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I am on a roll today and just cranking out some cards and catching up on a few of my favorite TV shows.

I have all my newest purchases here on my desk and am trying to use a little of each before I file them in their proper places.

For this card I once again used papers by My Minds Eye from the Miss Caroline collection called "dilly dally".  The buttons are also My Minds Eye from the Follow Your Heart collection and the alpha is Tim Holtz.

I just love the color combinations in this paper collection. Grey, teal and yellow (swoon).

I used this weeks sketch over at Technique Stamper for the inspiration on my card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog, your comments are always appreciated.

merry & bright

Have I told you how much I love the October Afternoon "holiday style" collection of papers and chipboard?

It is a cold day here in Minnesota so decided to make a Christmas Card for the newest challenge over at Merry Monday.

Here is this weeks sketch.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

distress stains

I absolutely love coloring my large background stamps with distress inks and acrylic paints.

Today I took a few minutes to whip up a card for the newest challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This weeks challenge is "backgrounds".

Once again I used a kraft cardbase thanks to my friend Amy who got me using those along with my standard white or natural.

Thanks for stopping by to look and I will be back soon.

Enjoy!

for sebastian

My friend Amy posted a story about a young boy called Sebastian and asked for us to send cards him while he is in the hospital.

His teacher posted this story about him and the reason for sending him the cards here.

I created this card a few weeks ago and thought it would be perfect to send to Sebastian and cheer him up.

Won't you join in and send Sebastian a card to let him know he isn't alone and others care about him?

hello

This is a quick post to show a card that I created using more of the papers and chipboard from the My Minds Eye ~ Miss Caroline collection called "be happy".

I love the colors and patterns in this collection.

I used the CPS sketch 102 as my inspiration for the card.

Thanks for stopping by to look and as usual your comments are welcomed and appreciated.

thank you so much

I am so loving the new collection by My Minds Eye called Miss Caroline. The colors, the patterns and did I say the colors?

I created this card for the JUGS newest sketch challenge.

I used the "howdy doody" papers for my card and the stamp is from the same MME collection.

Here is the sketch that I used for my inspiration.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog. Your comments are appreciated.

xoxo and cherish CPS anniversary challenges

I have been having fun playing along with CPS and their anniversary sketches. I have two more to share with you.

The first one is sketch #54 and I am using papers by PTI, digital image "you stitch my heart" by Creepie Cuties and alpha stickers by My Little Shoebox. I just love this little guy and couldn't resist putting him on a valentine for one of my nieces.

Here is the sketch I used for inspiration.

Next up is a card I created using sketch 242 along with my new MME papers from the Miss Caroline collection "fiddlesticks".

I used sketch 242 for the inspiration on my card. 

Thanks for stopping by to look, your comments are appreciated and welcome.

you are the best

I can't believe that it is already February 1st, where did January go?

I worked on a card for the Anniversary celebration over at CPS and today's card features sketch 166.

For my card I used papers by Authentique from the "gathering" collection along with a MFT doily, sentiment is Ali Edwards from Technique Tuesday and buttons are PTI.

I just love the look of soft blue and chocolate brown together.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

oh santa

I have a Christmas card to share with you today that I made using this weeks sketch over at Merry Monday.

I created my card using papers, buttons, and stickers from the October Afternoon "holiday style" collection.

Here is the sketch I used.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

Enjoy!

your love fills my heart

I played with a few more of the items I picked up at Archivers yesterday and created this card.

I used papers by Dear Lizzy from the "neapolitan" collection, sentiment is a Technique Tuesday stamp by Ali Edwards. I created the flower by cutting a square and then rolling it to form the flower, leaves are Spellbinders "foliage" dies and the butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

I used CPS sketch 136 for my inspiration on the card.

Thanks for stopping by to look, your comments are welcome and appreciated.

what's up

I went to Archivers yesterday looking for the new My Minds Eye papers and came home with everything but those.

I picked up the Echo Park "boy's life" papers and used them on my card today.

I pulled out one of the images I got in an image swap along with stamps by PTI and MME.

I used the Karen Giron's sketch over at Sweet Sunday for my inspiration on this card.

Thanks for stopping by to look and as always your comments are appreciated.

Enjoy!

xo

A quick card for you today before I get busy and run some errands.

Paige is looking for cards with at least 6 hearts on them.

I knew as soon as I saw her challenge I had to play along. I had just bought some new thickers alphas and Martha Stewart Valentine tapes and my heart dies from PTI just arrived a few days ago.

I think I have at least 6 hearts on this card. *wink*

I Choose...

I am enjoying my new Authentique paper so much that I just had to make another card using it.

Notice I even pulled out the sewing machine and did some stitching on this card. I might try and use it more often so I can practice sewing straight.

I used the sketch over at Clean and Simple for my inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Enjoy!

hello

I was Skyping with my friend Michelle last night and we worked on a card for the newest challenge over at My Favorite Things.

I used my newest paper purchase which is Authentique's "gathering", MFT rolled rose, doily, and flourish.  I absolutely love the colors in this collection.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card. 

Thanks for stopping by to look.

Enjoy!

plant a seed...

My kraft challenge with Amy was so much fun, I just had to make one last card.

I used papers and embellishments from the random collection by Crate Paper, sentiment is PTI and pearls are from my stash.

Here is this weeks sketch challenge by CPS that I used for the inspiration in making this card.

Thanks for stopping by this week to see my cards using Kraft as my card base. Now that I know there are other colors besides white you just might see some kraft card bases in the future.

joy

I am really enjoying making a weekly Christmas card or two, knowing that by the end of this year I should have a nice stash.

Normally I would of put my colored image on top of a white card base, but because of my friendly challenge with Amy I am using Kraft.

The challenge this week over at Christmas Card Challenges is "coloring".

Enjoy!

kraft the new white (cont.)

My friendly challenge with my friend Amy continues today and I have a card that normally I would of put on a natural white base, but because of the challenge I am using a kraft card base.

I created this card using the Merry Monday Challenge #4 sketch. I used papers by Echo Park from the "seasons greetings" collection, the felt embellishment is Basic Grey, and sentiment is from my stash.

Here is the sketch that I used for my inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by to look ~ I appreciate your visits and those of you that leave comments.

Enjoy your Day!

happy birthday

Sorry no card to post today as we are celebrating my baby's (don't tell him I said that) 35th birthday.

I am off to the store to get stuff to make his favorite dessert which is a cherry cheesecake.

kraft and not so krafty

I am still doing my friendly card challenge with my friend Amy, where she is now using white as her card base and I am using kraft.

I must admit it is not as bad as I thought it would be and might have to agree with her that kraft almost goes with everything.

This card I created using crate paper and chipboard from the "random" collection by crate paper and some rub-ons from my stash.

I used the sketch this week over at Clean and Simple Stamping for my inspiration.

Now I love the challenges over at CAS-ual Fridays and this weeks challenge was one of my all time favorites. So I had to play along even if it meant bending the rules of my friendly challenge with Amy.

I apologize for the photo, I could not get a good photo of my card this morning. I do love a black and white card.

The "Penguin Suit" challenge this week was to use ONLY black and white on your card, NO other colors were allowed.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate your comments.

kraft challenge

I have another card for you today that I made for the friendly challenge that Amy and I are doing this week.

After making this card I realized why I don't stamp that often.

I used my new PTI stamp set "rosie posie" along with EAD stickerz and button and twine from my stash.

For inspiration I used this weeks sketch over at Freshly Made.

Thanks for stopping by to look.