trick or treat ~ thinking of you

edited my computers router stopped working so this was supposed to post 3 days ago.

It was another beautiful day here in Minnesota. This morning I took my Uncle to the Oncologist to set up his radiation and antibody treatments and then I spent a lazy afternoon in my craftroom.

I have two cards to share with you and the first one is for Skipping Stones Design challenge and this weeks sketch is designed by Karen Giron who also does the Sweet Sunday Sketches.

For my card I have used papers by Bo Bunny from the whoo-ligans collection. The ladybug image and bag is a digital stamp byLORIdesigns.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

My next card is for this weeks challenge over at Techno Stamper and for this card I used papers from the BasicGrey "pyrus" collection.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my blog I appreciate any and all comments you leave.

Enjoy!

fall is in the air ~ sasya's sketches #31

We are having the most beautiful fall weather right now in Minnesota and the colors outside my craftroom window are amazing.

It is Wednesday and time for another fun sketch over at Sasya's Sketches. I decided to do a Fall/Halloween kind of card this week.

I used some of my Cosmo Cricket "matilda" paper for the base of the card along with some leaves that I stamped out and fussy cut. The pumpkin is a QuicKutz die and the bingo card is by Jenni Bowlin.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card and I hope it inspires you to play along with us this week.

Enjoy!

Guest Blogger

I was so honored yet nervous when my friend Yvonne asked me to be her guest blogger and to offer up a challenge.

Well if you know me you know I had to do a handmade flower challenge and have offered a prize of my handmade wrinkle ribbon to the winner.

So stop by Yvonne's blog and check ME out.

Enjoy!

late start

I have a few cards to finally share today they are a little later than normal as I just couldn't get going this morning to post them.

My first card is for a new challenge blog I found while blurfing called Inspired Crafters and this weeks challenge was not only a sketch challenge, but we were also to create a Christmas card using white on white.

I don't know if adding a sentiment to the ribbon is cheating or not but I couldn't leave it blank. Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

My next card is for this weeks Card Patterns sketch challenge.

For this card I used the BasicGrey papers from the "jovial" collection and a stamp from Hero Arts.

My last card is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch and I used some scraps from October Afternoon "recess" collection, a digital library card that I added some tiny type stickers to and that cute sugar nellie image is from a new stamp I got from my friend Mandy in Ireland.

Here is the sketch that inspired the above card.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my cards.

Enjoy!

Happy WCMD!

I am so excited it is world card making day and have several cards to share with you this morning.

My first card is for Skipping Stones Design I loved the clean and simple look of this sketch and could not wait to create my card as I knew that I was going to use October Afternoon papers and banners.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Next up I have a card for this weeks challenge over at Techno Stamper and for this card I pulled out my BasicGrey "jovial" papers and woolies, along with my QuicKutz Snowflake embossing die.

Once again here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Next up is my card for Clean and Simple Stamping and it is such a fun sketch with so many possibilities. I used papers from the BasicGrey "jovial" collection as well as a button from PTI.

And here is this weeks sketch #110.

My last card for now is for the sketch over at Limelight Paper Crafting and we are to use Leaves on our card.

For this card I used Autumn Abundance from PTI paper collection and a leaf embossing folder from QuicKutz. The leaves were cut out after I embossed the paper. Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

I hope you take a few minutes today to play in your craftroom and create something for world cardmaking day.

Okay that is it for now I need to go and get ready as Cassie Jo will be here in a couple of hours and we plan on spending the day working on Halloween Treats for her class and then watching the new Tinkerbell movie.

Well it seems everyone is handing out blog candy so I will do some as well. How about some of my handmade wrinkled ribbon and a surprise. Just leave a comment and I will pick a winner Monday morning.

Enjoy!

Wordless Friday



MTSC93 ~ beep beep

While I was watching GLEE today I decided to whip up a little card for the newest challenge over at Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. It also gave me a chance to play with one of my digital images I had not played with before.

This is Ethan byLORIdesigns and he is available at The Lollipop Shop. Isn't he adorable with his cute skaterboy haircut and board?

This is the sketch that inspired my card.

We are enjoying beautiiful fall weather here in Minnesota and the trees are starting to turn beautiful shades of orange and gold. I will be spending tomorrow with Micah and am hoping to walk to the park and enjoy the nice weather.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah solar white and epic black linen, basicgrey wander collection

stamp: byLORIdesigns digital ethan

accessories: copics, pop~dots

sasya's sketches #30 ~ Kris Kringle

I can't believe that it is already Wednesday and time for another sketch challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

I must admit that this card took me a lot longer than I thought it would as I could not decide what I wanted for my focal point and until I did that, I could not pick the papers and embellishments to go with it.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card and as you can see I rotated the sketch to create my card.

I hope if you have time you will play along with us this week.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah natural white cs, basicgrey jovial collection

ink: ranger distress vintage photo

accessories: ek success border punch, mcgill branch punch, quieenandco. red pearls

Unscripted Sketches #74

It has been awhile since I have done the challenge over at Unscripted Sketches so thought I would use my new Penny Black stamp set once again. This set has the cutest images.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah solar white linen and red cs, basicgrey jovial

ink: memento black, copic

stamp: penny black mimi's christmas

accessories: cystal ice stickles, signo white gel pen, queenandco. grass green pearls, nestabilities

woot ~ woot

How fun I just found out that this card made top 3 for last weeks sketch at Techno Stamper.

I will be back later today with a card.

Enjoy!

happy halloween ~ thinking of you

Okay a couple more cards to share with you today. The first card is for the very first baby bud design challenge and that challenge is to create an Autumn or Halloween card.

For my card I am using this cute "Autumn" digital stamp. Isn't she just adorable with all that curly hair. Papers are by KandCompany.

I used glossy accents on the buttons and spica glitter in her curls.

For my next card  I used the sketch from WaltzingMouse for my inspiration. Isn't this a fun sketch?

For my card I used papers from the Cosmo Cricket "togetherness" collection along with a butterfly from PTI, and rub-ons by pebblesinc.

Enjoy!

Christmas Card ~ Need Your Help

While I was working at Anchor Paper yesterday I saw the cutest new Penny Black stamp set that had just arrived at the store and I knew I had to make it mine. It was the only one left so I grabbed it quick.

Today I had a chance to play with the stamp set and made 4 different cards and here is where your help comes in. Can you take a look at the 4 cards below and looking at design only let me know which you prefer?

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Not sure which one I prefer or if maybe I should eliminate the snowflakes. Would love your thoughts.

Enjoy!

Flash Back Friday

My friend Amy has this challenge that she is now doing monthly called "flash back friday". And she usually gets us to post things and embarrass ourselves.

This month Amy wants us to post our first card that we ever submitted to a Challenge blog. So here is my first card and it was submitted to "365 Cards" on April 30th, 2009 for the "leaf it up" challenge.

Okay as you can see I wasn't very good at this blog thing and I scanned a cropped my card before submitting it. Talk about a boring flat card.  You can find the original blog post here.

So now Amy has gotten me to play along and next month she will probably want me to post my naked baby picture or something odd like that. lol

Enjoy!

techno stamper 140

It has been raining here off and on for a couple of days so I have been in the craftroom watching chick flicks and creating cards and scrapbook layouts.

My card today is for this weeks challenge over at Techno Stamper and it is a sketch challenge. Once again I have used some new papers by BasicGrey from the "pyrus" collection which I picked up at Anchor Paper Express the other day. I just love the patterns and fall colors in this paper pad.

This was a fun card to create especially the section with the nestability labels 8 die. I cut out two the same size and then trimmed one down an 1/8th of an inch to get the thin border.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah natural white cs, basicgrey "pyrus" 6x6 pad

sentiment: pebblesinc., rubon

accessories: nestability labels 8 die, dewdrop, pti butterfly, basicgrey button, karen foster scrappers floss, may arts ribbon, stampin' up tag punch

TMS#60 ~ and just because card

This is my second post for today since I have a few cards on my craft table that I have not shared with you yet.

I decided to do this weeks challenge over at the Tuesday Morning Sketches and this week we were  to use handmade flowers on our card or layout. This was perfect for me as I had this muslin rosette just sitting on my table waiting to be used somewhere, I had made two of them a couple weeks back and only used one on my garden scrapbook layout.

Along with my handmade flower I used papers from basicgrey "pyrus" collection, some may arts ribbon, SU leaf and my labels 8 nestability for the shape of the card.

I distressed the edges of the BG paper to give it that shabby look like the muslin flower.

My next card is a just because I wanted to make a card using my new stamp that I won from Claudia and Company for being last months blog hop winner. Don't you just love Birthday Lily? She is one of the puddle jumpers created by Lori Boyd.

I had so much fun coloring her in and adding the glossy accents to parts of her dress, balloon, and present.

Enjoy!

Mojo Monday 157 ~ happy birthday

I noticed that I have been making a lot of birthday cards lately. Not sure why but that seems to be the trend for the last 4 or 5 cards I have made.

I haven't played along with the Mojo Monday sketch in awhile and wanted to join in this week once I saw the sketch. I knew that my new "wanderer" papers and "woolies" by BasicGrey would be the perfect fit.

Hope you enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah solar white linen cardstock, basicgrey wanderer 6x6 collection

sentiment: pebblesinc., rubons

accessories: cuttlebug embossing folder, martha stewart scallop border punch, basicgrey buttons, tim holtz edge distresser, signo white gel pen

happy birthday ~ TPE84 and ACLP57

It looks like we are in for a couple of really wet days so that means I will be staying inside where it is dry watching a chick flick or two and doing something crafty.

I have a couple cards for you today using some of my newest digital stamps byLORIdesigns available at The Lollipop Shop.

My first card is for this weeks challenge over at The Pink Elephant and it is a recipe challenge. We are to create a card using the color Aqua, designer Paper, and an embellishment of our choice.

For this card I used SugarStick Presley available at The Lollipop Shop along with pattern paper from Cosmo Cricket "togetherness" collection,, a fiskars scallop border and button by BasicGrey.

This weeks challenge over at A Crafty Little Place was a color challenge and we are to use Brown, Green, and Orange on our card.

For this card I used SugarStick Maisie along with some new papers by BasicGrey "pyrus", a digital library card, and some Cosmo Cricket "tiny type" stickers.

Well I hope you enjoy and if you have time to play along let me know so I can stop and check out what you have created.

Enjoy!

SS29 ~ have a merry

It is Wednesday and that means time for a new Sketch challenge over at Sasya's Sketches. This weeks sketch is a fun one which I think you will really enjoy.

For my card I used some Kraft card stock and embossed part of it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, papers are by BasicGrey from the "Jovial" collection. The star is a nestability die, the sentiment is by My Sentiments Exactly, and the button is BasicGrey.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card. I hope if you find yourself inspired by this sketch that you will play along too.

Enjoy!

watch me

I finally had some time to work on a card challenge today after being sick with some kind of bug yesterday.

My card today qualifies for a couple of challenges. The first one being the newest challenge at The Ribbon Girl where the challenge was to use orange, black and white on your card. I used the sketch from this weeks challenge over at CPS Card Sketches.

For this card I used lollipop landon digital stamp byLoriDesigns available at The Lollipop Shop.

As you can see along with the digital image I used papers by The Girls Paperie from the "toil and trouble" line, stickers by SRM, and I actually sewed on this card. Since I am not a person who normally sews I need to work on getting the right tension and sewing straight. lol

Enjoy!