Sweetest Holiday Wishes...

Hi there! I'm so happy to share this card with you...it's my first Whimsy Stamps Digital Design Team card!

I just love the Meljen's images available at Whimsy Stamps and as soon as I saw this one, I knew I had to use it! It's called Christmas Cupcake! There are so many things I love about it...the scalloped top on the wrapper and the ribbon running through it...and the swirls of frosting topped with a few sprinkles! Who doesn't love sprinkles! And the little holly sprig gives it the perfect touch!

I colored my image with Copics and layered up the background with a scalloped and smooth circle cut with Spellbinders dies atop this sparkly dp from My Minds Eye. This week's Meljen's challenge is Sparkle and Shine, so I got out my Diamond Stickles and "frosted" my frosting! I followed the Card Patterns sketch this week, so I added a little ribbon, a Prima flower, a Doodlebug candy brad and some Making Memories felt holly leaves! The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Button Bits set.

Whimsy Stamps has a great week in store for you too. Right now at the Whimsy Inspiration Blog, you can join in on the Fan Favorites Week festivities by linking your own Whimsy creations...you just might be chosen as a Fan Favorite! Check out all the details...HERE!

Challenges:
Meljen's Challenge #34 - Sparkle & Shine
Card Patterns #91 - Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges #64 - Circles
Creative Cottage #27 - Someone Special at Christmas
Stampin' Royalty #46 - Patterned Paper
Totally Gorjuss #57 - Not So Traditional Christmas Colors
Simon Says Challenge - Sparkle

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Wherever you are...

Hi there - I've been busy at work these days, but I have managed to squeeze in some time to get crafty! I love this color combination and I have been wanting to use this paper for a while now. I put together the perfect combination of challenges to use them! The main focus of the card is the sentiment to go along with the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week and I just love bows on my cards (if you haven't noticed!). Also worth mentioning is the Simon Says Challenge that is helping a very worthy cause. Here is the LINK to get more information about the Caring Hearts Card Drive.

I used one of the sentiments from Flourishes Windows to the World set, cut it out with my Spellbinders die, and inked the inside edges with Ranger Distress Tea Dye ink using a sponge blender. I made my own sentiment for the inside on the computer. I recently attended a stamp show where I purchased this Heartfelt Creations die set made by Spellbinders that included this elegant corner flourish. I cut it out twice and put them together as a frame for my sentiment. A few purple pearls add a little touch of bling. All of my edges are inked with Memento Sweet Plum.

Challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #89 - Sentiment focus
Stampin' Royalty #42 - Ribbons
Sweet Stampin' #48 - Ribbons
Our Creative Corner - Embellishments (die cut, ribbon, pearls)
Caardvarks - Inside and Out
Simon Says Challenge - Thanks

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who's there?

Hi there and Happy Friday! Are you ready for another Stamp Something Challenge?! Wait until you see what the fabulous Design Team has to share with you today! Our new challenge theme is Halloween and our sponsor is Bunny Zoe.

For my card, I used the CC Design Sweet November Baby Trick or Treat Witch. I colored her with copics and then chomped the corners of the paper with a hole punch. I used Mercy's sketch this week and layered up all these cute Halloween papers and cardstock. I punch the edge of the black paper with a Martha Stewart edge punch and filled in the smaller holes with purple Queen & Co. pearls! I added a sweet sparkly ruffly edged bow and a Making Memories tag that appropriately says, 'who's there?" I thought she looked like she might be saying that! A pumpkin sticker finishes it off! Even the pumpkin is looking up to see "who's there!"

Head on over to the Stamp Something Challenge blog and check out all the great samples from the Design Team..and while you are there, add your Halloween creation!

Challenges:
Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #95
Colour Q #54 - Black, Orange, Green, Purple, White
The Pink Elephant #85 - Childhood
City Crafter #26 - Take Flight (owl)
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween
Simon Says Challenge - 3 Emb. types, 2 dps, 1 image
Fussy & Fancy Friday #21 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon #10 - Halloween
Stampin Royalty #41 - Halloween
Copic Oz #3 - spooky

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget about my Follow Me blog candy...you can find it HERE...until October 17th!

Witch Way to the PARTY!

My daughter decided she would like to have a Halloween Costume Party this year and I am in full swing of making decorations and planning a party for a group of 13 year olds! It's going to be so much fun! She decided she wants a "cute" theme, so I'm going with it...along with a few scary things mixed in. But not this project - it's C-U-T-E and it's called the Witch Boot Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe'. You get the witch boot shaped card base, a shaped template for the top of the card and all the accessories need to complete the project, including 4 sentiments and a matching envelope!

I blinged mine up a bit, but that's the fun in using templates...you get to choose what theme by choosing your own papers and fun embellishments! I cut my base using a lime green cardstock and then the top shape with this adorable polka dotted paper. Then the strap and buckle are both cut from cardstock to match. I used an EK success tiny flower punch and dotted them with the sparkly "buttons" courtesy of some Stickles.

I cut out the star boot tip with a Fiskars punch for the background star and the inside star is from the cutting file. I couldn't resist using some more Stickles...this time in purple and lime green. More of the plaid Halloween ribbon I just love these days and a scalloped punch of paper behind my sentiment which has been distressed with green ink. Oh, and all the edges of every piece of paper here is distressed with black ink too (even those tiny little purple circles)!

Challenges:
Meljen's #28 - Halloweeny!
Simon Says Challenge - Halloween
City Crafter #25 - Holiday
There She Goes #75 - Orange, Purple, Green

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget about my Follow Me blog candy...you can find it HERE...until October 17th!

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

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget about my Follow Me blog candy...you can find it HERE...until October 17th!

Give Thanks...

Hi there - working long hours these next two days, but I had some time to get this Fall beauty done! I used two JustRite Stampers sets for this one...Autumn Blessings for the center image and sentiment words and Backyard Birds for the round leaf border. I colored everything with copics and added all the trimmings...vintage lace, ruffly ribbon and bow, gold pearls and chipboard flourishes all atop this gorgeous K & Co. embossed pumpkin paper!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 037 - sketch
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #86 - Harvest Home
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful 2 - Rustic Beauty
Create: - Leaves
Stamp Something - Fall Colors
Meljen's #26 - Autumn Colors
Crafty Creations #86 - Falling Leaves
Stamptacular Sunday #78 - Season's Change
Simon Says Challenge - It's Autumn!
Wild Orchid #6 - Ribbons and Bows
Tuesday Taggers - Here Comes Autumn

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Edit: This card won Honorable Mention at the JustRite Friday Challenge 037!

make a wish...

Hi there...it's been a busy house this weekend with soccer tournaments, parties and we were all off for the Labor Day holiday today so we went out and saw a movie and spent some quality time together. But I did manager to get a little paper crafting done!

I made this card with the Flutter By Wednesday challenge in mind, but it works for so many more too! I think I'm lovin' this beautiful fairy stamp that I have had just waiting to be inked up and colored in! I'm not done spending time with the kids before they head back to school tomorrow and have cheer and soccer practice, so I'll just let you have a look for yourself!

Oh and sorry for the poor quality picture...had to use my dd's camera!

Challenges:
Flutter by Wednesday #120 - sketch by Mercy!
Cuttlebug Be Inspired #99 - Pink
Wild Orchid #5 - Pearls & Pins
Simon Says Challenge - Pearls & Lace
Cute Card Thursday #128 - Material Girl
Pile It On #35 - Layers
Die Cut Dreams #64 - Pearls & Pins
Fairy Fun Friday #34 - Pearls & Lace

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: All Night Media Fairy stamp, Hampton Art sentiment
Inks: Memento tuxedo black, StazOn jet black, ColorBox rose coral
Paper: Basic Grey Porcelain, Bazzill guacamole
Copics: E000, E11, R20, R22
Other: Stickles: Diamond, Platinum, Fruit Punch, Prima fabric flowers, lace, vellum, Recollections pearls, K & Co. pearl brad, Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls EF, Maya Rd. trinket pin and added beads

Have a great night!

dream...

Hi there - how is everyone tonight! I'm in a great mood...it was Back to School night at the middle school and I got to see a lot of people I hadn't seen all summer! We could have been out of there a lot sooner, but my nickname is Chattie Pattie for a reason!!!

I just recently received my order of Whiff of Joy stamps and I couldn't wait to get inky with them...and, they are having a DT call along with their sketch challenge this week! So, for this card, I used the beautiful Melinda with Bouquet stamp and paired it up with the colors from the Color Throwdown and added some paper piecing (her pants) and sparkle for a few other challenges!

I love her beautiful fairy wings and I really enjoyed using this color combination too! Hope you like it! (p.s. this pic was taken at an angle to reduce glare, so it doesn't look square, but it is!)

Challenges:
Whiff of Joy #86 - Jane's sketch
The Color Throwdown #107 - pink, red, yellow, green
Simon Says Stamp - Paper Piecing
Flutter By Wednesday #119 - wings!
Wild Orchid #4 - Sparkle

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: Whiff of Joy Melinda with Bouquet, PTI Embellishments sentiment
Inks: Memento tuxedo black, ColorBox lipstick red
Paper: Fancy Pants Celebrate, the Paper Studio Mirabelle (pants, Bazzill cardstock
Copics: shown in photo
Spellbinders: Big Scalloped Circles SM
Other: Prima flowers/leaves, SEI brad, Diamond Stickles, Fiskars scalloped circle and circle punches

Have a great night...see you tomorrow!

my friend...

Edit: This card was featured at Little Red Wagon's Summer Theme Challenge!


Are you ready for more?! This is one of my faves! Isn't this little sweetie precious? It's another Phindy's Place digi. I took several of my images to the beach with me and my tub of copics and in between waiting for everyone to shower and get ready (3 teenage girls on the trip) I had a lot of me time to do what I wanted...so I colored!

I am loving this color combination too. I think I'll have to use it again soon! Do you see that yummy lavender suede paper! I found it in my stash and couldn't believe I hadn't used it yet! Score! I have to say, I thought long and hard about what color to make her hat, but in the end, this works for me!

I'll be back again later after I help my daughter with her project of the day (whatever she got herself into while she is bored all day) - I can't wait for cheerleading and school to start...wait, did I just say that? Oh, I must have been crazy for a minute thinking I can't wait for more driving and eating concession stand food...yuck!

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #124 - whateva!
Card Patterns #76 - sketch
Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Summertime "blues"
Fairy Fun Friday #31 - frame it in a circle
Little Red Wagon #41 - summer

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Phindy's Place digi - Birdie, Hampton Art my friend sentiment
Ink: ColorBox blue lagoon
Paper: Fancy Pants - Fancy Free collection, lavender suede paper
Copics: BG0000, BG0000BG000, BG02, C1, E000, E00, E11, E13, E37, G24, V12, V15
Spellinders: Classic Scalloped Circles Lg.
Other: Prima flower, Bo Bunny brad, EK Success diamond lace edge punch, Recollections pearls,

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You Make Life Sweet...

Hi there - I went shopping today...drove 1 1/2 hours to the nearest HL on my day off and spent over 2 hours strolling the store! I got a ton of loot and I only left because the daughter had her fill and wanted to eat! I should have posted this earlier, but better later than never - hehe!

This is my first time inking up a Pure Innocence stamp from MFT. She is so cute and I love ice cream...it's so summery! And with Simon Says challenge going dotty...that wasn't hard to do - polka dot ribbon, scalloped dot punch, polka dot dp, and there's even polka dotted on the ice cream cone brad! I paper pieced her dress and colored her with copics. I hope you like it!


Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - We are all going dotty!
There She Goes #65 - easel card
Crafty Creations #78 - Summer Lovin'
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #77 - pins!
Dutch Dare Challenge #83 - anything goes!

Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: My Favorite Things
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, ColorBox Warm Red
Paper: Fancy Pants Road Show
Other: Fiskars scalloped dot edge punch, Recollection pearls/dots, Prima flower, Doodlebug ice cream cone brad

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Friend...

Well, I made it back one more time before I call it a night. I'll keep it really short and sweet! This card is for a friend at work who moved to a new location and I really miss her. I hope you like it!

Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room #19 - From the Garden - color inspiration and flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Marine's sketch
Raise the Bar #28 - Distressed (edges of cardstock)
The Creative Cottage Challenge #19 - Touchy Feely - texture

Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Fiskars Girls Night
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, ColorBox warm red
Paper: DCWV cdstk, MME Abbey Road
Other: Oatmeal Cream seam binding from Debbie's Etsy Shop - Simple Treasures, Heidi Swapp edge distresser, Q & Co pearls, Recollections pearls, Creative Imaginations Loolah stickers

Thanks for stopping by again!

sweet...

this is my second post tonight...just catching up...scroll down for more!




Ok, I almost forgot to post this one...and I really don't want to miss the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge using the photo above. Here are the challenges for this card:

Cupcake Inspirations #67 - photo
Simon Says Challenge - Let's Get Fruity
KL Stampin N Scrapping #39 - ribbon
Crazy 4 Challenges #46 - buttons
Raise the Bar #27 - old = papers, new = stamp, borrowed (gifted) - flower, blue= ink

Recipe:
Stamp: Dollar bin from Michaels, both leaf/stem and Sweet
Ink: Martha Stewart green and Memento blue sky, ColorBox chestnut roan (edges)
Paper: Making Memories Garden Party
Other: Prima flower, buttons and ribbon from my stash

I hope you think it's sweet too!


Have a great night!

You Gotta Have Friends and an Apron...

Edit: This project won the Embossed Tag Challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot!

Hi again...Just one more project before I head on vacation...It's an apron template challenge over at Just Us Girls #39...Bookmarks or tags at Meljen's Challenge #13...Simon Says Challenge says You Gotta Have Friends...the Cuttlebug Spot wants us to emboss tags...and finally, the Sweet Stampin Challenge #32 is a color challenge with brown, blue and green...whew! That's a lot of challenges all rolled into one, but here it is!


I started with the great template that the girls over at JUGS shared with us. Then I embossed some Bazzill whirlpool blue with my new Spellbinders Flourish Impressabilities and spritzed it with Tattered Angels Pearl. I decorated the front of the apron with some chocolate brown Bazzill, some green dp and a friend definition stamp by Rubber Stampede.

The inside tag is embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and edged with Martha Stewart's embossed zigzag edge punch. The sentiment is from Hero Arts Great Flourishes Messages set....which is quickly becoming one of my favorite go to sets stamped on Bazzill French Vanilla. The ribbon on the tag is from American Crafts and the ribbon on the neck and waist strings is from a spool of Sweet Petites ribbon. I used my Cropadile and some brown eyelets for the waistline ribbon!

I finished it all off with some Prima flowers, Recollections pearls and all the papers are edged and stamped with ColorBox Chestnut Roan.

I really hope you like it...if so, please leave a comment! I love to get feedback!