hello

I have a quick card to share with you today that I made while Skyping with a friend last night.

I used papers by BasicGrey from the "out of print" collection along with some Echo Park "for the record". I have to say I just love this paper with all the newsprint look to it.

I used this weeks Twisted Sketches and the twist was fabric "any way ~ any how"! I made the flower out of satin fabric and added a little gem to the center.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments. I really appreciate those of you that do.

Enjoy!

today you are you

I love this little quote on this cardstock embellishment by Authentique! It is a a quote by Dr. Seuss.

Today, you are you,

that is truer than true.

There is no one alive

that is youer than you.

This paper collection is called 'uncommon" and I just love the colors in it. Soft greys, pinks and cream.

I used this Twisted sketch for my card and don't tell anyone but I changed it up just a little.

I got in my PTI order yesterday and just had to play with my new stamps and onsie die so I used more papers from "uncommon" and also papers from "journey".

I see myself playing with this little die more and more just too cute.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

Enjoy!

monday

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend spent doing something you love. I know I did.

I have a few cards to share with you today.

My first card is for the newest and 2nd sketch over at "random acts of creativity". I used some new papers by Jillibean Soup called "blossom soup". Flower was made with some fabric scraps my friend Judy gave me.

Here is the sketch I used for my inspiration. Don't you just love it!

This next card is a just because card. I was in a fabric flower mode so created one with muslin. The papers are by BasicGrey from the "hello luscious" collection and stickers are from October Afternoon.

My last card is for Twisted Sketches and this weeks twist is pretty. I think my card turned out CAS and pretty at the same time. Okay so maybe not so pretty just CAS.

For this card I used more papers by Jillibean Soup and they are from the "spotted owl" collection. The corrugated heart is also by Jillibean. Sentiment is by Daisy Bucket Designs.

Here is the sketch I used for inspiration.

I apologize for the lighting on my cards I took them several times just could not get them to turn out any brighter. I think I need some PSE lessons on how to modify them.

Enjoy!

I have a few cards to share with you that I created a couple days ago.

The first card is for Tiff's new sketch TG009 over at iheartart and I have to say I am really enjoying her sketch style.

For this card I used BasicGrey "hello luscious" papers, prima flower and rub-on by Pebblesinc.

Here is this weeks sketch.

My next card uses this weeks sketch over at Twisted Sketches. 

I wanted a masculine birthday card so I pulled out my My Minds Eye "hattie" collection papers and layered chipboards. Sentiment and scallop border is by PTI.

Here is the sketch I used for my inspiration.

My last card is an Easter card that I created for Micah using some new papers that I picked up while working at Anchor Paper this past weekend. Papers and embossed die-cut are by We R Memory Keepers and they are from the 6x6 "PEEP" collection.

I used the sketch from this weeks challenge over at The Sweet Stop as my inspiration.

Okay that is it for me for today. I plan on staying inside today and catching up on a few things around the house.

I hope if you are reading this entire blog post you will leave me some blog love in the form of a comment.

Enjoy!

be mine valentine

I have a couple cards to share with you today and the first card is for the current challenge over at Twisted Sketches and this weeks twist is ribbon, anyway/anyhow.

For this card I used papers from BoBunny, PTI felt, BasicGrey button, and tiny type stickers by Cosmo Cricket. The scallop border is by Martha Stewart and to me it symbolizes ribbon on the card.

Here is the sketch that inspired this card. I love the colors of the pinks and browns together. 

My next card is for the challenge over at Squigglefly which is to use hearts on your card. I used some American Crafts paper along with some pom-pom ribbon, sentiment is PTI, Cuttlebug embossing folder and the heart punch is Martha Stewart.

I used this weeks sketch over at Unscripted Sketches as my inspiration for my card.

Stop back tomorrow for this weeks challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

Enjoy!

for you ~ hope

It is a beautifully sunny day here in Minnesota and that can only mean one thing...it is cold outside!

I have a couple of cards to share with you that I created last night while watching one of my favorite movies "legends of the fall". I cry everytime I watch it, okay I cry several times while I watch it.

I have a couple of cards for you and this first one is for this weeks sketch over at Twisted Sketches and the twist for this week is "hope".

For my card I used papers from Cosmo Cricket's "togetherness", along with PTI buttons, Nestability die and "tiny type" stickers also by Cosmo Cricket. The border punch is Martha Stewart.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

My next card is an easy one using "circa" papers by Cosmo Cricket and a muslin flower that I made. The stickers are by October Afternoon.

Here is the sketch from CPS that inspired my card.



Enjoy!

merry christmas ~ twisted sketches

I have a quick card to share with you and this one is for Twisted Sketches and this weeks twist is to use brads on your card.

For this sketch I used papers by Cosmo Crickets "mitten weather". The snowflakes are silver brads that I painted white and then before they were dry I sprinkled glitter on them. The sentiment is a pebblesinc., rubon. 

Enjoy!

clearly twisted ~ happy fall

I have two cards to share with you today that I worked on while Skyping with my friend Michelle the other day.

The first card is for this weeks challenge over at Clean and Simple Stamping. If I haven't said it before I love these sketches. I think clean and simple is closest to my heart when I create cards or scrapbook layouts.

For this card I used the PTI "autumn abundance" paper pad from last year along with a quickutz leaf die and some cosmo cricket "tiny type" stickers.

This next card drove me a little bit crazy. I have never made a clear card before and the challenge over at Twisted Sketches this week was to make it clear anyway anyhow.

I used October Afternoon "thriftshop" for my card along with some rolled flowers and sizzix flower dies. I think I really like how it turned out ~ I just need to figure out how to write in it. I think I will just cut a piece of cardstock for the inside and write on that and the recipient can just pull that paper out and then reuse the card if they want to. This card was really hard to photograph so I apologize for that.

I hope you enjoy!

hi ~ celebrate ~ hi

As I look back at these cards I made late last night I am beginning to think my MOJO left when the high heat and humidity arrived. I was in a mood to craft, but just could not get anything to turn out the way I saw it.

I am going to share them anyways as I think everyone has on days and off days.

This card is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and although you can't tell by this picture the card is a 3x3 size. I made it to fit some new envelopes I picked up late last week. I paper pieced the pineapple using BasicGrey "offbeat". Love that paper.

My next card is for the challenge at Twisted Sketches and this weeks twist is to use "stripe" anyhow, anyway.

For this card I also used the same BasicGrey papers (I am stuck in a rut I think) "offbeat" and the sentiment is from Fiskars. It happens to be a birthday sentiment set that I picked up at Anchor Paper this month for the stamp of the month.

This last card is for the CPS Sketch and at least grabbed some different pattern paper off my desk. This paper is from the Autumn Splendor collection by Making Memories. I bought it last Fall.

What do you do with your left over papers from last year? I have so many paper collections that I have used for card making and scrapbooking and yet still have tons left. Do you tuck it in a corner and forget about it or do you recycle it? I would love to hear your thoughts on it.

Enjoy!

christmas ~ mine

Today I have a card and a layout to share with you. I was beginning to think that I had lost my MoJo but it looks like it is slowly coming back.

My card is for this weeks challenge over at Card Patterns and I decided to make another Christmas Card using more of my Memory Box "mistletoe" papers.

Such a fun sketch to play with and I am sure I will be using this one over and over again.

Next up I have a layout that I did. I am trying to get caught up on some of the older pictures of Micah that I have so I can play with some more of the newer ones.

This layout is for the Twisted Sketches challenge and the twist this week was "ROUGH" anyway anyhow. I roughed mine up by adding sandpaper to the photo and to the letters and then put some distress ink on top.

Okay, that is it for me. Hope you enjoy!

sweet ~ funnest birthday ever!

Nope it's not my birthday!

 I have a card and a layout to share with you today. First is a card that I made for the challenge over at Twisted Sketches.

The image I used is a digital from Sassy Cheryl's the best part about it is that no coloring is required. I bought it that way.

My layout below is for a new sketch challenge blog called Lasting Memories and the challenge for this week was to do a layout with bows and buttons.

I had bought a Tim Holtz flourish mask and wanted to try it out with my glimmer mist so decided this would be the perfect opportunity. I started out by laying the mask on my white card stock and then spraying two different blue and a green glimmer mist. Then I removed the mask and added my photo, I attached some handmade wrinkle ribbon and then added a bow to each row. It didn't seem complete so I added some dogwood flowers with buttons, some butterflies that I had punched out of white cardstock after I sprayed it with more of the glimmer mist and then I added some black flourishes for tails.

 Hope you enjoy!

a card ~ and a layout or two

Hopefully, blogger is going to let me do this post. You know what they say 3rd time is the charm.

I am really proud of myself I actually got out my sewing machine again and sewed on my card. I have to admit this could become very addicting.

My card is for the newest challenge over at Sketches! (by tamara) and once again I have used some of the "vintage blue" by We R Memory Keepers. I just love the colors in this paper collection and it matched perfectly with my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

Next I have a couple of layouts to share with you from some old challenges I had planned on doing and did not get to them in time.

This first one was inspired by an old sketch from Twisted Sketches. (edited: I just realized this was a current sketch and not an old one).

This one uses the same papers in the "vintage blue" collection as the card above. My next layout is an old Pencil Line sketch and uses some leftover papers from Imaginisce called "splash dance".

That is it for me this evening I am off to watch "The Runaways" that just came out on video today!

Enjoy!

us ~ beach ~ fabulous

Happy Sunday! I had a great day yesterday at Archivers seeing old friends and meeting some new friends.

I even managed to get a few things done ~ in between the talking, eating, shopping, and more talking and eating.

I created the following layout for this weeks sketch challenge over at  The Scraproom Blog.

This was such a fun sketch to play with and I thought my October Afternoon papers were perfect. This is a picture of my son Justin and his fiance Melissa. I took the picture when we were up in Wahpeton, North Dakota visiting my oldest sister Sharon.

Now I have a card for you using this weeks card sketch at Twisted Sketches. I used some Neenah natural white cardstock, along with some Cosmo Cricket "material girl" paper, PTI "butterfly" die, and some A Muse "creative candy".

My last project I made while at Archivers is a little mini book  of Micah's first time at the lake. The entire family went along with his cousins who live in North Dakota. I think making mini books is my favorite way to scrapbook. Sorry I didn't take time to crop the photos.

Well that is it for me today ~ I will be back tomorrow with another card or two and maybe another layout.

Enjoy!