pink rosettes...

hello friends!   got a little time to make something the other day and came up with this little card.  its a bit "out of the box" for me, but i do like how it turned out.  the layout is based on the current ISpy sketch and the colors are based on the current CR84FN combo of pink, tan and cream. 

there no stamping on this card.  i started to put a sentiment on it, but then decided not to since i'm not sure exactly what i will use the card for.  i'm probably going to put it into a box for operation write home.  anywhoo... i used some lovely pink ribbon rosettes that i got from my sweet friend and fellow odbd teammate, sabrina, along with a bit of burlap, some pink and cream twine and a few buttons.  it took a bit of futzing around to get the rosettes just right, but i think it was worth the time.  the burlap and pink twine are from the funkie junkie and if you are into shabby chic bits and pieces you really need to check out linda's store.  going to pop this into the current frilly & funkie sunday share.  well... that's about it.

thanks for stopping by.....

supplies:  cardstock:  pti rustic cream; burlap:  funkie junkie; twine:  funkie junkie & pti; buttons:  denami design; fishtail flag die:  my favorite things

no small miracles.....

hello friends!!  happy friday!! today is the bar-b-que at my little one's school and wouldn't you know it... we have lost our sunny weather!  oh well... that is western washington in the fall!!   anywhoo... i have a card to share.  this one is for the current CR84FN challenge, as well as the current Cater Crop challenge "Knot Now".   a few weeks ago i discovered that sweet linda, owner of catered crop, had pick my card as one of the winners of the "In the Pink" challenge and along with that honor comes the opportunity to participate in the quickfire challenge for the "Knot Know" challenge.  definitely wasn't going to pass up that opportunity!!

once, again, i used one of chupa's fabulous sketches for my card and some new goodies that i purchase recently from Verve.  i haven't bought anything from Verve in ages, but when i saw the new release and that amazingly cute little border die that creates a row of banners.... well i just had to get it!  i'm a sucker for banners right now... hee hee!  i also purchased a lovely set of Verve stamps call "wonderfully made".    the current CR84FN color combo is denim, tan and brown.  i used stampin up!'s marina mist and soft suede, along with pti's kraft and cream cardstocks.  the papers are from stampin up!   for the "knot" portion of the challenge i took some pti vintage cream saddle stitched ribbon and made a simple knot in it and then adhered as you see.  pretty simple!

thanks for stopping by... and don't forget to check out the current Catered Crop challenge! 

supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream and craft; Stamps:  Verve; Ink:  Stampin Up!; PP:  Stampin Up!; Dies:  My Favorite Things  & Verve; rhinestones:  Hero Arts; Ribbon:  PTI cream

True Strength.....

Hello friends!!  Happy Friday!  It is a gorgeous day here in Western Washington, but I won't be spending it outside.  Got too much to do today to get my oldest ready for a trip to California with his grandparents.    But I do have a card to share.  I made this one the other day knowing I wouldn't have too much time for crafting later in the week.  This is for the current CR84FN color challenge.  The colors this time around are a beautiful purple, blue and green.   And since I can't let the week end without making something for Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday challenge I used her lovely sketch.  And yes... I pretty much followed the sketch to a "T"!  I did think about trying to get outside my box with her sketch, but since I'm so very confortable inside it I decided to stay, lol!

The stamps are from a couple of PTI sets:  Women of Life (which I immediately thought of when I saw the sketch) and Remember.  I stamped the stem portion using Hero Arts Grass chalk ink and the flowers using Memento Danube Blue ink.  Blue rhinestones were added to the centers of the flowers.  The patterned paper (Damask Designs) and the ribbon (Royal Velvet) are also from PTI.   The card base is PTI's New Leaf... which I think really sets off the blues and purples rather nicely.  The sentiment was stamped using Tuxedo Black ink.    I'm quite pleased with how it turned out

Thanks for stopping by.....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & new leaf; PP:  PTI Damask Designs; Stamps:  PTI; Inks:  Hero Arts & Memento; Ribbon:  PTI; Gems:  Unknown

No Charm Equal....

Hello, friends!!   Hope your week has been going well.  We have been enjoying some absolutely gorgeous weather here in Western Washington!   So... the boys and I have been spending as much time outdoors doing things as we can.  But, the unintended side effect of getting out and doing things is a complete and utter lack of desire to do any papercrafting.  However, I was able to push myself and make a card for the current CR84FN challenge (one of my most favorite challenges!).   I had also wanted to get something done using Chupa's current Sketchbook Saturday sketch and so I combined the two.

Lately I have been reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (can't believe it has taken me this long to finally get a copy of the book!).  It is my absolute favorite movie (the A&E version with Colin Firth) and when PTI came out with the Simply Jane stamp and die set I had to have it.  At the same time I purchased the Dearest Jane paper pack.   A challenge of sorts that I had recently seen asked for projects based on your favorite movie and it sparked me to use all these items to make this card.  The inks are all Stampin Up! (Cameo Coral, Crumb Cake & Chocolate Chip) as is the wide striped ribbon.   The card is not at all fussy and rather classic in design and I absolutely love how it turned out!
Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraf & vintage cream; Stampin Up! Cameo Coral; PP:  PTI Dearest Jane; Stamps:  PTI Simply Jane; Inks:  Stampin Up!; Ribbon:  Stampin Up!; Pearls:  KaiserCraft

simply delightful...

Hello friends!  The weekend is ending and it is the middle of July!! Where oh where is the time going?  I have a card today for two challenges:  TCM's July sketch challenge and CR84FN's current color challenge (yellow, red and neutrals).   I'm pleased with the fact that I was able to get my TCM card done so early... usually I'm getting it done only days before the challenge closes.

I recently purchased some lovely items from the Funkie Junkie and one of the items was a length of sweet red ruffled gingham trim.   I just had to make something with it right away and the above mentioned challenges were the perfect opportunity.   I purchased some other lovely trims from Linda and can't wait to use them.   If you haven't ever checked out Linda's store, you really should.  She has some really lovely items for sale.   I followed the sketch fairly closely except that I did not add the sentiment flag as shown in the sketch.  I felt I had too much going on at the bottom of the card and thought simply stamping the sentiment on the card front worked much better.  I added some Buttercup Stickles to the center of the flower, but I now think that might of not been the best idea.  I will also be popping this into the current Sunday Share at Frilly & Funkie as I purchased the gingham trim from the Funkie Junkie store. 

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Crumb Cake; PP:  My Mind's Eye Dilly Dally; Stamps:  The Craft's Meow Simply Delightful & Beautiful Spring; Ribbon:  Yellow Grosgrain:  Stampin Up!; red ruffle trim; Pins:  unknown; Dies:  Spellbinders plain & scalloped oval dies; Ink:  Memento Dandelion & Tuxedo Black

We Cannot Direct the Wind....

Hello, friends!!   Today is a special day... today my little one turned 6!  I can't believe he is now 6 and going to be starting kindergarten this fall!  He is so excited, too.  Every time we drive by the school he will be attending he says "mom... there's my kindergarten"!  Time is just zipping by.... sigh!   Anywhoo... I have a card to share.  This one is for the new CASE Study challenge and CR84FN.    This is one of those cards that started out with what I thought was a great idea, but I wasn't able to make it work the way I wanted to so I had to move to "plan b".   And in retrospect I would not have stamped the floral image on the patterned paper that I used.  The flower is just way too busy for me.  But I think the card is a nice take on Joy's inspiration card.

I decided to use some of my very neglected Penny Black stamps for this card.  I settled on the floral image "cheerful" and the sentiment "the wind".  I stamped the flower on some patterned paper from the Teresa Collins Carolina Breeze 6x6 pad and then trimmed it out.   A piece of white card stock was cut in two as shown and the sentiment was stamped on the larger piece.   The pieces were adhered using foam dimensionals.  I added some rhinestones to the center of the flower and then adhered it to the card using additional foam dimensionals.  Some more rhinestones finished off the card.

Thanks for stopping by..... and thanks to the ladies at CR84FN for picking my card as one of the top 3 cards for CR84FN 55!

Supplies:  Card stock:  PTI white, SU! Basic Grey; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black & SU! So Saffron; PP:  T. Collins Carolina Breeze; Stamps:  Penny Black; Rhinestones:  Want2Scrap & SU!

thanks... ever so much!

Hello, friends!   Have a card today that I made using the current sketch from Retro Sketches, as well as the colors from CR84FN.  Haven't done a CR84FN challenge in ages.   Couldn't resist the beautiful color combo of lavendar, celery and grey.  I used a couple of older Hero Arts stamps for this one.

The tag for the card was die cut using my ODBD tag die and then stamped with the Hero Arts rose image using  SU! Certain Celery ink.  I stamped the flowers again using SU!'s Wisteria Wonder ink, colored them with a Copic marker and then trimmed them out.  A bit of lace from the Funkie Junkie was colored with a Copic Marker (T1) and added to the tag after I stamped the sentiment using London Fog ink.  To give a bit more interest to the card front I added a strip of white cardstock that was stamped with the Hero Arts Envelope Pattern background stamp using London Fog ink.  Some of the same lace was added to the bottom of that piece.   For additional interest I added a strip of embossed dots to the card base using a little strip embossing folder that I have had for ages and never used!  The tag was finished with some Certain Celery ribbon and bakers twine in the same Wisteria Wonder color.   As the lace I used is from the Funkie Junkie, I'm going to be popping this into the "Sunday Share" over at the Frilly and Funkie challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Wisteria Wonder; Ink:  London Fog, Certain Celery & Wisteria Wonder; Ribbon:  SU! Certain Celery; Bakers Twine:  SU! Wisteria Wonder; Lace:   7/8 Venise Lace Trim; Copic marker; Die:  ODBD tag die

so sweet of you....

Hey there... hope your week is off to a good start!   Have a card for two challenges:  The Craft's Meow sketch challenge and the current CR84FN color challenge (medium pink, tan and cream).

I used a very pretty set from The Craft's Meow called Simply Delightful and a piece of patterned paper from the MME Blush pad.   All cardstock is from PTI (kraft and Vintage Cream), as are the buttons and cream ribbon.    The flowers were stamped using SU!'s Crumb Cake in and then trimmed out.  I used my Taylored Expressions banner die to create the little banner that the sentiment was stamped on.  The scalloped border was created using a EKSuccess border punch.  It has a really long and funny name that quite frankly doesn't have alot to do with the type of border created by the punch!  How funny is that?   So, there you have it... a sweet and simple little card.

Thanks for stopping by... I so appreciate those of you who take the time to comment regularly on my cards! It really means alot to me.  

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & cream; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  The Craft's Meow; Ribbon & Buttons:  PTI; Die:  Taylored Expressions; Punch:  EK Success

A Tulip....

Hey there!!  Hope your week is going well.  Our crazy weather continues here in W. Washington.  Today we had high winds and rain!  The dog and I had quite the time bucking that wind on our morning walk!  

Anywhoo... all that yucky weather makes for a perfect day to stay inside and do some crafting and so that's what I did.  I finally got my card for TESC154 done.   I combined it with the current color combo from CR84FN to make a really bright and cheerful card (you might want to put on sunglasses!).   As I was rummaging through my stuff I came across this pack of designer paper I had purchased from Stampin Up!  And as I paged through the sheets I was pleasantly surprised to see that all the CR84FN colors were contained in that one pack!!   That made my job easier for sure!!  I just recently got some new TE stamps, one being the Spring Tulips set and I definitely wanted to ink it up.   I stamped the single tulip from the set on white cardstock with Tuxedo Black ink, colored the stem with Copic marker YG03 and then trimmed out.  The tulip head was stamped on some of the patterned paper, trimmed out and adhered to the main tulip image.  The circle was die cut using a plain Spellbinders circle die and a Spellbinders Lacey circle die.   After putting all the paper elements of the card together I finished the card off with the little flower buttons.  A very faithful rendition of the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PP:  Stampin Up! Flirtatious DP; Stamps:  Taylored Expressions; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Spellbinders & My Favorite Things; Buttons:  Stampin Up!

Follow Your Dreams....

Hey there!  In my quest to use my PTI stamps more frequently I watched this week's Make It Monday video and tried my hand at making a frame larger using a smaller frame from one of PTI's Fillable Frames set.  For my card I used Fillable Frames #3.   The color combo is from the current CR84FN challenge to use yellow, kraft & grey.  You don't have to ask me twice to make something using kraft!!

Anyway... after watching Dawn's video I decided to try making my frame a little bit differently from the way Dawn made her frame.  I inked up the stamp and then carefully wiped the ink off one long side of the stamp.  I then stamped the partial frame on my cardstock.   I repeated the process taking care to make sure that I lined the stamp up fairly closely.  I was thrilled to see that the first time I tried the frame it worked perfectly!  I then die cut the flowers using the In Bloom dies, stamped the flowers using London Fog ink and colored the flowers using Copic markers (Y11, Y13 & Y15).  The leaves were stamped using London Fog and colored using Tonal Grey 1 & Tonal Grey 2 Copic markers.   The background piece was created using the Quatrefoil die.  A 5.5" x 4.25" piece of Lemon Tart cardstock was placed in the die, an embossing  mat placed on top and then I ran it through my Big Shot.  After embossing I trimmed the piece down to fit the card base.   After I got done placing the flowers I realized that I did cover up alot of the frame I created, but I think there is enough showing to give you the idea of what I did.  

Thanks for stopping by....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI; Stamps:  PTI, Ink:  Memento London Fog & Stampin Up! Crumb Cake; Copic Markers; PTI Quatrefoil die & In Bloom dies

thanks a bunch!

Hey there!!  Its Friday and that means the weekend!!  I have a card today for the current Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge and the current CR84FN color challenge.   The CR84FN color combo of grey, lavender & chartreuse (I just love that word and color!!!), which made me think of this 6x6 pad of SEI papers I have.  The colors in that pad are chartreuse, grey & lavender...perfect!!

For the card I used two TE set:  Garden Party Blooms & Friendship Blooms.  I stamped the leafy branch from Friendship Blooms on white cardstock using Kiwi Kiss ink (pretty close to chartreuse) and then die cut the branch using the matching TE die.  One of the flowers from the same set was stamped on white cardstock using   VersaMagic Spring Pansy and then I trimmed it out.  I stamped a small flower from Garden Party Blooms in the same ink and trimmed them out.  A tiny bit of Diamond Stickles was added to the center of each flower.  Papers were picked, trimmed, some matted and layered.  Then the branch and the flowers were mounted on the die cut oval and adhered to the card.  The sentiment from Garden Party Blooms was stamped using grey ink, punched out and adhered.   With all that chartreuse... this card just makes me think of spring!!!  Thanks for stopping by....


Supplies:  Cardstock:  Stampin Up! and PTI; PP:  SEI Couture; Stamps:  Taylored Expressions; Ink:  SU! & Tsukeniko; Diamond Stickles; PTI Lavender Moon ribbon

ODBDSLC95 - I Thank

Hey there!!! Its Saturday and time for another Shining the Light challenge over at the ODBD blog!!  February is here and this month we here in the US take time to acknowledge national heroes (Presidents Day) or people who are special to us (Valentine's Day).   So... the team is challenging you to acknowledge and CASE a crafter  that you admire or a creation you admire changing just two elements to make it your own.

To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Friday, January 13th at 8 a.m. EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries that are made without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on nor will they qualify for prizes. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them. As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Friday, February 10th at 8 a.m. EST. If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC95. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.  

For my card I chose to CASE a super sweet fellow crafter and "friend I haven't met, yet" named Brenda Urbanik.  I "met" Brenda through the Hero Arts Flickr group and over the last year or so we have exchanged many cards and emails.  I can always count on Brenda to leave me a lovely comment on whatever I post on my blog.   As I was cruising through Brenda's blog one day a few weeks ago I came across a beautiful Valentine's card that Brenda had created for a challenge.  The card is a perfect example of  CAS (clean & simple) one of my favorite ways to make a card.   I immediately knew that was the card I wanted to CASE.  Brenda's card uses a simple frame, a heart die cut and a sentiment.  I changed the heart to a butterfly and added a couple of layers to my card, but still kept things pretty simple.  I used the ODBD sets God's Love, Flourished Christian Symbols and Grunge Butterfly.  The frame was created using Spellbinders Square Plain & Scalloped dies.  The color combo comes from CR84FN and so I will be popping my card into that challenge.   I hope you will take the time to click over to Brenda's blog and leave her some love! 

Please make sure you check out all the beautiful projects my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Debi, Chris, and Kathy,  To join in the fun, please click here.


Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & spring rain; SU! Riding Hood Red; Ink:  SU! Pink Pirouette & Real Red; Memento Summer Sky; Spellbinders dies; Stickles Diamond Glitter Glue; ODBD stamps; ODBD Grunge Butterfly die

i miss you...

Hey there.... Happy Wednesday!  Boy oh boy did we get a lot of snow here in the Pacific Northwest!  That doesn't happen very often thank goodness.  My car doesn't go in the snow so I have been staying inside and trying to do some crafting.  But it has been a bit hard with my two boys and hubby underfoot!  Anywhoo... I did manage to make a card for the current CR84FN color challenge, as well as the current Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge.  I missed out on the first CR84FN challenge of the year and I haven't done a SSIC challenge in ages!!!  This week the challenge at SSIC is to use something new on your card.   Make sure that you read Traci's devotional... it is fantastic!  For my something new I used a brand new Hero Arts/Sizzix stamp & die set called Chairs & Chandeliers.  I'm lovin' this new collaboration between Hero Arts & Sizzix.  The dies are so easy to use and provide absolutely fantastic results.

I stamped the background using the Hero Arts background cling "Classic Fabric Design" and Stampin' Up's Pink Pirouette ink.  The piece was then inked using Ranger's Old Paper Distress ink.  The chair was stamped on some yellow cardstock using SU!'s So Saffron ink and then diecut using the corresponding die.  The chandelier was stamped using Rich Cocoa ink.   I diecut the banner using a Taylored Expressions die, trimmed off one end, stamped the sentiment and then inked it with Old Paper ink.   Another nice and simple card.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; yellow; Ink:  SU! Pink Pirouette, So Saffron; Memento Rich Cocoa; Stamps:  Hero Arts Chairs & Chandeliers, Year Round Sentiments; Dies:  Sizzix & Taylored Expressions; Old Paper Distress Ink

Joy to All....

Hey there!!  Hope your week is going well.  It is cold, cold, cold here in the Pacific Northwest, but thankfully there is no rain (or snow for that matter)!    Have a card today for two challenges, CR84FN and the Paper Players that uses the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch.  I am really lovin' Chupa's sketches!  Not only is she a fantastic cardmaker... she is a mighty talented sketch designer, too!  But boo hoo!  This is the last CR84FN challenge for the year!   CR84FN is one of my favorite challenges because Mona always picks the most beautiful color trios.   So... I shall be waiting impatiently for the challenge to start again in the new year!

Anywhoo... the CR84FN colors this week are aqua, pink and coral, not traditional Christmas colors and so I thought I would combine that challenge with the Paper Players since their challenge is to create a card that either uses non-traditional colors for a Christmas/holiday card or one that uses non-traditional stamps for a Christmas/holiday card.  I think pink, aqua and coral are pretty non-traditional colors.   The patterned paper is from the lovely Cozy Xmas collection by The Scrap Cake.  The ornaments are from the SU! set Tree Trimmings and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.  The inks are all from SU! (Cameo Coral, Pool Party & Pretty in Pink).  I toned things down a bit with my favorite distress ink, Old Paper.  Another pretty simple card, but I really like it.  

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! pretty in pink & pool party; Stamps:  hero arts & stampin up!; Ink:  Stampin Up!; Twine:  May Arts; Punch Fiskars Upper Crust; PP:  The Scrap Cake Cozy Xmas

twinkle....

Hey there!! Another Saturday is here and a new Less is More challenge.  This week Chrissie and Mandi are challenging us to use bling on our projects.  And when I saw the challenge I had the perfect stamp in mind, too!  I'm also putting this card in to the current CR84FN challenge to use green, tan and brown.   The layout comes from a Clean & Simple sketch from several weeks ago.    I had been struggling to find an idea for the CR84FN challenge, but this week's LIM challenge turned out to be the perfect match for me!! 

The stamps I used for my card are from Penny Black.   A wood-mounted stamp called Reverie and the clear set, Let It Snow.  I stamped the image using Memento Rich Cocoa on Rustic Cream cardstock and then diecut it using a Spellbinders small circle die.  The patterned paper is from Stampin Up! (the Frostwood Lodge pack) and was also diecuting using a Spellbinders circle die.  Some additional Rustic Cream was diecut using a Spellbinders Grommet Tag die and then I stamped the sentiment "twinkle" on it using Nick Bantock's Sapmoss Green ink and then I spiffed up the tag with the ribbon, twine and buttons.  The bling (green, brown and clear) was applied to the tree randomly.   I absolutely love how the card turned out!!   I will also be linking this up with the Buttons Galore & More linky party.  I realize it is a bit non-traditional for a Christmas card, but I will, in fact, be using it as such.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & rustic cream; Stampin Up! Garden Green; DP:  Stampin Up!; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ribbon:  PTI dark choc.; Buttons:  DeNami Design; Twine; Rhinestones:  KaiserCraft & Hero Arts; Spellbinders Dies; Inks:  Memento Rich Cocoa & Nick Bantock Sapmoss Green

Merry Everything!

Hey there!!  Winter weather has arrived here in the Pacific Northwest.... cold, cold rain (and maybe even snow... yikes!) plus high winds.  Definitely a good reason to stay inside and make cards!!  (Not that I need a good reason to make a card, hee hee!)

Anywhoo... have a card today for the current CR84FN color challenge to use pink, black and a neutral.  The layout is courtesy of Mojo Monday.  It took me awhile last night to hit on the right combo of cardstock and papers.  I started out with some patterned paper from Pink Paislee, but it didn't have enough pink and looked completely wrong with everything else.  So I got out my trusty 6x6 pad of Blush papers from My Mind's Eye and found just the right pink gingham paper.   The next problem was trying to work the black into my card.  At first I tried to use a solid piece of black cardstock in the sketch, but it looked way too harsh and out of place.  After trying a few other ideas I decided to stamp some cream cardstock with the Penny Black Delicate Pattern background stamp, add some Old Paper Distress Ink and finally acheived the right look.   The poinsettia image is the Penny Black stamp Christmas Star... my absolute favorite Penny Black stamp.   The image was stamped using Victorian Velvet distress ink and then colored with Spun Sugar distress ink.  The sentiment (also from Penny Black) was stamped on cream cardstock, die cut using a Spellbinders grommet tag die and then Old Paper distress ink applied. 

Supplies:  Cardstock: PTI cream; PP:  My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 2 Blush; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Stamps:  Penny Black:  Christmas Star, Let It Snow & Delicate Pattern background stamp; Spellbinders Grommet Tag die; My Mind's Eye - Blush brads; Ribbon:  May Arts pink pleated ribbon; Pearls:  Zva Creative

Just a Couple of Cards....

Hey there!!  A couple of cards today for several challenges.   It's a dreary Washington afternoon (ie it is drizzling!!), but I'm thankful that we aren't having early snow like they are in the eastern part of the US! 

My first card is for two challenges:  CR84FN color challenge (yellow, grey & steel blue) and the Crafts Meow sketch challenge.  I recently acquired a few Crafts Meow sets so this is my first time participating in their sketch challenge.   For my card I used the CM set called Butterfly Kisses.  I'm not, as a rule, a fan of silhouette images, but every time I saw someone make a card using the sweet little fairy girl from the set my desire to get the set grew.  Finally a week or so a go I took the plunge and bought it.  I stamped the fairy in grey ink on some My Mind's Eye Sunshine paper and then added the pearl to the center of the flower and some Diamond Stickles to her wing.  I added the scalloped edges, the ribbon and flower and I was done. 

The second card is for the current Moxie Fab challenge:  Textured to Perfection.  I recently was introduced to Linda, the Funkie Junkie, through my sweet friend, Sue's blog.  I checked out Linda's blog and saw that she had an Etsy store and that she carried burlap and in several colors, too!  I have wanted to get some burlap for the longest time, so I bought some from her recently.  I used a piece on my card.   The butterfly is from a Pink Paislee ephemera pack and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  Not a ton of texture, but you know... less is more!

Give Thanks....

(For my Flourishes Timeless Tuesday post, click here.)

Hey there!  I seem to really be into making cards using fall colors right now... not a bad thing considering it is fall!!   Have a card today that works for at least four different challenge.  My super sweet blogging friend, Brenda, always wonders how I manage to combine more than two challenges.  It really isn't that hard... I have seen some gals who make one card that works for 24 challenges!!  So... here are the challenges this card fits:  Paper Players - use music in some way; Freshly Made Sketches - the layout; and CR84FN - color combo.  This card also works for the Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger.  Oh... and I will also be entering this card in the current Penny Black challenge going on over at the Penny Black Flickr group!  Yikes... that's five challenges!! 

For my card I used the absolutely gorgeous Penny Black Butterfly Suite stamp.  Penny Black has some of the most beautiful collage stamps, EVER, IMHP!  I stamped the image twice on cream cardstock using Memento's Rich Cocoa ink.  One image was diecut using a Spellbinders circle die.  The other image was colored with the following Copic markers:  Y21, Y23, Y35, Y38, YR01, YR02, YR07, YG93 & YG95.  The flower and the butterflies were trimmed out of this piece.  Some Paprika Stickles were applied to the butterflies.   The patterned paper is from the My Mind's Eye Sunshine 6x6 pad.  I love the new My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 2 papers.... they are absolutely gorgeous and I love that they are doubled sided, too.  There is a sentiment on the card, but I think it is a little hard to see as I stamped it on the patterned paper using the Rich Cocoa ink.

Originally I had only thought about putting this into the Paper Players, Freshly Made Sketchs and CR84FN challenges, but the richness of the colors just made me think of the yummy parfaits in the Tuesday Trigger photo.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream; Gina K. Brown; Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie; MME Sunshine PP; Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa; VersaMark; Stamps:  Penny Black; Taylored Expressions; Copic Markers; Stickles