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I don't often post more than once a day but wanted to share these little cuties.  This card is on its way to my daughter.  She begins her mid-terms tomorrow!!  She is a good student and studies hard, so I'm certain she will do well with the Lord's help, but I wanted to send her some encouragement, too. 

I have so many 6x6 pads that are mostly gone, so I'm trying to use up all the left over pages.  These are from We R Memory Keepers "hall pass."  My image is Big Bear Hug from Doodle Pantry.  The tag is from Kraft Outlet.

Challenges...
Little Red Wagon #311 - tags
Tuesday Throwdown #267 - "You have my support"
Crafting From the Heart #82 - anything goes
Mojo Monday #420 - sketch

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

Christmas Carols - TMS #323

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  We've got a great sketch (if I do say so myself), a great sponsor, and we are looking forward to seeing all of your wonderful creations!!

My image is Christmas Carols from Di's Digi Stamps... our sponsor for this week.  Her images are soooooo cute!!!

I realized once I had the card all together that I forgot the sentiment that I had planned to put below the image.  Just imagine it says "Merry Christmas"! :)
My DP is K&Co Mod Holiday and embossed with CB Swiss Dots.  The flowers are Prima and the leaves are Spellbinders Foliage.  The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers. I added some sparkle to the hats with a glitter JellyRoll pen. 

Here's our sketch...

Challenges...
Through the Craft Room Door Oct 20-26 - anything goes
Craft Your Passion #284 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee - on break for October
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Autumn blessings

Just a quick post for this card this evening that I want to get done before tomorrow when my laptop has to go to the doctor.  He is making funny noises when he starts up.  Hopefully, he'll be fine and fixed quickly!   [I'm going to be very sad if he doesn't get fixed!]

Have you ever made a card when you got all your supplies and had your plan and started working and it just did not come together the way you had hoped?  That's this card.  It's ok, but it sure is not what I envisioned! :/

My DP is We R Memory Keepers "Hall Pass" and I stitched the main panel to the Kraft base and then distressed all the other pieces.  The image is FTHS Cornucopia and colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Challenges...
Use Your Stuff #196 - Thankful
Robyn's Fetish #286 - More than 2 pumpkins (I've got 3 though one is tiny!)
My Time To Craft #306 - Autumnal colours
FTHS Free Stamp of the Month October - must use Cornucopia
i {heart} sketches #123 - sketch and/or stitching

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Cool winter wishes

I know it's not winter yet, but it's coming!  :)  I always get very excited at the first snow!!  My kids always make a snowman... even it he can only be 6" tall! 

Since there are no snowflakes falling, I have to create my own and here are some on a snowy, wintery card...

My image and sentiment are from Doodle Pantry's Tree Glee 2.  It is cut using Spellbinders Circles and Lacy Circles.  My snowflakes are Sweet n Sassy Small Snowflakes die.  The paper is a scrap and both it and the matte are cut using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A.  The edges are inked with TH antique linen.  

Challenges...
Addicted to Stamps and More #166 - anything goes
Wags  'n Whiskers #163 - use a die cut 
A Snowflake Promise #7 - anything goes winter/Christmas

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Sweet Christmas - TMS #322

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Today, I've got another Christmas card.  I've been making quite a few, but have nowhere near enough yet, so I'm still working on them!  I think this one is really sweet...

My DP is AC "Let It Snow" embossed with Sizzix "Snowflakes.  My large snowflake behind the image is a Darice die.  The green frame is cut with Spellbinders Celebra'tions Pierced Squares.  The flourish and adhesive pearls are Recollections.  The image is the colored "Mistletoe Kitty" from Imagine That! ...digis by Kris. 

Our very own Melissa is sponsoring this week and has a great prize for you -- a $10 gift voucher to Simon Says Stamp!!!

Here's the wonderful sketch she created for this week...

Challenges...
Imagine That October DOTM Challenge - must use Mistletoe Kitty
Papertake Weekly - Two by two (2 papers and 2 dies)
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #57 - "FAV Christmas Combination" and/or "Lots of Layers" (Red/green is my fave color combo, and I have lots of layers)


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...
Jenee-off this month
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Happy Thanksgiving and have a good day!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my family and friends in Canada!! (Wish I were there, too!)

Wherever you are, I hope you have a good day!  Here's my card wishing you a good day today...

My card features a Dood Pantry image... Baby Sea Turtle.  The DP is some last few pages of a 7 Gypsies 6x6 pad I've had for a long time.  The border is Fiskars.

**This week, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Craft Your Passion with a theme of Always Anything Goes, so be sure to play along over there.

Challenges I'm playing along with...
Crafting From the Heart #81 - anything goes
Stamp and Create October Challenge - brown or Kraft
613 Avenue Create #145 - anything goes and/or optional use free sentiments (I went AG)
Chocolate, Coffee, & Cards #101 - animals (is a sea turtle technically an animal? I hope so!)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

"Handy" birthday - TMS #321

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  My card this week is a cute masculine birthday card.  This is "cute" but I think it would work for a man, too... especially if he's a handy man. :)  

  
My image is "Handy Harry" from Digital Delights by Louby Loo... our great sponsor for the week!

My DP is Crate Paper "Farmhouse."  My image is cut with Spellbinders Classic Ovals and framed with Spellbinders Labels Eighteen.  The edges are inked with TH "faded jeans."  The sentiment is My Pink Stamper "Family & Friends."

And here's our sketch... 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Snow fun! -AIMPDC10

I hope you're enjoying fall!!  I love fall... it means winter and snow are not far away!! :)   I love snow and all the fun you can have in it!  These guys are having fun...

Today at noon, Doodle Pantry's Ants in My Pants Digital Challenge 10 begins!  The theme is "Always Any Digi Goes"!  Check out the details on the blog HERE.

My DP is AC "Jack Frost."  The snowflake is Sweet 'n Sassy Small Snowflakes die.   My image is Doodle Pantry's Igloo Fun and the sentiment is from Jolly Saint Nicholas.  They are cut with Spellbinders Circles and Postage Stamp.

Challenges...
Christmas Card Challenge #43 - anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door Sept 29-Oct 5 - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #203 - anything goes/family friendly

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Let it snow! -TMS #320

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  And, yes, I said, "Let it snow!" I can hear many of you freaking out at even the thought of snow, and I'm not quite ready for it, either, but I am having fun making snowy cards! :)

I used Snowman Scenes and Snow Globe Gala both from Doodle Pantry.
 
I am sponsoring this week's challenge and the prize is a $10 Gift Certificate to Doodle Pantry!!  So many wonderful digis to choose from!

Here is Melissa's wonderful sketch...

Challenges...
Crafting From the Heart #79- anything goes
Die Cuttin' Divas #235 - anything goes (my snowflakes are die cuts)


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

True love

Today, I've got an anniversary card to show you.  I did not post it back then, but I gave this to my wonderful husband on our 27th anniversary last month.  I'm so thankful for the wonderful Godly man the Lord brought to me!  We've grown together through the years and I love him now more than ever!!

Here's the card...

My sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy... Love Sentiments.   The dies I used are Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles. I distressed the main panel with my Ditrezz It All. I LOVE that little machine!!!!  I also love double bows.  [Go HERE on YouTube to see a great tutorial on making a double bow.]

And isn't he cute???  ♥♥

Challenges...
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #100 - celebration (2nd entry)
Crafty Girls Creations #5 - anything goes
Crafting with Friends #7 - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #202 - anything goes/family friendly

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!!!

 

Christmas and snow and a big mistake!!

Have you ever made a big mistake when crafting?  I do that often!  Sometimes, it totally messes me up and everything goes in the trash can, but sometimes, the mistake turns out to be a blessing in the end.  This card is the latter.  I do not often "fall in love" with my own cards, but I did with this one... mistake and all.  Maybe even because of the mistake!   I was printing my images, some on white cardstock and some on Kraft.  I printed some outlines that I want to color and then I printed some pre-colored images so the card will go together more quickly.  Ummm!  I always keep the printer setting on "color" so I don't have to go change it every time, but somehow it was on "black and white" so when I printed, I got black-and-white "colored" images.  Not happy!!   I meant to leave the cardstock by the printer so I could print the other side PROPERLY the next time, but mistakenly grabbed those sheets and took them to my craft room with the others.  As I was beginning to work, a thought came to me... try to color the black-and-white colored image.  Maybe you've done that before, but it was new to me.  And... I love it!!!   Some images work better than others depending on the original colors and amount of shading, but I was happy with this result.

First, the Kraft...

I love the muted tones because of the Kraft!  I used lighter shades of my Spectrum Noir markers.  This DP (all scraps!) is awesome and I love the inked embossing, so this one really make me happy!   The image is from Fred, She Said - Emma and the Snowball (if you want to see what the image would have looked like if I had printed it correctly, check it out here), the EF is Darice Snowflake Swirl, and the Merry Christmas is a clear sentiment from M5D.

Here's the white...

This one is much brighter.  I'm not a very experienced color-er, so the shading really makes it look good without much effort! This DP is AC Let It Snow and it is embossed with CB Holly Ribbons.

Challenges...
CASE-ing Christmas #29 - CASE card (I CASE-d the snow)
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long  #56 - lots of texture or layers (I have both!)
Hand Stamped Sentiments #221 - sketch

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Ewe are the sweetest thing!

I'm having fun making cards with my DD in mind.  In this day with texting and emails, handwritten notes are few and far between for most people, but I'm sending her notes because I remember how eagerly I watched my mailbox for letters from home when I was in college! 

I've used Doodle Pantry's Lucky Lamb for this card.  The DP is Crate Paper "Pretty Party."  I used Spellbinders Classic Ovals and Labels Eighteen.  The EF is Darice "Dots."  Everything was inked with TH tea dye.  My ribbon is seam binding.  I bought a roll and now need to crinkle and stain some of it! :) 

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Fab n Funky Challenge #274 that begins today with the theme of "Cute Critters."  So find yourself a cute critter like I did and play along!  This little lamb is cute, IMHO, but I have to share a couple of pics of lambs that I took when in Scotland in '11.  The lambs running across the fields were so fun to watch!

I wish this pic was clearer!  These were brand new lambs!  Obviously, just born because the mother (not to be gross) was still bloody and was still cleaning them off!!  Soooooo cute!!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

Birthday cake! - TMS #319

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Is today your birthday or tomorrow or next week or next month?  If so, I hope you get a cake like this one!!  3 beautiful layers!  At our house, most of my family prefers cheesecake or cinnamon rolls or S'mores Bars as their "birthday cake" so I don't make cake often.  The cake on my card looks very yummy!  {Though I have to admit that while I love cats, I would not eat a cake if I found my cat sitting on it!!}

My DP is MME "Paris & Co" and embossed with CB Swiss Dots and a Darice border.  The baker's twine is AC and the button is Buttons Galore & More.  My image, that I colored with my Spectrum Noir markers, is Birthday Suprise from Sami Stamps, our sponsor for this week's challenge.

Here's our sketch for this week...

[As you can see from my card, you can use any shapes just as long as we can recognize the sketch in your project.]

Challenges...
Chocolate, Coffee, n Cards #100 - celebration
Seize the Birthday - anything goes
Crafting From the Heart #78 - anything goes
Craft Your Passion #280 - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #263 - Colour challenge

 


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Glory to God - TMS #318

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  We've got a great sketch and great sponsor and I got another Christmas card made! :) 

My DP is Recollections "O Christmas Tree."  My images and sentiment are CTMH "Glory to God" acrylix stamps that were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.  The ovals are Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  The flower is Recollections as are the few adhesive pearls.  I used a glitter pen on the stars and flower though it's hard to see in the above pic.

Our sponsor this week is Patti Rowe- Close To My Heart consultant.  Check out her website HERE. 

Here's our wonderful sketch...

Challenges...
Merry  Monday #171 - Sentiment in the Spotlight
jingle belles JB:15:19 - Shopping Our (jingly) Stash ( I've had this stamp set for almost 3 yrs and my DP is over 4 yrs old!!)
Shopping Our Stash bonus challenge - w/ jingle belles, must use stash (as above... 3yr old stamp and 4 yr old DP!)
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #55 - anything goes
Christmas Card Challenges #41 - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play a
long with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

The blessing of friends

As I made this card this afternoon, I was wearing a sweater and socks -haven't done that for a few months- because it was cool enough that I actually needed them! :)  That made me feel very fall-ish, so it was fun to make this fall-ish card.  One of my daughters just said, "Now that we're back in school, I'm ready for it to be cold again.  I want to wear my sweaters and boots."  My sentiments exactly!! :)  Sadly, it is supposed to be hot the rest of the week. :/

Here's the card...

My image is FTHS Pumpkin Patch Girl.  I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers.  She is cut out using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A.  The edges are inked with SU "Crushed Curry." The DP is Crate Paper "Farmhouse."  The main panel is embossed with Darice "Fall Leaf" EF.  A "Buttons Galore and More" button is tied on with natural hemp. 

Challenges...
Cute Card Thursday #390 - numbers (my numbers are on the ruler DP)
Word Art Wednesday #200 - anything goes/family friendly (2nd entry)
FTHS Digital Stamp of the Month Challenge September - must use Pumpkin Patch Girl

 i {heart} card sketches #118 - sketch and/or twist (I used sketch)
 
 Spectrum Noir September challenge - Embossing + must use Spectrum Noir (dry embossing with Darice Fall Leaf EF)
*I don't usually keep track of which markers I use, so I was really surprised at how many I actually use!!  Spectrum Noir colors used: OR1, CT1, CT3, CT4, GB5, GB6, GB7, GB8, GB10, EB1, FS2, FS3, FS6, DG2, DG4, GT2, GT3, BG2, BG6, BG8

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

More notes for hubby

When I started making cards, I made them as I needed them to use and give.  (It usually took me a couple of hours to make one!!)  Then I discovered challenges.  :)  For awhile, I made cards to fit the challenge.  That's ok, but often they were a card that I would not necessarily use.  Kind of a waste!  So now I make cards that I will use and that will often fit in challenges.  These cards, I will not technically use, but my husband will. :)

These cards are pretty CAS as were the last bunch I made for him.  This makes it easy for it to be mailed!  And also I can make more for him in a shorter amount of time.  The image is Assemble Together from Doodle Pantry.  It is cut using Spellbinders Scalloped Labels One and Labels One.  I used a MS border punch on some and ribbon on some.  I've got several more images printed, so I'll be back before too long with some more to show you. 

Challenges...
Little Red Wagon #306 - Digi Do (color image and sentiment from Doodle Pantry)
Crafting With Friends #6 - anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #4 - anything goes
Addicted to Stamps and More #161 - anything goes
Creative Moments #76 - anything goes/use a sentiment
Word Art Wednesday #200 - anything goes/family friendly

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Sweet thoughts - TMS #317

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Here's my card for this week's challenge...

  
I will probably send this to my oldest daughter.  We just left her at college in Pensacola yesterday.  (Give me a moment while I go find a Kleenex! Actually, she was so excited and we are so excited for her that there were not a lot of tears that we had expected.)  We will definitely miss her, but we are excited to see what the Lord has for her!!  Even in this age of texting and FaceTime, it is still special to receive a real card, so I think she'll like this one. 

My DP is all scraps.  I used my Distrezz-It-All on the edges.  My sentiment is My Pink Stamper and cut out using Spellbinders Circles.  The image is cut using Spellbinders Matting Basics A.  The edges are inked with Tim Holtz "walnut stain."  

This week our sponsor is Sherri Baldy Designs.  Sherri's "My Besties" images are soooo adorable!!!  I used Big Eye Big Head Dolls Messy Bessy image 801. 

Here's our sketch for the week...  hope you like it! :)

Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #199 - anything goes/family friendly
Craft-Dee BowZ CBD29 - Sept anything goes w/ handmade bow
Clear It Out "big changes" - anything goes + anything goes (I really am trying to clear it out - DP is scraps, ink is oldest TH ink, twine I've had for yrs but just opened! :) )

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Winter song birds - AIMPDC9

Happy Tuesday again!  And Happy September!!  

Since it's the first of the month, Doodle Pantry's Ants in My Pants Digital Challenge 9 begins today at noon.  Be sure to check it out and play along with our challenge... the theme is always "anything digital goes."

My image and sentiment are from Winter Song Birds - Color Wrens.  Also available are Doves, Bluebirds,  Mixed, and a set of all four sets.  My DP is a scrap from Recollections "O Christmas Tree."  The image is cut out with Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  The frame is Spellbinders Labels Eighteen.  I finished it off with some ribbon, adhesive pearls, a button, and baker's twine.  

I've got a tip to share.  If you have just enough of a cardstock to mat your DP but you want to frame your image, too, you can!  Cut the frame from the middle of the piece.  That will be covered by the DP and once you adhere it to the card base, no one will ever know you cheated! :)  I did that with this card.  Here's the underside of my card front...

The "missing" piece of green is framing my image! :)

So print out a digital image -- any company is welcome -- and come play along with our challenge.  **Remember that if you do use a DP image, you could be chosen as the  "Pantry Pick"!  

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

Lazy kitty - TMS #316

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!! Have we got a great challenge for you today!  The sketch is awesome, but if possible, we'd like to see it made as an easel card!  Before you panic, let me assure you that basic easel cards are, in my opinion, the easiest of any fancy fold to make.  

Here's my card, then I'll give a quick explanation of how I made it.  Easy-peasy, I assure you!  {There are lots of easel card instructions on YouTube}

Here's Melissa's wonderful sketch...

My DP is Basic Grey.  My sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Christmas Tags.  My image is Lazy House Cat from SLS Lines... our sponsor for this week. 



Here are some more views of my card and then some explanation...

Here is what I did to make my card.  I cut 3 circles of the brown.  {I used my CM Circle Cutting System... haven't used this in YEARS!!!}  One circle was the front, one was the base, and one was scored and was the connection between the other 2.  I made parallel score lines... one near the top and the other about halfway down.  The small top section was adhered to the base, then the front of the card was adhered to the bottom half of the middle circle.  The sentiment was popped up so that it holds the front up.  It really is easy and fun to make easel cards!! 



Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #198 - Anything goes/family friendly
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything goes
Crafting With Friends #5 - Anything goes
Crafty Friends #13 - Use a sentiment

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Jenee
Jessi
Kris
Melissa
Nina

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!