sweet

I don't know if I told you or not but I have been having a Dexter marathon here getting all caught up with Season 4 since Season 5 should be starting soon.  I love this show but don't like how it ended.

So while I am watching/listening  I usually am scrapbooking or card making. I made this sweet little layout of Micah using the latest pencil lines sketch and some leftover October Afternoon papers and embellishments from the "ducks in a row" collection.

I also made a couple of cards but will wait until tomorrow to share those with you.

Enjoy!

simply the best ~ #23 sasya's sketches

Welcome to another fun sketch challenge from Sasya's Sketches this weeks sketch was a little challenging for me. However I don't know if it was due to the sketch or just this heat and humidity that we have been having here in Minnesota this week.

Now meet Sketch 23.

For my card I used BasicGrey "offbeat" pattern papers, pop-tone "wild cherry" card stock, Stampin' Up "bird" punch, Martha Stewart "large butterfly" punch, Hero Arts sentiment, and May Arts "twine".

I hope you will stop over at Sasya's Sketches and play along with all of us this week.

Enjoy!

have a nice day ~ ssd#37

I was so excited to see that Skipping Stones Design is now back from summer break with a new sketch challenge for us.

So no more chatting let us get to the card and the sketch.

As soon as I saw this sketch I knew that I was going to incorporate my newest digi lollipop purchase ~meet Emery. Isn't she just the sweetest? She is available through Claudia and Company. I have fallen in love with these Lori Boyd images and they are available in Stamps as well as Digital images.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: proterra kraft cs, basis pop-tone wild cherry, esse brown, neenah solar white cs

stamps: digital image emery from claudia and company

accessories: signo white gel pen, 4" circle, pti buttons, crocheted flower from a friend, cosmo cricket tiny type stickers

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!

happy birthday ~ alice in wonderland

I don't know how the weather is your area but I am so ready for Fall to get here. I don't care for hot weather.

Today I have a couple cards to share with you. The first one is for this weeks challenge over at Clean and Simple Stamping. And if I haven't said this before I just love the sketches.

For the card I used the new BasicGrey "olivia" collection along with a Martha Stewart butterfly and some pebblesinc., rub-ons. Here is the sketch that I used for my inspiration.

My next card is for a new Sketch Challenge Blog that my friend Michelle  told me about called Oh Alice and they do challenges that have to do with the story "Alice in Wonderland". This weeks challenge is white rabbit, white gloves, white wonderland. This means everything on your card needs to be white except for the image.

For my card I used an image that I found on the internet of the Alice in Wonderland book cover and then made everything else white. I used the brick embossing folder by Tim Holtz, added white wrinkle ribbon under the image and flower, made a rolled rose that I added rock candy distressed stickles to along with some white glitter. I also added some Stampin Up leaves that I applied more of the Rock Candy Stickles and glitter to.

Hope you enjoy!

SURPRISE ~ happy birthday AMY!!!

Happy Birthday to YOU

Happy Birthday to YOU

Happy Birthday dear AMY

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!

Today we are doing a surprise blog party for Amy as it is her BIRTHDAY. Most of you probably know her or have seen her around blog land. She is one of the most genuine friendly people you will ever meet. She was one of the first people to start commenting on my blog when I started it about 1.5 years ago.

Amy loves OWLS so I give you my birthday card.

For this card I used my labels 8 to cut out my card and then I stamped the entire card with the hero arts friend background stamp and then inked the edges. The branch is from the Stampin' Up bird punch, sentiment is Cosmo Cricket tiny type teal stickers and the OWL is a Studio G stamp that I got at Michaels.

Amy hope you enjoy your special day and enjoy this little blog hop created just for YOU!!!

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!

just because

Last night while watching some TV I decided to make a couple of cards using some of the new things I have picked up in the past week.

I went to Archivers for the make-n-takes yesterday and really liked the card that we created using half of one of their gatefold cards and a 5.5" circle. So decided to try making a Christmas one. This is a 3.5 x 5" (4 bar) card.

For this card I used my SU bird punch, Memory Box "mistletoe" papers, the card stock is a yummy color from French Papers "basis pop-tone" collection called sno-cone. I love the really soft color, the sentiment is a pebblesinc. rub-on.

My next card uses a new Halloween stamp set I bought at Archivers yesterday called "bootiful boots" by stampendous. I colored them in with copics and then added glossy accents on top. The embossing folder is from QuicKutz and the wrinkle ribbon is some that I made last week.

I love how the boots have turned out. I added some silver to the buckles on the boots too.

Oh today is my 35th wedding anniversary and I was going to post  a picture of the two of us from that day and decided I wouldn't put you through it.

Enjoy!

so fresh

I got home late this afternoon after spending the night over at Cassie and Micah's house visiting my two little favorite people.

I want to share this card with you that I made for the challenge over at Techno Stamper. This is my first time playing along with this challenge.

Oh look what I picked up at Anchor Paper yesterday.

Yep, some of the new Graphic 45 Halloween papers, tags and cards. Love the colors in this collection.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: french pop-tone blue rapsberry and wild cherry cs, neenah natural white cs, my minds eye "so sophie"

ink: memento

stamp: hero arts "simply the best"

accessories: martha stewart border punch, handmade wrinkle ribbon, pti buttons

sasya sketches #22

I am so excited to post my first card as an official member of the design team over at Sasya's Sketches. I had been playing along with the sketches for awhile so when I saw the post go up about looking for a new DT you know I just had to try.

For this card I knew that I wanted to use one of my handmade satin flowers, so then it was just a matter of finding some papers to match. I think "thrift shop" by October Afternoon goes along quite nicely. I distressed all the edges of my papers with the Tim Holtz edge distresser and added some vintage photo distress ink. I used some prima "say it with crystals" and my card was done.

And here is the sketch that inspired my card.

I hope my card inspires you to play along with us this week at Sasya's Sketches.

Enjoy!

Project Tuesday ~ Tunnel Card

Well it is that time again ~ time for another Project Tuesday and this weeks project was to make a tunnel card. If you aren't sure how to make one stop on over to Project Tuesday for the instructions.

I decided to make a Halloween Card this week. My intentions were to use my new Memory Box "blackbird" papers, but by the time I finished with the inside of the card and then went out to decorate the front the papers no longer matched. (hate when that happens)

Hopey you Enjoy and if you get a chance stop over and play along with us this week.

~ supplies ~

paper: pop-tone orange and green cs, neenah solar white and epic black cs

stamps: stampendous

ink: ranger

accessories: may arts ribbon

hoppy birthday ~ happy holidays

Today I have a couple cards to show you that I worked on last night while skyping with my friend Michelle in Australia.

My first card is for a new challenge blog I found while blurfing yesterday. The name of the blog is "All Things Unity". Besides finding this blog I was happy to hear that Anchor Paper Express will be carrying the Unity Stamps. Two of our buyers went to CHA and I recommended they check them out ~ and they did and love them too.

For my card I used a kraft card base and all the papers are from the new Memory Box release called " mistletoe", isn't it just yummy? The snowflake is a cuttlebug snowflake cut and emboss one and the button is basicgrey.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

My next card is for sketch challenge #101 over at Clean and Simple Stamping. I used my all~time favorite BasicGrey paper collection "be silly". I have been hoarding my last few pieces of this paper and when I saw this weeks sketch I knew I had to let go.

Everything on the Card is BasicGrey except for the sentiment which I made with my Dymo Label Maker and the chipboard star which I covered with the BG paper and added faux stitch lines to.

Here is the sketch I followed.

I hope you enjoy! Have a fabulous Sunday.

OTWC Challenge #18

While blurfing today I stumbled on to this NEW (to me) OTWC challenge blog and decided to give it a try. It was a color inspiration challenge.

We were to use this picture as our inspiration and the colors to use were blue, yellow, and white. We could add cream to the mixture as well.

And this is the card that I made based on this inspiration.

I guess what really drew me to this challenge besides the colors was this handmade satin flower that I made earlier today along with a few other ones. They just happened to be sitting on my desk waiting to be packaged up for sale.

I made a few other cards today ~ I just can't share them with you yet.

enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah (natural white) melissa frances (kitschy kitchen)

accessories: handmade by me flower and wrinkle ribbon, pebblesinc. (rub-ons), prima (flower centers)

admit one ~ ooops

I have a couple cards to share with you this morning. The first one is for the newest challenge over at cardabilities and this weeks sketch challenge was a round card.

I had so much fun making this round card. I used some of my new PTI stuff that I have bought over the past few months, but had not used yet as well as some cosmo cricket "tiny type" stickers.

And this is the sketch that started it all.

The next card I am going to share with you is for a new challenge Waltzingmouse I have never done before and the ooops to my post title today. I had the card ready to post yesterday but thought I would wait until today to upload it. Well when I checked this morning this challenge was over and a new one was up and posted.

So I will just share the card with you and not the actual sketch.

For this card I used one of my Pure Innocence digital stamps along with some leftover scraps of paper from the We R Memory Makers papers called "Vintage Blue". I just love the colors. The buttons are BasicGrey.

Enjoy!

cwc014 ~ bling it up!

Okay so those of you that know me ~ know that I do not like anything shiny especially in my craftroom.

So when I first saw the challenge over at CAS~tastic was to "bling it up" I thought I would skip the challenge this week. Well you now me I can't walk away so decided to give it a shot.

As you can see I added just a tad touch of bling to my little card, along with a few of my favorite things which are handmade wrinkle ribbon and handmade satin flowers.

I took the following picture on my drive up to my sisters house. They had a 30 mile detour which took me through rows and rows of corn and sunflower fields. Well I just had to take a picture. Don't mind my picture it is not the best but I had to use my cell phone to take the photo.

Enjoy!

I'm back ~ exciting news

I just got back this evening from a trip up north to visit my oldest sister for a couple days. Although I love going and hanging out with her, it is always nice to get back home to the family.

Right before I left I found out that I was accepted to be on the Design Team over at Sasya's Sketches. I just love this challenge blog and was so excited when they posted that they were looking for a few new design team members. If you haven't checked them out before please stop over and play along with this weeks sketch.

My official term doesn't start until next week, but that did not stop me from doing this weeks sketch.

For this card I used some of my new My Minds Eye papers from the "So Sophie" collection, along with a cuttlebug embossing folder, some PTI vintage buttons and my Martha Stewart butterfly punch.

Enjoy!

no card wednesday

I don't have a card to share with you today as I am getting ready to go on a little trip up north but will be back on Friday.

Thought I would share a couple pictures of the families last trip up to my brother-in-laws cabin. It is in Northern Minnesota and sits on 220 acres with a private lake available only to the 3 properties on the lake.

This is Justin enjoying a day spent on the pontoon boat and the picture above this one is an eagles nest with an eagle or two in it.

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!

odds and ends ~ vintage typewriter

I have one last post for this evening before I go and join the family for some TV watching. This card is for the Paper Crafts Inspired by Challenge which ends tomorrow at Midnight. 

It was finally time to quit hoarding my fabulous October Afternoon "typewriter journal card" from the Thrift Shop Collection.  I added another sticker sentiment from the same collection, some wrinkled vintage ribbon I made and a rolled rose.

Enjoy!

just kitschy

I love this new paper by Melissa Frances  that I bought this past weekend at Anchor Paper. It is called "just kitschy".

I have used it again and this time it is for the sketch challenge over at Friday Sketchers.

Aren't those papers fun? So perfect as I got to use two things that I love lately on my card ~ rolled roses and handmade wrinkle ribbon.

Enjoy!