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Hey, peeps!  Tuesday morning brings another ColourQ, and is it a cutie!  Check this out:

Wow, I would never have thought to put these colors together, but aren’t they striking?  I knew I wanted to mimic the plaid, but what to use with it?  No kidding, in the last few days of stamping, this is what my craft area looks like:

I counted them, and there are over 20 SU sets there….and I still couldn’t decide what to use!!!  Maybe I have TOO MANY stamps?  Nah!  In the end, I scrounged up an older Whippersnapper pup that hasn’t seen ink for a long time!  What do you think:

The plaid was created with the stripes stencil from the Build a Banner Simply Created kit and sponges;  I used the Hi There sentiment on a Word Bubble die, and stamped the dog in black Stazon and watercolored him with Summer Starfruit.  I wanted to dude it up some more, but in the end, I decided to leave it just as it was!  And here’s the inside:

That sentiment just cracks me up!

I hope you’ll play along with this striking color combo!  You can check out ALL the design team’s samples at the ColourQ…..and share yours too!  See ya there!

Not sure what this conversation was about while we were dining al fresco the other night, but it was quite animated!

Love that face!  Enjoy your day!

Wee Project Details
Stamps	Hi There (SU), Good Dog (Whippersnapper)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso
Ink	Tempting Turquoise, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso, Island Indigo
Accessories
Tools	Bit Shot, Word Bubble Dies, Stitched Mat Dies (Lil Inker), Aquapainter, Dimensionals

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Happy Monday, everyone!  It’s time for another Merry Monday…this time it’s a real one, not a birthday one, LOL!  Thank you to all who participated in my surprise birthday blog hop!  What a wonderful way to celebrate my big day!   We also have a new featured designer, Jen Mitchell!  Jen is a master of clean and simple cardmaking; she inspires me and amazes me all the time!  I am looking forward to making merry with her this month!

The challenge hostess this week is Nina, and she has a fun theme for us:

I “collect” digital images….I have files and files of them and rarely use them, so I thought it would be fun to dig into my collection and print one out!  Here we go!

I printed out the skate ad from the Old Design Shop on some cream-colored stationery I picked up at a yard sale and lightly colored it with some ink and a blender pen, then mounted it on a scalloped rectangle of Naturals Ivory.

I had some Lost & Found Christmas Special Edition papers with this beautiful glittery red swirl already on it, so I cut my paper to fit my card and diecut  some red glimmer snowflakes.  I added a little stamped sentiment on a banner, but I am not sure I would do that again, if I made it over!

Since I already had the DP on my desk, I printed out another vintage image, this time a postcard from a shop on Etsy, and made another card:

I added a few more vintage elements to the postcard, stamped in Crumb Cake and Sahara Sand, along with a vintage sentiment stamped in Mossy Meadow,then added some lace and glitter:

Isn’t she sweet?  I just love this image!  I am not going to list my recipe list, but if you have any questions about anything I used, just shoot me an email!  I hope you’ll play along with us at the Merry Monday challenge this week!  I love this challenge and I hope you do too!  Can’t wait to see what you create!

I keep a basket on my porch that has bug spray, sun screen, bubbles and other items that we might need outside.  In it is also a little bottle of powder to use on wee feet that might have gotten wet from dewy grass or the kiddie pool.  Cassidy took it upon herself one morning last week to apply the powder herself!

Judging by the look on her face, she knew she was in trouble!  We had a lesson on sweeping with a dustpan and broom right after this!

Enjoy your day!

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Happy Sunday, peeps!  Another Paper Players challenge for you today, with the lovely Sandy as our hostess, with a super-fun theme!  Check it out:

 

Now, I LOVE buttons….but I hate paying more to mail cards that are “fat” because of them, so I usually use paper buttons!  But some of my thank-you cards are going to be hand-delivered, so I thought I could get away with REAL buttons for this one!!!

My sketch is #239 from Stampin’ Royalty, and I got so carried away, I didn’t notice until after adhering my panels that I have them layered incorrectly!!  Ooops!

I used a sentiment from Another Thank You and the little vase and stems from Pictogram Punches for my focal image:

The buttons are from the Brights collection a couple of years back…..still have LOTS of them!  And since that right corner looked a little bare, I added another little stem and flower….can you see that faint Pistachio Pudding stem?

My DPs are All Abloom and Confetti Celebration; I used Strawberry Slush, Pumpkin Pie, Pistachio Pudding and Bermuda Bay for my ink colors! 

Now, what button-y creation can you come up with this week?  Can’t wait to see it!  Check out what our other designers did too:

• Andrea
• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Mike
• Nance
• Sandy
• Yapha

Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy thought it would be fun to try on my gardening boots!

Enjoy!

Lots of Crumbs

I wanted to share a few projects I made or received at convention….and they all seemed to made from something Crumb Cake!  It seemed to be the color of choice!  There are a lot of photos, so let’s get started!  Feel free to zip right through!

This was my gift from my roomie, Nance!  Of course, it was filled with some goodies, but they’re long gone!  I just love the gold embossing on the vellum window:

My upline, Pennie, gave me a little card and this cute notebook (I think that SU made that stamp “yippee skippee” just for her!!!!):

Another little journal, this was one of our make & take projects….I did this one at home, and it features Kinda Eclectic:

This is a take-out box from the Holiday mini, along with a tag made from a new set called Seasonally Scattered:

And a 4x4 gift box made with the new Gift Box Punch Board; I actually made this one while sitting in my hotel room, using a piece of 12x12 Under the Tree Specialty Paper; it is a little heavier than regular DP, which makes it perfect for making boxes!!  And it’s got cute designs on both sides!  I added the tag and decorations once I got home; they’re from the set Amazing Birthday!

Here are closeups of the decorations:

Finally, we made this little set of notecards and holder, created from a gift card holder:

Thanks for checking in today!  And be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge!

Cassidy helped me make spaghetti sauce and stuffed pepper casserole this week:

She uses a plastic lettuce knife to cut the peppers and tomatoes, and she’s pretty darn good at it!  And she insisted on adding her own artwork to the top of the casserole before it went into the freezer!

I know it’s a person, but not sure what is in her hand, LOL!

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Happy Friday, everyone!  Somehow yesterday’s post just totally got forgotten…between convention and partying, I just can’t get back into my routine, LOL!  I am gearing up my thank-you card-making, so the next few posts, you’ll probably see lots of thank-you cards!   I started with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch for this week:

and got out some notecards to make a couple of  these quick little cards:

I didn’t notice until the cards were in the mail that my camera had a dirty smudge on its lens…..so just bear with the blur at the bottom!  I stamped the chevron from Work of Art in Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight and Coastal Cabana, then added a sentiment and heart from Another Birthday in Bermuda Bay, using the new-to-me Word Bubbles dies.  I finished it off with a simple baker’s twine bow.  CAS and easy!!!

I haven’t shared many convention photos, so here are a few:

That’s Heidi Boos, Nance Lempinen-Leedy, me, and Linda Callahan!

The famous Justin Krieger!

And me, Nance, Shelli & Sterling Gardener, and Nance’s mom, Nancy!!!

And here’s Cassidy, too….can’t leave her out!

She’s eating a cupcake from the party!  I cut it in half horizontally, then put the bottom on the top so you have a cupcake “sandwich” with the frosting in the middle!  Yum!