in my garden ~ adfd new release friday

It is Friday and time for a new release from Tammy over at A Day for Daisies. This weeks release is one of my favorites and I had a hard time picking which image to use for my card.

I decided to use the image called "potted lavender" and after coloring up the image I added some purple liquid pearls and stickles to make it pop just a little more.

I tied on some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon and added some market stickers by October Afternoon.

Now let's meet this weeks new release images.

Which one is your favorite? Leave me a comment and I will pick a winner before next Friday. The winner will get 5 yards of my wrinkle ribbon in an assortment of colors (1 yard each of 5 colors).

Enjoy!

the beach in december

It is new release day over at A Day for Daisies and Tammy has some wonderful new images for us. This release makes me wish it were the beginning of summer here in Minnesota instead of the beginning of Winter.

I created a card for this release using the image called "three friends" and my papers are from October Afternoon "Seaside" collection. The sentiment was computer generated.

All of the new releases can be found here in the just picked area of the store.

enjoy!

Monday ~

It is Monday and we are hunkering down for another winter storm here in Minnesota. Word is we are supposed to get 6 - 8 inches of snow. This is one of those times I am hoping the weatherman is wrong. We don't have anywhere left to put snow here at my house.

I have a card for you this morning that I made using my October Afternoon "modern homemaker" papers, some PTI rolled rosed and my handmade wrinkle ribbon. This card came together nice and fast.

The inspiration for my card came from this weeks sketch challenge CPS198 over at Card Positioning Systems.



Thanks for stopping by. I am off to run a couple errands this morning and then get back before the snow comes.

Enjoy!

digging out ~ WMSC27 and FTL120

Yes, we are still digging out from all the snow that we received over the weekend. The plows finally came through late yesterday.

I have a couple cards to share with you today and the first one uses some of that fabulous new paper and embellishments from October Afternoon called "Modern Homemaker".

I just love the colors in this line of papers and I was inspired by the sketch over at Waltzing Mouse. Such a fun and simple sketch.

My next card is a fun Winter one (notice I didn't say Christmas) that I made using this weeks sketch over at Clean and Simple. For this card I used papers from BoBunny's "midnight frost" collection. I did a little embossing and added some of my wrinkle ribbon and a Martha Stewart snowflake.

Enjoy!

~ celebrate ~ ess111

I have a fun card to share with you today using a new digital image (Maggie) created by Lori Boyd's 14 year old daughter Hannah. Her new line of digital images is called Bug and Roo Stamps and can be found here.

I hope you will stop over and look at all of Hannah's images as well as the inspiration behind one of her images and how she is donating all the money raised to a good cause.

The inspiration for my card comes from this sketch over at Eat Sleep Stamp. I used papers from October Afternoon "Modern Homemaker" and tiny type stickers from Cosmo Cricket.

Enjoy!

Oh HAPPY Day!

I just love this little "girl with kite" stamp by Lori Boyd and how perfect for this weeks challenge over at Claudia and Company.

Of course the October Afternoon "go fly a kite" papers were perfect for this image. Here is the sketch that inspired this card.

Finally, it is a beautiful day here in Minnesota. The sun is shining, the humidity has headed south and a beautiful breeze is blowing.

Enjoy!

finally friday ~ let the crop begin

It is finally friday and I am planning on heading over to Archivers today to do some serious scrapbooking. Sometimes it is fun to get out of your normal space and go to a new one. I like going and meeting new people as well as sharing ideas.

First I have a couple cards to share with you and I apologize for the lighting as it is kind of early and the sun isn't all the way up yet.

This first card is for the challenge over at EBTKS and it is my first time doing this challenge. I love the clean and simple sketch.

I used some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon along with my swiss dots embossing folder. That fun little oval is from October Afternoon label stickers and the sentiment is from pebblesinc.

This next card is for the challenge over at CCEE and it is another simple sketch. I have used my new Websters Pages papers on this card along with a Hero Arts stamp.

Enjoy your day and I will be back tomorrow with a card and maybe a layout or two.

laundry ~ roses

It is another beautiful day here in Minnesota and I have a couple cards to share with you that I did for this weeks challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

I originally made this card and then wasn't sure if I liked it or not so decided to do another one which was really what I wanted to do in the first place. (but it looked so much like last weeks didn't want to go that route)

This is the sketch that I worked from.

And this is my second card that I made.

That is it for me for today I will be back tomorrow with a scrapbook layout and maybe a card.

Enjoy!

~ supplies~

card one:

paper: cosmo cricket (material girl) neenah (natural white)

accessories: cosmo cricket (material girl chipboard) natural jute, tracing wheel

card two:

paper: cosmo cricket (material girl) october afternoon (thrift shop) neenah (natural white)

accessories: tracing wheel, martha stewart (lace border punch)

October Afternoon "memories"

While I was doing my early morning blog surfing today I came across this fun sketch over at my friend Amy's blog and thought it would be fun to use with some October Afternoon papers and embellishments.

The sketch that inspired this card is from this weeks challenge over at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

Enjoy!

hi friend

Well I am hoping I set this up correctly to auto post for me this morning as I am gone for a few days house/dog sitting for my niece.

This card was inspired by the challenge over at Skipping Stone Design.

My card today let me once again use some of my new favorite papers by October Afternoon "thrift shop", tiny type stickers by Cosmo Cricket and a handmade rose.

Speaking of Roses if you live in Minnesota I will be teaching classes each Tuesday during the month of May at Anchor Paper Express on how to make my paper roses and rosebuds. Call the University store for more information or email me.

Enjoy!

HELLO

A quick post today for you using up some paper from October Afternoon from the Weathervane collection called "chilly mornings". I also mixed in some Graphic 45 paper and some more of those adorable Mini Market stickers by OA.

My card was inspired by the sketch over at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge I do have to admit that this card took a little longer than I expected it to and this is actually card #2 ~ I threw out card #1.

Enjoy!

Supplies:

paper: October Afternoon (weather vane), Neenah (natural white) Graphic 45 (botanika)

ink: Ranger Distressing Ink (vintage photo)

Accessories: Martha Stewart (butterfly punch) PTI Vintage Buttons (new leaf) October Afternoon (mini market stickers) Quikutz Embossing Folder

thanks

It is supposed to be a wet and windy day here in Minnesota and I am hoping the weatherman is wrong as I have some errands I want to do.

If I haven't said this before I love the new October Afternoon 8x8 paper pad "fly a kite" and the Cosmo Cricket "tiny type" stickers, I bought 2 of every color the other day so I won't run out.

My card was inspired by this weeks sketch over at CCEE Stampers.

Enjoy!

sunday mornings and october afternoon

It is a grey day here in Minnesota and the perfect day to drink coffee, sit in your jammies, and make a few cards.

Both cards I have today are using the new October Afternoon "thrift shop" papers. If you have not seen these yet, I suggest you run to your nearest store and check them out.

This card is for the newest challenge over at Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch and along with the OA papers and mini market stickers I used my pure innocence stamp set "my balloon", BasicGrey button, and I distressed everything with Ranger distress ink in "antique photo".

And this next card is for the new challenge over at Card Positioning Systems #164 and for this card I have once again used the OA papers along with the mini market stickers, and journal cards. The ribbon is by May Arts and I distressed it with my Ranger "antique photo".

Hope you enjoy the cards and now I need to start thinking about getting ready to go meet my friend Tami for coffee at our favorite Caribou.