Merry Christmas Merry Christmas - TMS #376

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!! Today I've got a pretty simple card for you, but the paper and ribbon make it still very pretty...

{Sorry! I realized after taking the pic, editing, and posting that I needed to adjust the bow tail. :/  }

Few supplies... First Edition Christmas Story DP, Kraft mat, Ribbon Trends ribbon, and Sweet n Sassy Small Snowflakes die.  The snowflake DP is a scrap.  Both papers have glitter and shine... it's just hard to get a good pic of it...

 {And don't you love it when the paper does most of the work? :)  }

Our sponsor this week is our very own Patti and she's offering you a choice... $10 gift card to either Starbucks, Hobby Lobby, or Amazon!!


My card is simple because our sketch for the week is simple, but it's full of possibilities!!

Challenges...
The Merry Christmas Challenge #5 - anything goes Christmas
613 Ave Create #190 - anything goes w/ optional twist green/gold
The Paper Players PP319 - tic tac toe (down right side - snowflakes, patterned paper, ribbon)  


Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...
Janice
Jenée
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

More Happy Christmas - TMS #375

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Here's my card for this week's challenge... another card using my Happy Christmas die... can you tell I love it? ;)

The DP is very shimmery...

Supplies...
First Edition "Christmas Story" DP
CC Designs Winter Wonderland die
Sweet n Sassy Small Snowflakes dies
Happy Christmas die

I am the sponsor for this week's challenge... and the prize is Graphic 45 'Twas the Night Before Christmas cling stamps no.1
Fun stamps!!!

Here's our wonderful sketch by Melissa... it's another keeper!!!

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

Janice
Jenée
Jessi
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Christmas Carolers - CCC #46

Hello!  I've got some old-fashioned Christmas Carolers for you today...

The carolers die is a recent acquisition... one that I LOVE, I might add!!  It's Die-Versions Sweet Petites Carolers.  My DP is DCWV Performance matstack. My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps "Christmas Joy" set.  It was stamped with Versafine and embossed with Stampabilities black embossing powder.  The ribbon is Paper Studio.

Today's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges is Anything Goes!  {This challenge will last for 2 weeks, so lots of opportunity to play along!!}

We've got some new DT members, so please go give them a warm welcome!! 

Challenges...
The 12 Months of Christmas Challenge #22 - anything goes
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown technique challenge - embossing wet or dry (I wet/heat embossed my sentiment)
ABC Christmas Challenge - U is for under the pile (I've been hoarding this ribbon for a loooong time!)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Happy fall y'all

Second post for the day! :)  Scroll down or click HERE for my Tuesday Morning Sketches post.

This is a fall card...

This little cutie is Pumpkin Birdie from Doodle Pantry.   The image and sentiment are cut out using Spellbinders Labels 4.  {{I do have a confession... this image was on a card I'd made before, but I didn't like it, so I ripped it apart and it was sitting, patiently waiting to be used on a card that I'll actually send! LOL}}  The leaves are cut with Spellbinders Foliage.  My DP is Crate Paper Farmhouse.  The  main panel is embossed with Darice Fall Leaf EF.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Tuesday Throwdown's challenge with the theme of "Festive Pumpkins."   Stop by and check it out!

Challenges...
{PIN}spirational Challenge #176 - photo inspiration
Whoopsi Daisy - dies/punches
Happy Little Stampers - October anything goes w/ dies
 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Ready to mail your cards? - TMS #374

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

Big News Today...... 
We are welcoming a new member to our design team!!  Welcome, Janice!!


I've been working on Christmas cards all year long this year, but they're still not ready to mail yet.  (It is also a little too early to mail them!)  But I sure wish I had a post box like this to put them in once it is time to mail them.  Wouldn't that be fun??!!?? :)

Supplies...
Dovecraft Winter Blooms DP
Die'sire Postbox die
Sweet n Sassy Stamps sentiment
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons EF
Cuttlebug Allegro EF
Hand dyed seam binding



This week's sketch is a wonderful sketch by Melissa... SOOOOO many possibilities!!  This one will be a keeper for me and used often!

Our sponsor for the week is our very own Jenée!!  She's offering 13 cute small dies and a double-sided Spellbinders embossing folder.  Fun prize!!!

Challenges...
Southern Girls - punches and dies
Aud Sentiments #166 - vintage + sentiment
Creative Moments #104 - anything goes w/ optional twist pumpkins (I did AG)
The Merry Christmas Challenge #3 - use a die cut
Happy Little Stampers October Christmas -  embossing
Addicted-to-Stamps #133 - embossing wet or dry + stamp (I did dry and my sentiment is stamped)



Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...
Janice
Jenée
Jessi
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Quick cards for hubby

Happy Monday to you!!  Are you enjoying fall?  We've had some really cool days and nights, but this week is supposed to be a little above what's normal for this time of year.  Our leaves are changing, but sadly, the colors are not very bright.  They're just sort of fading, changing, and falling.  I do have one maple in my yard that is always the last tree to turn and it is usually very pretty, so I'm hoping!

All that rambling has nothing to do with my card, so I'll move on.  Here it is...

My husband is a pastor and he likes to send my handmade cards to visitors and church members, so I make lots with this image!!  This time, I made 4 quick ones... 2 with each paper combination.  Sorry the next pic is blurry!

My image is Doodle Pantry's Assemble Together.  I use the colored image to save time since I make several at a time.  The DP is AC DIY Shop.  The image is cut out using Spellbinders Celebra'tions Pierced Squares. 

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Love To Scrap's challenge with the theme of anything goes.  Please pop over and play along!  And if you use a digital image, there's still time to enter Doodle Pantry's Ants In My Digital Pantry Challenge 22.  :)


Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #252-253 - anything goes/family friendly
Polkadoodles #40 - anything goes
Di's Digis Challenge - add a sentiment


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

A shimmery tree - CCC #45

Happy Sunday to you!!

I tend to be a traditional red/green Christmas person, but I do like this card.  The shimmer of the silver paper is very pretty!  My tree is Memory Box Snowflake Tree.  The Happy Christmas is a freebie I got with an order.   Cardstock from my scrap box and a bit of Offray ribbon complete it.

I used these colors because this week's optional challenge at Christmas Card Challenges is a color challenge...

Challenges I'm entering...
CraftyHazelnut's Christmas #303 - cute or anything goes (I did anything goes)
A snowflake promise #30 - anything goes or twist of seasons (I did anything goes)
jingle belles JB:16:21 - (gah!) Pink
    **this is honor of Breast Cancer Awareness
        and they are donating $2 for every pink card entered!! 
 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Flowers for you - TMS #373

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Here's my card for this week's challenge...  I've got some flowers just for you! :)
 

Supplies...
Prima 'Something Blue' DP
Darice 'Intricate Swirl' EF
A Day For Daisies image - "A Special Flower"
Spellbinders Celebra'tions Pierced Squares
  

Our sponsor this week is A Day For Daisies!  Thank you, Samantha, for providing the team with images to play with!!

Here's our sketch...  this one has some really fun elements that you can interpret as you wish!  [for example, I used enlarged and popped up flowers in place of the letters]

Challenges...
Die Cut Divas October - embossing (I did dry)
Happy Little Stampers October - anything goes with a die (Spellbinders Pierced Squares)

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!

Happy Christmas - CCC #44

What a week this has been... my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by Hurricane Matthew.  What a horrible storm! 

I've got a card to share, but it's not one that I'm very excited to share.  I thought I had my card all ready for today, then realized it wasn't ready... on the day that I got sick.  I really struggled to even function for a couple of days, so this is not exactly my best creation ever. :/  I've had this idea in my mind for awhile, but it just did not come out very well.  Even if I had embossed the Kraft piece before adding the wreath, it would have been better... so just pretend that it's embossed. :D 

It was pretty simple... Kraft panel with a Spellbinders Standard Circle cut out of it.  I used MS branch punch to make the wreath.  A bit of ribbon from my stash made into a fork bow.  The "Happy Christmas" is a die that was a freebie I received with a die order last year.

Today's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges is a word prompt challenge... Decorations. 

Wreaths are one of my favorite decorations!!!  Below is a pic of mine.  I bought it to hang on my door, but it was too large... the screen door would not shut. :/  So it ended up on over my piano in my living room.  Isn't this pretty?

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

So grateful for you

This is a card that I could make multiples of to send!!  I've been blessed with many wonderful people in my life for whom I am very grateful!!

My image and sentiment are Doodle Pantry's Autumn Song Birdies.    It's cut out with Spellbinders Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals.  The BG paper is DCWV Corrugated Stack.  Celebrate It! ribbon, and the Paper Studio flowers finish it off.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Creative Knockouts challenge with the theme of "Thankful Thoughts" so pop over and play along.  If you use a digi, you can play along with us at Doodle Pantry's Ants in my Pantry Digital Challenge 22, too!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Animal friends thank you - TMS #372

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

This card is a mix of old and new.  My DP is very old... it's some of the last pages from a 6x6 pad. The sentiment is a new die I just got... Die-Versions Everyday Complements.  My image is Bugaboo Cute Kitty.  I printed 2 images, colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut the kitty and bird, and popped them up.

Bugaboo is our sponsor for this week's challenge!!  Always a favorite!  Play along for your chance to win 7 Bugaboo images of your choice!

Here's our sketch for the week... another one that can be CAS or heavily embellished!

  

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!

Peppermint Christmas - CCC #43

Time for another Christmas Card Challenge and another Christmas card to share with you...

This week's optional challenge is a photo inspiration...  I was inspired by all the red and white and all the peppermint candies!! :)

Supplies...
Paper Crate Peppermint DP
Darice Swirl Background EF
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
Spellbinders Fancy Postage Stamp
Momenta sentiment stamp
Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink
Clear embossing powder
Ribbon, hemp twine and ribbon from my stash

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

Shimmery blessings

Happy Sunday to you!  May the Lord bless you today!!

I've got a white pumpkin card for you today!  I love this image!  White pumpkins are so pretty... I saw my first real live one up close and personal just a couple of weeks ago.  My daughter works in the kitchen at a farm/shop/bakery and when I went to pick her up, they had huge containers full of white pumpkins.  They really are cool!!

This card was pretty easy to put together... a colored image, cardstock, and dies.  My image is from Doodle Pantry's Pumpkin.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Pile It On's challenge with the theme of "sparkle, glimmer, bling."  Here's a closeup so you can see that my card does sparkle...

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

A wish of peace

Happy October 1st!  FYI, October is the best month of the year!   Yep, I was born in October. ;)

Since today is the 1st, it's time for Doodle Pantry's Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge!!  Hop on over to the blog and play along!! 

I've got a general encouraging card to show you today.  This could be a sympathy card or for an ill friend, or for anyone going through a rough time...

Supplies...
Doodle Pantry "Dahlia Color Plus"
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
MS border punch
AC Lucky Charm DP
the Paper Studio adhesive dots

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Merry Christmas - TMS #371

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  Can you believe that Christmas is less than 3 months away??  :)  

 My DP is Crate Paper Peppermint.  I distressed it, added ribbon, and a button.  All done!!

This is a great sketch...

Our very own Patti is our sponsor this week!  She's offering a $5 gift card to Hobby Lobby plus a $5 gift card to Starbucks so you can sip and stamp!! :)  Check out her card on the TMS blog... she made the front panel a pocket for a gift card!  Very cool!!

 
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!

Puppy greetings - CCC #42

Happy Sunday to you!!  My Christmas Card Challenges card today is a fun one!  Isn't this little guy adorable??!?

This is our Anything Goes challenge which is always fun!!  Be sure to come over and play along!

Supplies...
Recollections Cozy Lodge DP
CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles
Colored image and sentiment from Doodle Pantry's Winter Critters 
Ribbon, button, and twine from my stash

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Faith, hope, fight, love - TMS #370

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

I know that next month, we'll be seeing much about breast cancer awareness, but cancer doesn't follow the rules!  I made this card for a life-long friend who was recently diagnosed, had surgery, and will be in treatment.  

I made this with Die-Versions Awareness die, Deedee's Digis sentiment (shop is closed), DCWV Indie Chic DP, white gel pen, and ribbon from my stash.


Here's our great sketch for the week... soooo many possibilities!

Our sponsor is Pink and Main and you could win $15 store credit!! 

  


Challenges...

Polkadoodles #36/37 - anything goes
Craft-Dee BowZ September - anything goes w/ a handmade bow
Crafting From the Heart #128 - 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!

Joy - CCC #41

Today, I've got a card full of joy!! :)

This sweet image from From The Heart Stamps.  {{Pray for Faith, the owner and illustrator of FTHS.  She is recovering from surgery for a brain tumor and is undergoing treatment.}}  "Angel Joy" is colored with my Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut.  The frame behind her is cut using Spellbinders Celebra'tion Squares.  The "hills" are Memory Box Stitched Landscapes.  The BG paper is from my scrap box.

This week's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges is an optional color challenge... very pretty colors!

 

Challenges...
Glitter 'n' Sparkle #206 - anything goes
Come and Get It - lots of layers
ABC Christmas - s is for "sew" (I used stitched dies)
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #299 - cute or anything goes Christmas
Winter Wonderland - use at least 2 dies and add sparkle    *the BG paper is sparkly though you can't see it in the above pic.  Here's a close-up...

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Sending blessings your way

Fall is coming!!! Some of our evenings are getting very cool, and it feels great!   I also  love to see the fall harvest... corn, pumpkins, apples... :)  Though my favorite part of fall is the changing leaves! 

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Aud Sentiments Challenge with the theme of Fall Colors + Sentiment.  Please pop on over and play along!  If you use a digital sentiment, you can also play along with Doodle Pantry's Ants In My Pantry Digital Challenge 21!!

Supplies...
~Doodle Pantry's Charlie Harvest
~Spellbinders Standard Circles
~Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
~Spellbinders Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents
~AC ribbon
~Hemp cord
~Adhesive pearls

Challenges...
Whoopsi Daisy - autumnal colors + must use digi
Addicted to Stamps and More #211 - anything goes
Creative Moments #102 - anything goes w/ optional twist fall colours
Word Art Wednesday #248-249 - anything goes/family friendly


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Bundles of hearts - TMS #369

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

My card is a sweet one today.  At least in my opinion. ;)

Don't you agree that this little guy is just adorable???   He's Bundle of Hearts from Crafty Sentiments.  He's fussy cut then attached to a Spellbinders Standard Circle and Petite Scalloped Circle.  The main panel is embossed with Darice Dot Background.  All my paper is from my scrap box.  The little charm was out of its pkg, so I don't know where it came from.  Here's a close up...

My image was from our sponsor for this week... Crafty Sentiments!  The prize is 3 digis of the winners choice.  They have some sweet, sweet images!!! 

 
Here's our sketch for the week...

Challenges...
Craft-Dee Bowz September - anything goes (must include handmade bow)
Glitter 'n' Sparkle #205 - add some metal (the charm) 
Craft Your Passion #329 - anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs - colour challenge

Crafty Cardmakers #172 - layer it up (I've got 7 layers)
Sunday Stamps SSC135 - happy colors

 


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!

Christmas skates

It's been awhile since I made a card just to play along with some challenges, but the timing of this was perfect.  I've been going through my stash and making note of things that I have not used yet or have not used in a very long time.  This card was made with a set that I've only used one piece out of until now...

Our family loves to skate!!!  And my girls have outgrown their skates, so... :)

My DP is from my stash but I have no idea who made it.  The bottom piece was embossed using Darice Dot Background. The sparkly snowflakes are from Hobby Lobby.  My image and sentiment are Simon Says Stamp Snow Gear and matching die set Winter Gear.

Challenges...
Simon Says Stamp Monday - Stamp It (no digi and they'd love to see SSS Exclusive products... my stamps and die are)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Stamp It (they'd love to see SSS Exclusive products... my stamps and die are)
Brown Sugar #215 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!