bravisimo! ~ so special ~ masculine ~ rosebuds

If you have been reading my blog lately you know that I have been a maniac making card producing machine. lol

Well I have a few more to share with you today which will almost get me caught up.

I was so excited to finally find this hero arts stamp set at Anchor Paper when I worked last weekend. It has been on my wish list ever since I first saw it. I think it worked perfect with this sketch from Taylored Expressions and the Cosmo Cricket "material girl" papers.

This next card was a little harder to create than some of the others as I wanted it to have a masculine feel to it. Now that I look at it not sure if I pulled it off or not.

Don't you just love this sketch? It was this weeks challenge over at Card Patterns.

Now these last two cards that I am sharing are for challenges that have already expired but I wanted to share them with you anyways.

I just love this clean and simple sketch from CPS Sketches. I have already sent this card in the mail to a friend along with some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

And this one which is for last weeks challenge over at SSSC for this sketch I used my new stamp set from Skipping Stone Design. The set has several cute bras and some fun sayings.

Okay that does it for me. I hope I haven't bored you too much and if I have I apologize.

Enjoy!

hello ~ happy birthday ~ miss you

I have a few more cards to share with you today and then I will be all caught up on my card challenges for a few days, which might give me time to complete my classes at Anchor Paper for July and then work on some of my scrapbooking.

This card is for the challenge over at CPS and was inspired by this sketch. I have to admit this was a tough sketch for me.

I used Cosmo Cricket papers and tiny type stickers. The arrow was fussy cut by me. I tried out a different size for the card and made it 3.5" x 5.5".

This next card is for this weeks challenge over at Sasya's Sketches. I used October Afternoon "go fly a kite" papers, stickers, and journal card and added a couple of handmade rosebuds.

My last card is for the CAS ~ Tastic Challenge and this weeks challenge was to use neutral, blue, and yellow on your card.

I used a Neenah natural white for the base of the card which I cut out with my Spellbinders "labels 8" die, and the blue and yellow are from "material girl" by Cosmo Cricket.

Enjoy!

wrinkle ribbon and more cards to share

I have been having so much fun making the vintage wrinkle ribbon the past few days. Now I know I need to stock up on some glimmer mist and quit borrowing from friends. The picture does not do the ribbon justice as it does not show the variance in the colors of each one.

Besides making ribbon I have been busy working on some card challenges that I printed out while my Sissy was here.

This card is for the Sasya's sketches #15 and I used some of my new wrinkle ribbon, a digi image from soft pencil and some Cosmo Cricket "delovely". This challenge happens to be over already, but I liked the sketch so did it anyways.

This fun card was inspired by the sketch over at Mojo Monday and once again I used some of my new wrinkle ribbon that I made along with some BasicGrey "max and whiskers", a Heather Ellis digi image.

My last card for today is for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 74.

For this card I used my favorite Cosmo Cricket papers "early bird" along with another Heather Ellis digi image. Here is the sketch that inspired me.

Okay that is it for me today as I don't want to overwhelm you with cards, although I still have about 5 left to show you.

Thanks for stopping by and looking. Would love to hear your comments or thoughts on my cards, my blog, or anything else on your mind.

Enjoy!

flower fever ~ and then some

Well I must have really missed being creative while my sister was here because since she has left I have probably created about 10 cards. Don't worryI won't make you look at them in all one post.

This card was inspired by the sketch over at Card Patterns.

The Cosmo Cricket "garden variety" and the handmade rose buds were perfect for this sketch I think.

My next card uses another of my favorite Cosmo Cricket papers "material girl" along with some more flowers and a quick handmade stick pin that I colored with my Copics.

This one is for the challenge this week over at Clean and Simple Stamping. I might have went a little overboard with the ribbons, flowers and embellishments so it isn't as CAS as I would of liked.

Hope you enjoy and I will be back tomorrow with a few more cards to share with you!

card one:

paper: neenah (natural white & chili pepper) french paper (pop-tone green) cosmo cricket (garden variety)

stamps: pti (signature greetings)

ink: memento (black)

accessories: martha stewart (leaf punch) marvy (scallop and circle punch)

card two:

paper ~ neenah (natural white) french paper (pop-tone orange) cosmo cricket (material girl)

stamps: pti (signature greetings)

ink: memento (black)

accessories: pti (bloom die) martha stewart (leaf & border punch) basicgrey (button) may arts (lace ribbon)

i'm back ~ now & forever

Well I am back after almost a week of spending time with my sister and just in time for Project Tuesday.

This weeks challenge was to create a swing out card and you can find all the details over at Project Tuesday.

I even add the border punch to the backside of the card as it hides the back of the brad. You don't have to do this part but I happen to think it just finishes it off nicely.

enjoy!

details:

paper: neenah (avon brilliant white, epic black linen, and red chili)

stamps: studio g (now&forever) penny black (blessings)

ink: memento (black) copic (red)

accessories: may arts (ribbon) basicgrey (brad) cuttlebug (swiss dots) quickutz (embossing folder)

MIA

Just a quick post to let you know that I may be missing for a couple of days. This morning I was up and in my car by 5:30 am and on my way to North Dakota to pick up my sister Sharon to bring her home for a visit.

Then when Justin woke up he was running a 103.5 temp and I think he has a case of the flu. I am hoping it is a 24 hour bug and that we don't have to make a trip to the doctor tomorrow.

Back soon.

Micah enjoying his first ride down the Mississippi River.

love you

After all of our appointments yesterday I thought I would have time to create both a scrapbook page and a card to share with you, but as you can see that did not happen.

I haven't done the challenge over at Sketchy Thursday for awhile and this sketch looked pretty easy.

After I finished the layout I wasn't sure if I picked the right color of letters to use. I am almost thinking I should have went with black. What do you think?

Enjoy!

details:

paper: lasting impressions (snickerdoodle and sunflower) october afternoon (recess and farm fresh) neenah (epic black linen)

accessories: making memories (chipboard letters)

miss you

It's Monday and that means I have a busy day today. First off is an oil change and tire rotation at 7:30 this morning and then my son has two doctor appointments.

I made a card yesterday for another new sketch challenge that I found and almost forgot to post it.

Don't you just love this little pure innocence digi stamp? I added some Cosmo Cricket tiny type stickers, and used the new "stars" quickutz embossing plate.

Here is the sketch from Friday Sketchers that inspired my card for today.

Hope you enjoy!

details:

paper: basicgrey (basic white paper pad) neenah (solar white & red) pti

stamp: heather ellis (pure innocence digi image)

ink: memento (black) copic

accessories: cosmo cricket (tiny type stickers) quickutz (embossing plate) staples

happy birthday

It is Sunday and I am going over to help a couple of friends clean out a craftroom. This should be fun as I haven't seen them in awhile and am really looking forward to it.

While blurfing a few days ago I found a couple of new sketch challenges to try out.

This card was inspired by the sketch challenge over at Claudia and Company. The sketch was created by Lori Boyd who does the adorable "lollipop" stamps.

My next card is also for a new sketch challenge I found and this one is at The Greeting Farm blog.

I really enjoyed working with both sketches and can see myself doing these challenges on a regular basis. So if you want to try a new sketch challenge give one of these a try.

Enjoy!

details card one:

paper: cosmo cricket (material girl) neenah (solar white linen) pop-tone (olive green)

stamps: lori boyd (lollipop digi stamp) pebblesinc. (rub-ons)

accessories: martha stewart (leaf punch) cuttlebug (swiss dots embossing folder) handmade rosebud

details card two:

paper: basicgrey (max and whiskers) neenah (natural white and epic black)

stamps: heather ellis (digi stamp) hero arts (it's your day)

accessories: quickutz (apple embossing folder) basicgrey (button) fiskars (border punch)

just because ~ you are awesome!

It is Saturday and I am working at Anchor Paper on University today and then I am off to spend the night with Micah and Cassie while their Mom takes Dad out for his 30th birthday celebration.

I have a couple cards to share with you before I leave. This first one is for the challenge at Clean and Simple Stamping.

This is the sketch that inspired it.

This card was inspired by this weeks challenge over at LimeLight Paper Crafts and the request that we include butterflies on our card.

Do you have any special plans for this weekend?

Enjoy!

details:

paper ~ neenah (solar white linen) cosmo cricket (delovely) pop-tone (raspberry and olive)

stamps ~ studio g (leaf i-cling) a muse (just because)

ink ~ colorbox (olive pastel) ranger (jet black)

accessories ~ marvy (giga punches) martha stewart (butterflies) hero arts (gem stones) cosmo cricket (tiny type stickers) fiskars (border punch) cuttlebug (swiss dots embossing folder) sizzix (tim holtz embossing folder)

CPS 170 & SSSC72

Happy Friday! I have a couple cards to share with you today and the first one is for this weeks challenge over at CPS.

I just love this little tree image that I also picked up at Michael's and it is by studio g. This is the sketch that inspired the card.

My last card is for the SSSC over at Karen Giron's blog and I used some of that beautiful Cosmo Cricket "DeLovely" along with one of my handmade flowers.

Hope you have a great day! We are off for Justin's last scheduled pool theraphy session at Courage Center and next week we start working on getting the new wheelchair.

Stop back tomorrow for another card or two.

Enjoy!

details:

card one:

paper: neenah (solar white linen) DCWV (the green stack)

stamps: studio g (tree i-cling set)

ink: chalk ink (chestnut roan and lime pastel)

accessories: fiskars (border punch)

card two:

paper neenah (solar white linen) cosmo cricket (delovely)

accessories: flower (satin made by me) pebblesinc (rub-ons) (dewdrops)

FTL93 Again

I decided to once again create a card using this weeks sketch over at clean and simple stamping I love this sketch and thought it was perfect for those hard to create sympathy cards.

Enjoy!

details:

Paper: neenah (solar white and epic black linen) basicgrey (basics white 6x6 pad)

stamps: studio g (leaf i-cling) technique tuesday (with sympathy)

misc: basicgrey (buttons) ranger (archival black ink)

Mission for Macie

I have fallen in love with these little "sugar stick" people by Lori Boyd if you have not seen her digital images they are adorable. They are sold in both stamp and digi form.

Anyway I was stalking her blog like I usually do these days and she had a posting that touched my heart.

Lori's daughter had an idea for her Mom to create a "Macie" stamp to help raise money  for children with Epilepsy and GLUT1. So if you would like to help Macie out please email Lori at byloridesigns@gmail.com to buy this adorable image. Cost is $5 and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Mission 4 Macie. Lori will send you a paypal invoice for $5 along with the image.

Here is my card using this adorable image and the challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

If you decide to buy the digital Macie image leave a comment here as well as over at Lori's blog and she will do a drawing for one person to win a custom digi stamp.

Enjoy!

details:

paper: neenah "solar white" cosmo cricket "garden variety"

accessories: copic markers, cosmo cricket "tiny type stickers", clear dew drops, fiskars border punch

Explosion Box - Project Tuesday

Well it is Tuesday and that means time for "Project Tuesday" and this weeks challenge is to make an Explosion Box.

I have never made one before and was surprised by how easy and fast this little project went.

I hope you will play along with me this week. The instructions for making the box are over at Project Tuesday. Don't forget to link up your creation over at Project Tuesday so I can come and check out your "explosion box".

Enjoy!

details:

Paper: My Minds Eye "beloved", Neenah "natural white" Pop-Tone "green" cardstock

Stamps: PrintWorks "great birthday"

Accessories: Martha Stewart "leaf punch", May Arts Ribbon (colored with glimmer mist), Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "tiger lily", Paper Blooms by Me

New Bed

Sorry no card today as I have been busy working on my cards and project for my July classes at Anchor Paper on University.

I wanted to share a picture of Micah's new bed which he is not at all thrilled with and when I checked with his Mom this morning I guess Dad spent 40 minutes walking Micah back to his room about 60 times. In the end he slept with Mom and Dad and not in the new bed.

Tonight will be round 2 of trying to get Micah to sleep in the new bed in his own room.

Now I am off to get ready to meet Tami for coffee at Caribou.

Stop back tomorrow for Project Tuesday.

Enjoy!

happy birthday princess - almost

I don't know if I am the only one having problems with blogger but am going to try and post a card in the old format as all of my formatting has disappeared. I hate blogger.

It looks like it is going to be a rainy day here in Minnesota which is a perfect day for me to be teaching my 2nd flower making class at Anchor Paper. I have spent the last couple of days prepping for this class getting kits ready.

I wanted to share a card I made using my new Pure Innocence stamp that I picked up compliments of my sons gift certificate he gave me. I got a couple others which I will share with you later.

My card was inspired by the challenge over at Clean and Simple Stamping.

Enjoy!

Summer Picnic

I was up and out of the house early this morning to run errands before it got too hot outside. I had finally finished a mini album that I did for my sister of her new grandaughter and I had a friend who commissioned me to create a couple cards for her Sisters 60th birthday. They were vintage photo cards. So much fun to make.

After the post office it was a quick stop at the local RedBox to pick up a couple Chick Flicks to watch today and then off for my monthly trip to Costco. Oh how I love shopping there.

I put the movies in the DVD player and then started scrapbooking some old pictures. This first page is for this months challenge over at Sketches by Tamara.

For this layout I used some Bazzill Swiss Dots, October Afternoon (for flowers), Neenah Natural White cardstock. The lace was a gift from my friend Michelle in Australia.

Enjoy!