron and punched them out with the cupcake builder punch. These are popped up onto the card. For the finishing touch I punched a flower from Primrose Petals using the Itty Bitty punch pack and added a rhinestone. 

Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday website to see what all the other designers did with this sketch! I hope you will be inspired and find some time 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!! Happy Birthday, Jennifer!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Create a Cupcake; Paper- Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, silver glimmer; Ink- Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Primrose Petals; Accessories- Pink Pirouette taffeta ribbon, Tasteful Trim die, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, 1 3/4" circle punch, build a cupcake punch, itty bitty punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Just a few more days of November left! Wow!!! Create with Connie and Mary have another fabulous challenge for us this week! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look at these fantastic colors!

Wisteria Wonder, Baja Breeze and Silver Glimmer. BEAUTIFUL!!! Love these colors together! And I wanted to keep with the season so I made a Christmas card.

I just love Wisteria Wonder and will be very sad when it has to say good-by at the end of the Stampin' Up! year. It is such a beautiful soft purple! So I was glad to be able to use it for a Christmas card. I used the sketch from the Fab Friday challenge blog. First, I adhered a piece of silver glimmer paper to a card base of Wisteria Wonder. Then I adhered a strip of designer paper from the Twitterpated pack to the bottom half of a piece of Whisper White. I stamped the greeting from Greetings of the Season in Wisteria Wonder. Then I pierced two circles using the Essentials Paper Piercing pack. I used the Merry Minis punch pack to punch two ornaments from silver glimmer paper. These are popped up inside each circle. I used a ruler and the Wisteria Wonder marker to draw lines to make them look like ornaments. Then I tied a piece of Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon around this panel and popped it up onto the card.

Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers did with these fabulous colors! I hope that you will be inspired and find some time 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- Greetings of the Season; Paper- Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, silver glimmer, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Wisteria Wonder; Accessories- Wisteria Wonder ruffled ribbon, Merry Minis punch pack, Essentials Paper Piercing pack, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! Are you having a great week so far? The weather has been so unusually warm around here that it just doesn't feel like Christmas is so close! And that looks to be the trend through December! Wow! It's also kind of scary as we really need the moisture! I sure do hope that we get something. I keep playing Christmas music to remind me that it really is coming and I need to keep plugging along with my Christmas lists, shopping and making - lol! And it looks like I need to do a little stamping as this is my last card in my stash! The laundry also needs to be taken care of, too. Guess my day is planned out - lol! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch from Freshly Made. This is an older sketch and I made this card for a swap that I participated in earlier this month. Love the clean and simple look but the cutting and coloring were anything but simple! I would not plan on mass producing this one!! For a small swap it was fine. I punched a piece of Gumball Green with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered this to a piece of Very Vanilla. The top corners of the Very Vanilla were rounded with a 1" circle punch. Then I stamped the sentiment from Bells & Boughs in black StazOn. I tied a piece of Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon around it. This panel is adhered to a piece of Cherry Cobbler that was run through the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. This is then popped up onto the card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped the image in black StazOn onto a scrap of Very Vanilla and colored it using the Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler markers. Then I carefully cut it out and popped it up onto the card. Lastly, I added a rhinestone to the greeting. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells & Boughs; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green; Ink- black StazOn, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, dotted ribbon scallop punch, rhinestone, 1" circle punch, dimensionals

Seasoned Tree

Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is off to a great start! It was kind of nice last night to just be able to come home and not have to hurry off to get somewhere. I did have a Christmas frame class but was very laid back. And the frame is just beautiful! I put it up next to our tree and it looks great! Thanks, Becky!! Tonight should be more of the same! Now to figure out what I should make for dinner...

Today's card was inspired by one I had saved on Pinterest. I had it saved for quite a while and needed some inspiration so I turned there. Loved how easily this came together! The scalloped edged was made by running a piece of the Festival of Prints designer paper through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim die. This is is adhered to the back of a piece of Cherry Cobbler that had the bottom two corners rounded with the 1" circle punch. Then I wrapped a piece of Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon around this and then popped the panel up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped the greeting from Greetings of the Season in Cherry Cobbler onto a strip of Very Vanilla. This is adhered to the Cherry Cobbler panel. I stamped the tree from Scentsational Season in Gumball Green onto Very Vanilla and cut it out using the Holiday Collection framelits dies. This is popped up onto the card. Finally, I added a star that was punched with the merry minis punch pack from champagne glimmer paper. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Greetings of the Season, Scentsational Season; Paper- Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, champagne glimmer paper, Festival of Prints designer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green; Accessories- Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Tasteful Trim die, Holiday Collection framelits dies, Merry Minis punch pack, 1" corner rounder, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Here we are at the last week of November! Wow!! Where is all this time going? Lol!! It will be a fairly quiet week as Nick's sports are on hold for a bit. He will be doing Futsal (indoor soccer) but that won't start for another week. And he will be trying out for a competitive basketball team but that is also a week out. So we will be thankful for a quiet week with not a whole lot to do! Yea!! And we also need to get Nick focused on school again. He seems to be doing all right but it's good to get him focused every now and then - lol! 

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Pals Paper Arts. It's something a little different for me but I like the way it all came together. Another way to use this set!! I ran a piece of Cherry Cobbler through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. Then I adhered a piece of the Naturals Composition specialty designer paper to one side. I also adhered a strip of champagne glimmer paper with both ends flagged. This panel is adhered to a card base of Midnight Muse. Then I stamped the sentiment from Rejoicing with You in Midnight Muse onto a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered this to a piece of Midnight Muse. I popped this up onto the card. I stamped the image in Midnight Muse and cut it out. This is adhered to the sentiment panel. It's hard to tell from the photo but I did add some pearls to the scallops of the image. That's all for today! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Naturals Composition specialty designer paper, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Fancy Fan embossing folder, pearls, dimensionals

CAS(E) This! #3

Good Sunday morning, Friends! We made it back home safe and sound yesterday! We made some really good time and were able to pick up some dinner on the way home. After we ate we unloaded the car and then put up the tree and Christmas decorations. And then we could sit back and watch a little college basketball the rest of the evening. Very nice! Before we left Kansas, we helped my mom put out her tree and like she said, it just doesn't feel like Christmas yet. And after putting out my decorations, I would have to agree! I feel like I have put up my tree in the middle of June or something - lol! Just doesn't seem "right". Hopefully, the weather will start to change and that will help me. Who knows. Either way I have to get going on my shopping and my creating!! But first things first - today it's about the Broncos!! Go Broncos!!

Today's card was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) This. It's an older one. Love their sketches for a clean and simple card!! The color scheme on this one is a little different for me. I punched a 2 1/2" circle from a piece of designer paper from the Festival of Prints pack. Then I adhered a strip of Cherry Cobbler to one side and then to a card base of Very Vanilla. I stamped the greeting from Greeting of the Seasons in Cherry Cobbler. Then I cut a snowflake from champagne glimmer paper using the Snow Flurry die and popped it up onto the card. I accented it with three pearls. Easy!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Greetings of the Season; Paper- Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints designer paper, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Snow Flurry die, pearls, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals

Wonderfall Thanks

Good morning everyone! A quick one this morning as we are headed out the door and home to Colorado! What a super great, fun, and special week we had! Can't wait to come back for Christmas!

Today's card was inspired by one I had save from Pinterest. And the last of my fall cards for a while. I adhered a piece of Early Espresso to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I layered a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper to a piece of Very Vanilla. I wrapped some linen thread around it a few times and popped it up onto the card. Then I stamped the leaves from Wonderfall in Cajun Craze and More Mustard onto Very Vanilla and cut them out. These are popped up onto the card. I tied some linen thread through a bronze button and added it to the card then I stamped the sentiment from Made for You in Early Espresso onto a strip of Very Vanilla and tucked it behind the button. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Wonderfall, Made for You; Paper- Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso; Accessories- Linen thread, bronze button, dimensionals

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Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's Friday? And Black Friday, too!! I don't do Black Friday anymore. Too much stress for me! If I had it my way, I would have my Christmas shopping done already - lol! But it never works out that way. I am glad it's Friday because Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for you! This week's sketch was created by Jennifer Weide! Take a look!

A super simple and clean sketch! Just what we all need around the holidays! And here is what I created!

Doesn't get much easier than this! I stamped the greeting from Greetings of the Season in Cherry Cobbler onto a Very Vanilla card base. Then I adhered a strip of designer paper from the Festival of Prints pack with the end flagged. I stamped the ornament from Delightful Decorations in Cherry Cobbler and punched it out with the ornament punch. On the back, I taped a bit of linen thread to create a hanger. This ornament is then popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the center piece in Old Olive and punched it out with the 3/4" circle punch. I popped this up onto the card and added a rhinestone. You might notice, too, that I did flip the sketch. 

Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see what the other designers created using this fabulous sketch! And I hope that you will find time to create along with us! We love it when you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Greetings of the Season; Paper- Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints designer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive; Accessories- linen thread, ornament punch, 3/4" circle punch, rhinestone, dimensionals

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello everyone! And Happy Thanksgiving! We are taking the turkey to my sister's house and enjoying the day with her family. I am looking forward to football games and a great dinner!! 

Today's card was inspired by last week's Mojo Monday sketch. I did leave off a few elements but they just didn't look quite right on my card. So I just kept it very simple! I adhered a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper to a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the sentiment from Seasonal Sayings in Midnight Muse and Raspberry Ripple onto a piece of Crumb Cake. Then I stamped the leaf from Wonderfall in Crumb Cake right over the sentiment. I used the scallop trim punch on the edge of the piece and then sponged it with Crumb Cake ink. This is adhered to a piece of Midnight Muse. Then I tied a piece of Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon around this before popping it up onto the card. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Seasonal Sayings, Wonderfall; Paper- Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, scallop trim punch, sponge, dimensionals

Control Freaks Tour - Christmas Style

Hello everyone and welcome to another Control Freaks Blog Tour! I am so glad you are here! You may have just come from Judy DiScipio's blog filled with beautiful projects! Or maybe you just landed here. Either way, I hope that you will be inspired by what you see! This month's theme is Christmas! 

My first project is a card. 

I took a piece of the Naturals Composition specialty designer paper and sponged Cherry Cobbler onto it. I love how the design of the paper resists the ink! Such a cool technique!! Then I adhered this to a piece of Early Espresso and popped the panel up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. Then I added a strip of champagne glimmer paper. I took a piece of Very Vanilla to the Big Shot and cut the shape using the Labels framelits dies. I stamped the greeting from Rejoicing with You in Early Espresso and popped this up onto the card. The image is stamped in Crumb Cake onto Very Vanilla and cut out. This is also popped up onto the card. I added three pearls to the bottom of the label as well.

For my second project I made two ornaments!

My friend, Alison, showed us how to make these ornaments in our shoebox club earlier this year. I had always wanted to learn and now I know! They are really fun and pretty easy! And I love that you can use up scraps of designer paper, too! Each of these is made using the Festival of Prints designer paper. I used varying lengths of strips and then stapled them to the length of the center strip. I cut an extra little piece to cover the staples and then punched a hole at the top with the crop-a-dile. A piece of white baker's twine was tied to make the hanger. 

That's it for me! Be sure to head on over to Cindy Major's blog to see her fabulous creations! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super day!

Happy Birthday, Nick!

Good morning, Friends! We made it to my parents' house yesterday late afternoon and are having a super time so far!! We will be making our way up to Kansas City for an interment for my sister's mother-in-law. And while we are there we will get to see my brother! Even though he will be here tomorrow it will be fun to see him today, too! And today happens to be Nick's 13th birthday!! Happy birthday, Nick!! I can't believe we have an official teenager! Yikes!!

So today's card is dedicated to Nick. I didn't happen to have any teenager type stamps in my stash. In fact, I really want Stampin' Up! to come up with some more teenager/grunge type stamps! But I used what I had on hand and here is what I came up with. And I paired it all up with some of his favorite colors! I took a piece Basic Black and cut out the shape with the Perfect Pennants die and then ran it through the Big Shot again with the Chevron embossing folder. I adhered it to a piece of Whisper White and added two gold brads. I stamped the greeting from Bring on the Cake in black StazOn and colored it in with Gumball Green, Melon Mambo and Summer Starfruit markers. This piece is then adhered to a piece of Gumball Green and then popped up onto a card base of Whisper White.

I just want to remind everyone that the Control Freaks blog tour will be up and running tomorrow evening. Be sure to stop by then to take the tour and be inspired for Christmas!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Bring on the Cake; Paper- Whisper White, Gumball Green, Basic Black; Ink- black StazOn, Melon Mambo, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green; Accessories- Perfect Pennants die, Chevron embossing folder, gold brads, dimensionals

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Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is going wonderfully! We are in Denver at the moment and will leave in a while to head to my parents' house for the Thanksgiving holiday!! I am SO excited to see my family! We decided to leave a little yesterday afternoon to get a jump on our travels. After Nick's basketball game - which didn't turn out like we would have wanted - we went to Cabella's and got his birthday present. He got a bow!! He was so excited to get it! So I know what he will be doing while at Grandpa and Grandma's house - lol!! 

Today's card was inspired by the very first sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch. I LOVE their sketches! So I gave some of the others a try. I thought this one turned out pretty sweet. I punched three 1" circles from Very Vanilla and then embossed them with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. These are then adhered to a piece of Very Vanilla, leaving room for my flower. Then I adhered this panel to a piece of Early espresso. I stamped the flower and the stem from Perfectly Preserved in More Mustard and Lucky Limeade onto a scrap of Very Vanilla and cut them out using the Cannery framelits dies. The stem is adhered with a glue dot and the flower has a metallic brad in it and is then popped up onto the card. Then I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to help me line up the greeting. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Very Vanilla with a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper. Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Preserved; Paper- Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso; Accessories- Cannery framelits dies, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, metallic brads, 1" circle punch, dimensionals

Card "Create"tions Favor Week 3

Good morning everyone! I hope you are ready for a super weekend! I know we are!! We are so super excited as Nick will have is District Basketball Finals today and he is looking forward to getting his birthday present (a little early) and then we get ready to go on a little vacation to see my family for Thanksgiving!!! So excited!! 

Today marks the last of the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions Holiday Edition. :( I have had the best time being a part of this and I feel so honored that I was asked! Thank you Connie and Mary!! As you know, on Saturday we show you all a small favor that we have created using our featured stamp set. I used Frosty Friends this week. What a truly adorable stamp! I am all about snowmen! I really haven't met a snowman I didn't like - lol! My favor today is a little ornament. I had some trouble coming up with something using just this one stamp but I think that this turned out really sweet! I used the Oval Accent die to cut two shapes from muslin. On one piece I stamped the image in black StazOn and colored it in using a blender pen and ink pads. I used Real Red, Gumball Green, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake. Then I put the two shapes together and used some linen thread and a needle to sew the two shapes together. Before sewing the whole thing closed, I stuffed some poly fill into it to make a little poofy. Then I sewed it shut. I found some old wire and weaved it through the stitches and shaped it. Then I added some Victoria crochet trim, linen thread and a bronze button. Too fun!!

You can see what the other designers created by visiting the Create with Connie and Mary website. If you haven't subscribed to the "Create"tions Edition, why not do so now? You will still have access to ALL of the cards that each designer created including the downloadable pdf files on supplies and measurements! For those of you who did subscribe, I just want to say "Thank You"!! I hope you had as much fun as I did! Thank you all for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Frosty Friends; Paper- muslin fabric, poly fill; Ink- black StazOn, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie; Accessories- Victoria crochet trim, linen thread, bronze button, blender pen

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Good morning everyone! Yea!! It's Friday! And Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch to play along with this week! This week's sketch was created by me! Take a look!

And here's my card!

For my card I stamped the jar from Perfectly Preserved in Early Espresso onto a piece of Very Vanilla then cut it out using the Cannery framelits dies. I adhered this to a strip of Early Espresso that was flagged at the bottom. This is adhered to a card base of Crumb Cake which has a piece of Orchard Harvest designer paper. Then I stamped the lid in Raspberry Ripple and cut it out. I wrapped some linen thread around the lid before popping it up onto the jar. I punched a piece of vellum using the oval scallop and then pierced an oval using the paper piercing essentials pack. I stamped the greeting in Early Espresso onto Very Vanilla and cut it out I popped this up onto the vellum piece and then popped up the vellum piece onto the jar. Finally I added an Early Espresso button with some linen thread. 

For more inspiration be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! You can see all the designers' creations there and click on each name to be taken to their sites. I hope you will be able to find some time to play along with us this week! 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, Vellum, Orchard Harvest designer paper; Ink- Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso; Accessories- Cannery framelits dies, linen thread, neutrals buttons, scallop oval punch, paper piercing essentials pack, dimensionals

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Hello everyone!! Time for another Thursday challenge from the Create with Connie and Mary team! This week Connie and Mary have a little "twist" to go along with the sketch challenge! First, take a look at this very fun sketch!

Great sketch, huh!!! But this week's challenge is not just about the sketch. It's also about making a shaped card! I don't usually do these kind of cards but I was really excited about using a new die. I got this die right when the new catalog came out but I haven't used it yet! Perfect time!

I took an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Very Vanilla and folded it in half - which makes a regular card. Then I placed it on the Oval Accent die where the fold of the card was just under the top of the die. Then I ran it through the Big Shot to cut out the shape. Then I added two strips of champagne glimmer paper. I used my snips to cut the strips to the shape of the card. Then I stamped the verse from Rejoicing with You in Elegant Eggplant onto the card and the image also in Elegant Eggplant onto a scrap of Very Vanilla. I cut the image out and popped it up onto the card. I added five pearls that spray out of the trumpet. Simple! I do love how this turned out and it will fit inside a regular envelope! 

To get more inspiration be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website! I hope you will find some time to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you do with the challenges! This challenge will go for two weeks (due to the Thanksgiving holiday). 

I also want to put one more shout-out to the Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions Holiday Edition! We are on our last week. However, when you subscribe, you will get ALL the downloadable sheets and access to all the blog post entries! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Rejoicing with You; Paper- Very Vanilla, champagne glimmer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Oval Accents die, pearls dimensionals