Birthdays are the Best!

Hi there! It's been one crazy day here! My cable modem went up and I've been on the phone half the day with the cable company trying to get my computer working...how did we ever live without email and the internet? Anyway, a short trip up the road to the cable company and a new modem...now we're back in business.

I'm going a little outside my box again for this one. I'm not traditionally a fan of yellow. But I have some new goals...remember the one about playing along with my favorite challenges? So, here I am using Mona's fabulous color challenge palette of peach, yellow and light pink! It reminds me of sherbet on a summer day!

I have been also trying to use my new (to me) stamp sets that haven't been used yet and this is one of them! I love PTI stamps and this Blooming Button Bits set is so much fun to play with! I stamped it with Memento Bamboo Leaves and added all three colors of the palette in my buttons. The border is punched with a Martha Stewart around the page punch and I added a little sheer pink bow to tie it all together!

Here is the CR84FN color palette...


Challenges:
CR84FN9 - Yellow, Peach and Light Pink
Papertrey Paper Dolls #29 - Simplilcity
Stampin' Royalty #53 - Birthday
Really Reasonable Ribbon #15 - Something New (image) plus ribbon

Warm Hugs and Cocoa Wishes

Hi there - I can't believe how time flies. It's already time for another Creative Inspirations Blog Challenge. This time, our theme is Christmas Gift and we have two wonderful sponsors...Papercupcake Stamps and Fantastic Ribbons!

My stampy friend Janice let me stamp some of her images from her collection last week and this is one of them. It's called Hug in a Mug by Elisabeth Bell for Sugar Nellie. I don't think it's available any longer, but it sure is cute! She is colored with Copics and I added a touch of Diamond Stickles to her cuffs and bottom of her coat. I hadn't even realized that I colored her coat like Santa's until I had uploaded the picture to put my watermark on it...by then, it was too late and my lovely daughter told me to leave it because she thought it was cute! And so, I left it 'cause she said so!

I made this little gift bag/box by cutting two pieces of the largest size from the Spellbinders Eyelet Squares die set in brown cardstock and adding a three sided piece of folded cardstock in the center as a pouch to hold a little somethin' somethin'. Then I popped up a few layers and another eyelet square shape which is my image. The corners are dotted with Queen & co. red pearls and a pair of Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses mittens are tied on with some of Deb's Simple Treasures vintage seam binding. A couple of gems for the centers, a sweet sentiment from Sweet n Sassy Stamps and a packet of gourmet hot cocoa finishes it perfectly!

Be sure to stop on over at the Creative Inspirations Challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has created using this great theme! Don't forget to join in the fun and enter your Christmas Gift too! You have two weeks to submit your project for our challenges!

Challenges:
Elisabeth Bell's World - November Project - Anything Christmas (but NOT a Card)
A Spoon Full of Sugar #131 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #95 - Christmas is Coming
Really Reasonable Ribbon #12 - Christmas
City Crafter Challenge #32 - My Cuppa
Just Us Girls #61 - 3-D Embellishment
Embellish Magazine Holidays Color Challenge - red, green, pink, brown
Simon Says Stamp - Let It Snow
Top Tip #11 - Layers

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A Cutie Patootie Christmas Box!

Hi there! Just popping in to share a sweet Christmas gift box with you since I will be in Washington D.C. all day tomorrow with my dd's field trip and I had planned to post it tomorrow (and I need to link it so many times). We are visiting the White House and the Capitol and a few more stops along the way so it will be lots of fun! As many times as I have been to D.C., I have never been to either of those two monuments.

So, I couldn't wait to play along at the first challenge for the new Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge Blog and I finally had a little time this past weekend to make my project. The challenge is to make a 3x3 box using one of Elisabeth's images. The adorable image I used is called Eden's 2nd Christmas and she can found on Elisabeth's blog...HERE! I simply love the sweet face and all the little details of this image right down to the snowflakes on her little sleeper.

I colored the image with my Copics and added just a few layers of paper for the top of my box. I wanted the image to be the main focus and stand out so I didn't really embellish the box top. Except for this great big bow that makes every gift special! I did add a few bits of red Stickles on the holly in her hair and the ornaments on the little tree. Some Glossy Accents on the ornament she is reaching for gives it a little shine too and matches the shiny ornaments on my dp from Imaginisce I used for the box top!

Challenges:
Elisabeth Bell's World - October Project - 3x3 Box
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful 4 - Bows
Tiffany Doodles TD06 - Anything But A Card
Cupcake Inspirations #85 - Christmas Cupcake Inspiration Photo
Really Reasonable Ribbon #12 - Christmas
Cute Card Thursday #138 - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss #56 - Traditional Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges #63 - Christmas
Sweet Stampin' - Snowflakes (on her pj's)

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Take a Guess...!

I hooked you in with that title, didn't I!?! Actually, this Candy Corn Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe' is going to be used as a ballot for the kids at my daughter's costume party to take a guess how many candy corn are in this little jar and whoever is closest...gets to keep it!

With this Candy Corn Shaped Card cutting file, you get the card base, a shaped piece and the top and bottom layers of the candy corn to cut out in whatever you like in any order you like! You want white on the top...do it...yellow on the bottom...do it...you can do whatever you want with these versatile cutting files! I added a little polka dot bow and a little bling with some Stickles! I didn't want to embellish this too much because it will get handled a lot that night! The words on the front are from the JustRite Stampers Times Roman font set...I love that you can customize anything with these fonts!

Challenges:
Fussy & Fancy #21 - Halloween
Stampin' Royalty #41 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon #10 - Halloween
Cupcake Inspirations #81 - photo inspiration
Pile It On #41 - Kid Themed Halloween
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by!


p.s. there are 426 candy corn in the jar!

Sending You Thanksgiving Blessings...

Edit: This card won Honorable Mention at the JustRite Friday Challenge 039.

Good Morning! It's a gloomy day here today, so I thought I'd warm it up a bit with this Thanksgiving card I made for my 91 year old grandfather. His birthday is only two weeks before Thanksgiving and he likes to sit his cards and gifts out in his apartment (which he calls his "Cozy Corner") to look at throughout the day. I hope this one will make him happy when he looks at it!

I used the JustRite Friday Challenge 039 theme of Give Thanks and went for a faux quilt or patchwork for this card. The papers are all from that K & Co. paper pad you've seen quite a bit lately. I used rubon stitches in two different patterns and topped it off with a rich brown sheer bow and a few gold pearls.

Now let's talk about the stamps! I used the JustRite Autumn Blessings set for the image of the Indian Corn and colored it with copics. This wasn't a favorite image of mine at first, but after I started coloring it, it came to life and I love it! Then I stamped the sentiment and border from the Give Thanks Nested Frames set and colored in the leaves and acorns with copics in various Fall colors. I can't tell you enough how much I really like these nested borders and sentiments sets. They are so versatile! The possibilities really are endless.

More Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations #80 - photo inspiration
Pile It On #40 - Things in Threes (pearls)
Really Reasonable Ribbon #9 - Fall + ribbon
Wild Orchid #7 - Stitch It Up

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Fall Harvest Apple Basket

Edit: This little basket won Honorable Mention at JustRite Friday Challenge 038, Top 3 at Really Reasonable Ribbon and Top 3 at the Fairy Fun Friday Challenge!




I hope you are having a great weekend. Before I make dinner I wanted to share a little project I have been working on today! It's a basket I made from a tutorial on The Pink Elephant challenge blog. The tutorial calls for using a brown paper bag, but I wanted mine to be a little sturdier, so I used decorative paper instead. It was really easy to put together and only uses one piece of paper!



The JustRite Friday Challenge this week is to make a Fall 3-D project and I thought this would be perfect for the occasion! I stamped my Autumn Blessings image and border with Memento Rich Cocoa on Neenah off white paper and colored it with copics. I really like this image and I had fun coloring it up too! I inked up the edges with Memento Bamboo Leaves and mounted it on some pumpkin colored paper cut with Spellbinders dies.

I added all the extras like a few Queen & Co. pearls on my image, some pumpkin ric rac, a shiny red organdy bow and some rustic leaves cut with my new Heartfelt Creations dies also made by Spellbinders. The handle has a brad attaching it to the basket on each side. I think I will use this on Thanksgiving as a side table decoration!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 038 - Fall Holiday 3-D project
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #86 - Harvest Home
Color Throwdown #112 - Red, pumpkin, green
Really Reasonable Ribbon #9 - Fall plus ribbon
Simon Says Challenge - It's Autumn
Fairy Fun Friday #36 - Ric Rac
Curtain Call #50 - color inspiration

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JustRite Friday Challenge - a Picture...

Edit: This card was chosen as Honorable Mention at JustRite Friday Challenge 028!



Hi there - had to make a quick post even on hubby's b-day. I made him dinner, we had cake and presents and now I need a tiny bit of me time. This summery card is inspired by the JustRite Friday Challenge called a picture is worth a thousand words. However, I love to combine challenges, so of course I worked it out!

I took this picture at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC when my daughter and I went on a field trip there. They were having a butterfly exhibit and you went into this special room and were surrounded by hundreds of butterflies! I will never forget that experience with her.

This stamp set from JustRite is becoming one of my "go to" sets to ink up and color. I love the size, the borders, really everything about it! I cut out the border and picture using my Spelbinders and popped up the pic in the center. The colored flowers are also poppedup and of course that beautiful sparkly butterfly! I even used half the border on the inside...see!

Well, I guess I have to get back to hubby time since it is his birthday.
Have a great night and I'll be back in the morning.



Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 028 - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Flutterby Wednesday #115 - butterfly
Really Reasonable Ribbon #4 - photo inspiration
Pile It On #29 - Stretch that Plastic (pearls)
Cute Card Thursday #123 - use text

Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: JustRite Plant a Little Love
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and rosebud
Paper: Basic Grey Green at Heart
Copics: BG000, G21, R20, RV11, RV14, RV21, RV25, Y21, YG17
Spellbinders: Standard Circles Lg.
Other: Making Memories flower, Jolee's butterfly, Queen & Co. pearls, Diamond Stickles

I really hope you like it!
Have a great night - and thanks for stopping by!