Penguin wishes - CCC #40

Let me start off by saying that my thoughts and prayers are still with the families of the victims of the terrible terrorist acts committed on this day 15 yrs ago!!

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My card for Christmas Card Challenges follows our optional challenge... this week it's a word prompt  "Christmas lights."

My image is Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps Pippin's Christmas Lights Digital Stamp and colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  My paper is AC Let It Snow.  (The torn piece was from my scrap box.)  The ribbon is AC.  My sentiment is Momenta Stamps and embossed with white embossing powder.  My image is cut out using Spellbinders Standard Circles and Petite Scalloped Circles.  Some hemp twine and a snowflake brad finished it off.

Here's a close-up of the lights that I added Glossy Accents to.  I also used my Versamark pen and embossed the hat since I don't have a snow marker.  (It's on my wishlist!) *I could not get my Glossy Accents to work last week, but I persevered and voilá!  Success! :)  But now I see I missed a couple! :/ 

As I said, our optional word prompt is Christmas Lights...

Please come play along!!   After all, it's only 105 days until Christmas!!!!!  :)

Challenges...

ABC Christmas - R for rip it

A Snowflake Promise #28 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Love of my life - TMS #368

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  

This card is special!  I made it for my husband and gave it to him on our 28th anniversary.  ♥♥♥  I love this sentiment because it truly describes what he isl!!

The sentiment is Song in My Heart Greeting from DRS Designs.... our sponsor for this week.  The prize is a $10 voucher. 

 
That wonderful sentiment is cut out with Spellbinders Celebra'tions Squares.  My DP is all out of my scrap box.  The music notes are Memory Box Music Virtuoso die.  The flowers are the Paper Studio.  

Here's our awesome sketch for this week by Melissa...

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


Jenée
Jessi - on hiatus
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Musical Merry Christmas - CCC #39

I love Christmas!  The special time set aside to celebrate Christ's birth... our Saviour was born to die so that I might live!   One of the blessings of Christmas time is Christmas Carols!!  {It is also true that at our house, you just might hear Christmas Carols throughout the whole year. :)  And we all are singing along!}   A few weeks ago, I got a new die... music notes!!  :)  I love it and will be using it a lot on my Christmas cards!

My wonderful new die is Memory Box Music Virtuoso.  The other bits are from a Memory Box Snowflake Tree that I ripped apart.  My image and sentiment are French Horn Color Plus from Doodle Pantry.  They are cut with Spellbinders Standard Circles, Spellbinders Labels 35, and Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  My DP is Graphic 45 A Christmas Carol.  I made a double bow with a scrap of ribbon.  The edges are chalked.

You might have guessed that our challenge today at Christmas Card Challenges has the optional photo inspiration... music notes!! 

Challenges...
ABC Christmas - R is for rip it (I ripped apart my die cut-hope that counts)
12 Months of Christmas #21 - anything goes or optional theme (I did AG)
jingle belles  JB:16:18 - "Hark the Herals Angels Sing" (music)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Fall birthday wishes

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you who have been and will be affected by Hermine!   ♥

I've got a fall birthday card to show you today.  I love this fun owl!  I had planned to give him some googly eyes, but the eyes I have were either too small or too large.  Time to go shopping!!!  ;)

Isn't he cute?  This is one of the Birthday Fall Critters from Doodle Pantry.  My digi paper is from the same set.  My image and sentiment are cut out using Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  The leaves are Spellbinders Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents.   American Crafts ribbon and twine are from my stash.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the challenge over at Send A Smile 4 Kids!   It's a great challenge and you can find the info there if you are interested in donating cards to them.


Challenges..
Scrapy Land #48 - use any image + brand of dies sold at Scrapy Land (Spellbinders)
Die Cut Diva's September - fall/fall holidays (my card is a fall birthday card... my birthday is in the fall... it might not be a holiday, but it should be!!!  LOL)
Crafty Ribbons #165 - anything goes + must use ribbon
Die Cuttin' Divas #281 - anything goes



Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Happy anniversary - AIMPDC21

Well, I'm not starting September off very well!  This post should have been up this morning.  My daughter left for college early, so we were up and off to the airport at 3:30 AM.  I intended to come home, nap, and then finish my post.  I've been in such a brain fog from getting up at 3 (my nap was only about an hour!), that this never crossed my mind as I've gone through my day... until now, so that's my long story about this later-than-it-should-be post! 

Since it's the first of the month, it's time for Doodle Pantry's Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge over at the Doodle Pantry Blog.  Play along with any digital image for your chance to win!!  If you use a DP image, you have a chance to be the "pantry pick"!  Here's my card...

Supplies...
Doodle Pantry Forget Me Nots Color Plus
DP is Marcella by Kay (really old!!)
Doodlebug Designs white sprinkles
Recollections paper rope
CottageCutz stitched rectangles


Challenges...
Creative Moments #101 - anything goes w/ optional twist of wedding/anniversary
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #87 - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #246-247 - anything goes/family friendly


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Autumn Delight - TMS #367

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!    Are you ready for fall?  In our area, some leaves are already turning!  I love to see the leaves turning!  The trees are gorgeous, but it also means fall and cooler weather are on the way, and then WINTER and that (usually!) means SNOW! :)  But I'm getting ahead of myself.  Here's a fun fall card for you...

This was fun... the leaf punch that I used in the squares was my FIRST EVER punch I bought.  I got it for some fall scrapbook pages.  The squares are from a CM square punch that I got very soon after the leaf.   They are OLD!!! :D  My image is Autumn Delight from Miss Daisy Stamps.  The DP is digi paper from the Just Autumn Collection from We Are 3 Shop. 

Our sponsor this week is actually two sponsors and there are 3 prizes!!!!  First up we have our very own awesome former teamie - Grandma Bonnie!!!!  She now has her own digital paper shop!  WE ARE 3© SHOP. 

Bonnie's store is within the Miss Daisy Stamps shop, who is also sponsoring our challenge.

Hi! Please visit Miss Daisy Stamps for fun and creativity featuring exclusive digital stamp collections, exclusive digital paper collections from We Are 3© and custom watermarks. The papers sponsored in this challenge are from We Are 3©, with the images from Miss Daisy's collection, all available at Miss Daisy Stamps. We welcome the opportunity to create with you. 
Happy Stamping! 
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Here's the sketch by Patti...  use can really use your imagination on these elements!!

Challenges...
Crafting While We Can #126 - dies and punches (I used 2 very old punches)
Robyn's Fetish #331 - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - It's Hip to Be Square
Polkadoodles #34 - Something beginning w/ F or anything goes (it's a "fall" card)
Fab 'n' Funky #316 - anything goes   


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

Jenée
Jessi - on hiatus
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Canine Christmas Greetings - CCC #38

Happy Sunday to you!  I've got a fun card today... this has a cute puppy to wish you a Merry Christmas.

My image is Fred She Said's Winter Westie and colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  It was cut out and embossed with Spellbinders Tile Works then inked with TH distress ink.  My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Christmas Joy and heat embossed.

Christmas Card Challenges #38 has the theme of "Anything Goes" which is always a favorite!!  Come play along!!

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

Equine thanks

**Scroll down or click HERE for my Tuesday Morning Sketches post.**

I've heard of "horse sense" but never "horse thanks" until now! ;)

I needed several thank you cards so put together some cards using images I had printed waiting to be used including this pre-colored horse and sentiment from Horses 1 and 3 from Doodle Pantry.  All the paper was from my scrap box.  A bit of ribbon and a few black adhesive pearls finished it off.

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the always anything goes challenge for this week at Stamp Art Papel.  Be sure to come over and play along!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!
 

Another grad card - TMS #366

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Today, I have another grad card to show you.  It will be the last... for this year.  This card was for my daughter's best friend.  They've been BFF's since we moved to NY 12 years ago!  {How did they grow up so quickly??!!??} 

My DP is American Crafts Basics.  My banner is MFT Banner Day Strip die.  The sentiment is cut out using Simon Says Stamps "Tiny Tags."  My image is Digital Delights by Louby Loo's "Flower Power Daisy Graduates" and it's cut out with Spellbinders Petite Ovals. 

Digital Delights by Louby Loo is our sponsor for this week's challenge!! 

Here's our sketch... I hope you enjoy it! ;)

I do have a second card to show you... it has a blonde grad... this was my daughter's card...

 

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

Jenée
Jessi
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Snowflakes - CCC #37

Hello!  I trust you are having a blessed Lord's Day today!!

My card today was fun... it has many die cuts and dry embossing... these are my 2 go-to items when I create!! 

My die cuts are "Winter Wonderland" from CC Designs, "Small Snowflakes" from Sweet n Sassy Stamps, "Snowflake Cutwork" from Memory Box, Spellbinders Standard Circles, Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles, and Spellbinders Fancy Tags Two.  The EF is Sizzix Snowflakes.   All I needed was a bit of ribbon to finish it off.   My sentiment is a Momenta clear sentiment inked with Versafine and clear embossing powder. 

This week's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges is a color challenge (optional) theme. 

I hope you have time to play along!!  Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

A White Christmas!

Are you dreaming of a "White Christmas"?  If you read my blog much, you probably know that I LOVE snow, but that's not the kind of white Christmas I'm talking about here.  I've got a white on white card (with just some color in the image) to show you... [Sorry for the funky pinkish shading of the pic!  It's not like that on the original. ??]

My image is from Doodle Pantry's French Horn PDF Card Fronts Kit.   This is a wonderful set for any last minute -or several months early- cards.  It's cut out using Spellbinders Standard Circles.  I embossed my white cardstock with CB Swiss Dots and Darice Chevron.  It's lightly embellished with ribbon and adhesive dots from my stash.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Sweet Sketch Wednesday's challenge, so please come over and play along!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Birthday balloons - TMS #365

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  I've got a birthday card to show you this week...

My DP is Pebbles "birthday wishes."  The "balloons" are cut out using a Die-Namics Christmas Ornaments die.  That's called improvising! ;)  My image is Bashful Boo's Balloon from Lacy Sunshine... our sponsor for this week.  It's colored with Spectrum Noir markers and cut out using Spellbinders Celebra'tion Squares.   

As I said, our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine!  Play along... our random winner will get 3 images of their choice!

Here's our fun sketch by Melissa...

 


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

Jenée
Jessi - on hiatus
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Christmas in my heart - CCC #36

Good morning to you!  It's time for Christmas Card Challenges!!

This week, our optional challenge is a word prompt... angels.

I'm glad this is "optional"!  As you can see, my card doesn't have any angels on it.  I tried... but what I ended up with was not fit to share. :/  So I had this card ready to share, thankfully!  My paper and sentiment (which is from the paper pad, too) are Graphic 45 Christmas Carol.  (You'll be seeing lots of this in the future!!)

Please come and play along this week!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Grad - TMS #364

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!   Yes, I have a grad card even though most graduations are long past.  I am slow sharing this card because I was even slower getting the gift made to go with it.  I embroidered a towel set for a young man heading off to college this fall.  I was going to add a pic below, but he hasn't received it yet, and I think he should see it first! ;)  

Here's the card...

My image is Kidz Graduate Boy Color from Bugaboo.  He's cut out with Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  My DP is K & Co Graduation.  The orange piece is embossed with CB Stars.  It's finished with a "grad" brad for the sentiment. ;)

This week's sponsor is our very own Melissa!!  She's got a pack of some of her favorite goodies for the winner!  I know you'll love it!! 
 
Here's our awesome sketch for this week created by Melissa... 
 

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

Jenée
Jessi
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Love, peace, & joy - CCC #35

Do you realize it is exactly 20 weeks until Christmas??  That's only 140 days!  I am doing my best to have my cards made early, so that in the crazy rush of December, at least I won't have to stress about that!  Christmas Card Challenges #35 begins today... play along and that will help you get your cards done on time, too!

Many of my cards are mailed, so I'm really trying to keep them at least somewhat flat, but I still want them to be pretty.  I think this card fits the bill...

The DP really did most of my work.  My Cuttlebug did the rest! ;)   I used Recollections Winter Frost DP.  The sentiment is a page from that pad, too, and cut out using Spellbinders Scalloped Labels 1 and framed with Spellbinders Labels 1.   The snowflakes are Sweet n Sassy Small Snowflakes dies, and the flourish is CC Designs Winter Wonderland.   The silver paper is so shiny and pretty!!

This week's optional challenge is a photo inspiration... (Remember the only real rule is that you create a Christmas/holiday card.)  The snowflakes inspired me.  I love snow!!!!! ♥

So please play along!  When you do, be sure to check out the DT's creations and the other players, as well.  Talk about inspiration!!!  It will really get you ready to create!


Challenges...
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #293 - vintage or anything goes (I did anything goes)
jingle belles JB:16:16 - We Three Kings (use 3 of anything -- I used 3 papers...hope that counts!)
Sweet Stampin' Christmas July - anything goes
Winter Wonderland - gold/silver or embossed BG (I used silver)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

#selfie - TMS #363

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  

Do you like to take selfies?  I prefer "usies"!   I don't like pics of just me, so I take them with someone! :)   But my girl today is taking a selfie... and she's a cutie...

 
The BG panel is DCWV corrugated paper.   My image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and cut out with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.   Some twine and a large flower from my stash finished it off.  Easy peasey!
The image is Camera Phone Girl from Craftin Desert Divas... our sponsor for this week's challenge!! 

Here's our awesome sketch by Jessi...

Challenges...
Polkadoodles #30 - anything goes
Crafting With Friends #26 - anything goes
Brown Sugar #209 - anything goes
Creative Knockouts #152 - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes



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

Jenée
Jessi
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

...the gate's open... - AIMPDC 20

Another month has come and gone, and it is now August.   Wow!  This summer is flying by!  I am thankful that we've been able to have some time to relax and been able to spend time with family and friends!

But it is time for Doodle Pantry's Ants in my Pantry Digital Challenge 20!  Play along with a digital image for your chance to win!  Here's my card to inspire you...

My image, sentiment, and digi paper are all from Doodle Pantry's Horses 2 and 6.  The sentiment is cut out using Simon Says Stamp Winter Gear die... it's actually a snowboard!  :D  I added some twine, a couple of buttons, and a bit of ribbon from my stash.

Please come over to the Doodle Pantry blog to play along this month with us at Doodle Pantry's Ants in My Pants Digital Challenge 20!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Thinking of you - TMS #362

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!

My card this week is a simple "thinking of you" card...

 
My paper is all scraps.  The plaid piece was distressed with my Distrezz It All.  The smaller panels are cut out using CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.  My sentiment is an M5D clear sentiment.  The image is from our sponsor for this week... A Day For Daisies!!

Here's our fun sketch by Melissa...

 

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

Jenée
Jessi
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Joy to the world - CCC #34

Good morning/afternoon!  It's time for Christmas Card Challenges #34 and I've got a Christmas card for you!

This week, our challenge is Anything Goes and this challenge will run for 2 weeks, so you have extra time to play along!!

Supplies...
Hampton Art rubber sentiment stamp
MS gold embossing powder
Spectrum Noir markers
CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles
Crate Paper "Peppermint" DP
Momento arrow die

Challenges...
Holly Jolly #76 - inspired by a song (Joy To the World)
Winter Wonderland - use dies or punches and/or charm (I used dies)
{PIN}spirational Challenge #170 - inspiration photo (Christmas)

I used the Mojo Monday #457 sketch, but missed the deadline! :/

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!  Please come and play along with us at Christmas Card Challenges!!!

Birthday dinosaur

Happy Wednesday to you!! 

With "dinosaur" in the title, you may have thought this would be a boy's card, but I've got a birthday card for a little girl.  It's a princess dinosaur! :)

It's a Doodle Pantry princess dinosaur.  Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Fab 'n' Funky's challenge this week, so head over and play along.  The theme is tic tac toe.  My card was made with the middle line across... die cut, digi image, flower.

The image and "princess" are from Doodle Pantry's Kid Toys.  The "happy birthday" is a clear sentiment.   They are all cut with Spellbinders Celebra'tions Squares.  The banner is CC Designs.  All my DP is from my scrap box.  The flower is Prima.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!