you're so sweet....

Hello everyone!   Happy Memorial Day to everyone here in the USA.  Hope you are enjoying a wonderful day with those you love and taking time to remember what Memorial Day is all about!

I  have a card today for three different challenges:  CR84FN, the Paper Players & Waltzingmouse.   And can I just say that these three challenges are probably my most favorite challenges?  I love the color combos that Mona comes up with week after week, the sketches at Waltzingmouse never fail to inspire and well... the Paper Players challenges are just darn fun!  So combining the three was a no-brain especially since this week at the Paper Players the challenge is anything goes!!   So.... here comes my card!

When I saw Edna's super sketch at WMS my thoughts immediately drifted to the WMS set Victorian Frippery and that lovely border stamp.   And so once again I decided to stamp it and then trim out the scalloped portion to make my scalloped border.  As I was doing this I had the brilliant thought that Claire needs to talk to Spellbinders or someone about creating a border die to match... wouldn't that be lovely??  Anyway... after much stamping, trimming and diecutting my card was finished.  But to be honest while I think it is a nice card, it is rather plain... sigh!   I almost took it apart this morning and remade it, but decided to just go with it anyway. 

One final thing... I got some exciting news yesterday.   I'm the featured stamper this week over at Splitcoaststampers!!  I can't tell you how fun it has been to go through the featured stamper gallery and take a look how others have intrepreted my cards!! 

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & Vintage Cream; Ink:  PTI Vintage Cream, SU! Marina Mist & So Saffron; Stamps:  WMS:  Victorian Frippery, Very Vintage Labels 4 & Large Doily; Ribbon:  SU! So Saffron; pin:  Making Memories.

My 300th Post!!

Wow... can't believe I have done three hundred posts!! Seems like a lot to me and I have now been blogging for a year!  That is kinda crazy, too!  To celebrate I will be doing a giveaway in a few days, so... stay tuned!!

Now... on to my card for the current Less is More.  Those clever gals, Chrissie and Mandi, gave us this lovely sketch to work with, but we can only use ONE of the squares on the card!   So once again I got the dog and took her for a walk so I could think in some peace and quiet about what I would do.  I decided to go with placing my image squarely in the center of the card.  My color scheme comes from the current combo over at ColourQ of white, Delightful Daffodil, So Saffron, Real Red and Early Espresso.   The stamp is from Hero Arts.   The sentiment is from the Waltzingmouse set Frame It.   The card is a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 square.  The center square is 2 3/4 x 2 3/4, the mat is 3 x 3.

Anywhoo... thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Inks:  SU! Real Red & Early Espresso; Stamp:  Hero Arts; Rhinestones:  KaiserCraft and Hero Arts

ODBDSLC62 - A Sketch

Hello everyone!  I hope that Blogger hasn't been giving you too many problems this past week!

This week the challenge over at the ODBD blog is a sketch provided by the lovely and so very talented Sabrina! 

For my card I used the ODBD Scripture Collection 7 set.  I just love this verse from Hebrews 11.   I got out my Websters Pages Hollywood Vogue 6x6 papers and picked out a couple to work with.  I also used one of my most favorite Spellbinders die set, Labels 4.  I diecut three different sizes of the Labels 4 dies and layered them as you see.   I finally broke down and purchased some of those darling Prima Fairytale roses I have seen lots of people using and now I'm hooked.  They are just soo darn sweet and add so much to a card.   The card is a 5x5 square card.

To play along with the challenge you don't need ODBD stamps, but if you wish to be in the running for the Shining the Light award your project must use ODBD stamps.  To make the challenge even more fun, a $15.00 gift certificate will be given to one randomly drawn winner! 

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Vintage Cream & black; PP:  Websters Pages; Stamps:  ODBD Scripture Col. 7; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Old Paper; Ribbon:  May Arts; Dies:  Spellbinders Labels 4; Flowers:  Prima

TESC139 & A Lemon Flower

Happy Friday everyone!!  I'm so excited because today I'm a guest designer for the Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge (TESC139)!    For my card I used a new DCWV mat stack that I recently bought called Lemon Flower (thus the title).   When I first saw this patterned paper at Joann's it was all but sold out and I was so disappointed because I fell in love with the instant I saw it!  I just love the bright green and yellow combined with the grey... just yummy!  But last week I was at my local Joann's and was delighted to see that they had more product so I snagged the mat stack.   The stamps used are from the TE set "Friendship Blooms" and I used the coordinating TE die "Leafy Branch". 

Just head over to the TE blog for all the information regarding the challenge and to see the sketch.  Finally, make sure you check out the projects from the TE Sketch Crew:

Dawn Easton
Jami Sibley
Lisa Hjulberg
Lori Craig
Melissa Sauls
Monika Davis
Rachel Sztonyk
Tracy Clemente
Guest Sampler:  Kelli Hull

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PP:  DCWV Lemon Flower; Stamps:  TE Friendship Blooms; Ink:  Memento Dandelion & SU! Wild Wasabi; Ribbon:  PTI True Green double stitched; Spellbinders small plain & scalloped circle dies

A Birthday Rainbow

Quick post with a card two challenges.  The current JUGs challenge to use "rainbow" colors and the current Waltzingmouse sketch.  I did make a change to the sketch in that I went from a rectangular shape to the square shape.  (Sorry I don't have the graphic for either challenge... next time.)  I stamped the square frame from the WMS set "Frame It" using black ink on what cardstock and then adhered small buttons in the colors of blue, orange, yellow, red, purple and green on the card.  The sentiment is also from Frame it.   I really like how it turned out.  It will make the perfect birthday card for a child, I think.

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies: Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  WMS Frame It; Buttons:  SU!, DeNami Design & PTI

A Simple Card

For the current CR84FN color challenge.  The colors this week are light plum, dark plum and kraft.  I pretty much love anything with kraft... but for some reason this combo of kraft and plum (or purple) just really fascinates me.  A few weeks ago the color combo over at Splitcoaststampers was plum, kraft & ivory.  I made three cards using that combo!  Anyway... my card today is really simple. I used the current CAS challenge from Splitcoaststampers for the layout. The only stamping on the card is the sentiment from the new Flourishes set Country Charm Labels. Patterned paper is from PTI and SEI. I used some PTI Plum Pudding grosgrain ribbon and another one of those felt roses I like so much.

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & white; PP:  SEI Couture, PTI Bitty Dot Basics; Stamps:  Flourishes; Ribbon:  PTI Plum Pudding grosgrain; MFT rolled rose die; Sizzix Leafy branch die