CQC110 & Mojo 214

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  It’s another ColourQ day and look at this yummi-licious inspiration photo Arielle has shared with us today:

Boy, that just makes me want a cookie!  Mine would never look that good, though!  LOL!  So I settled for making a card for my friend Carol who had surgery yesterday!  I used the Mojo Monday sketch 214:

And here’s my card:

I found some cute papers from Cosmo Cricket’s Joy Ride that matched perfectly for my CAS creation.  I used one of those humongous buttons from the Spice Cake line for my little sentiment:

I cut the words of my sentiment stamp apart to fit it to the circle punch!  Mounting the sentiment on the button really adds a fun dimension to this simple card!  If you’d like to send a card to Carol too, just shoot me an email at leanne dot pugliese at gmail dot com, and I’ll give you her info! 

I hope you will play along with the ColourQ team this week with this yummy color combo!  We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

My wee little one is teething, so she was a bit under the weather on Friday, but she so loves to go outside, I bundled her up in one of my scarves, as it was really cold here last week:

My little babushka!  Thanks for visiting today!

Wee Details:

• Stamps:  Celebitties Sentiments, Purple Onion Designs
• Paper:  Confetti White, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride
• Ink:  Soft Suede, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Dusty Durango (for sponging)
• Acc:  Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, Peach Parfait Poly Ribbon, Circle Dies, Jumbo Button, MS Apple Punch, Dimensionals, Daubers

Paper Players 71

Happy Sunday! Anne Marie is our Paper Players hostess today, and she is cookin’!!! That is, she has a “recipe” for us:

I chose to do a little country Christmas card….I know the “country” style is a bit outdated, but a lot of people still like it and I just love these old SU images from Little Somethings:

They are perfect for just a little bit of coloring and a “sprinkle” of glitter!:

Each button is threaded with Real Red narrow grosgrain ribbon, and the little tags at the top hang on some Whisper White taffeta ribbon. And here’s the inside:

I did not intend for this little stocking to be off-kilter; I actually bought this set at a yardsale and it was mounted crooked! Does that ever happen to you? A few seconds in the microwave and I was able to reposition it the same way as the decal…but the damage was already done!

I hope you’ll cook something up with the Paper Players this week, too! Whisk on over there and show us your creation and you might be chosen as a Cut Above or Headliner this week! And while you’re there, check out all the other designers’ creations! We are welcoming Susan Joyce this month as our guest designer, too….so be sure to stop by and visit!

Wee Details:

• Stamps: Little Somethings (ret), Tiny Tags, Many Merry Messages
• Paper: WW, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Real Red Patterns DP
• Ink: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Stazon
• Acc: Circle Punches, Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon, Taffeta Ribbon, Markers, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Jewelry Tag Punch

Blog Candy Winner!!

Woohoo!  We have a winner for my blog candy from my Paper Players post!!!  Random.org picked #114, which is Chris, aka Mudmaven!  Congrats, my friend!  Your goodies will be on your way soon!  Thanks so much to everyone who visited and posted a comment---you are all winners to me!

Another Sympathy Card

This is the sixth sympathy card I have needed in two weeks!  But it gave me a chance to use a Waltzingmouse set that hasn’t seen ink in a long while!

I’m not very good at making cards with scenery on them, and although I love the tree and the hills, I am not sure about the house in the background.  It looks a little crooked in my photo but it is straight on the card!  Anyway, the hills are masked and sponged with Lucky Limeade and Always Artichoke on a Baja Breeze card; the tree was stamped in Chocolate Chip.  The house was stamped, trimmed to fit the hills and glued on separately, then I stamped the tree branch over it again with my Stamp-a-ma-jig….very, very carefully!  A simple sentiment and ribbon/button trim finished it off.   I really love the effect of this and was happy that I tried to make a “scene”!  Thanks for visiting today!  Be sure to come back shortly for the posting of my blog candy winner!

 

Cassidy & Grampy sharing a snack!

Wee Details:

• Stamps:  Blessed by You, Waltzingmouse; Sentimental Occasions, MTME
• Paper:  Baja Breeze, Whisper White
• Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke, Basic Gray, Sahara Sand
• Acc:  Sponges, Ribbon, Button, SAMJ
  

PPA118 & CCMC174

Happy Thursday!  FIRST, I want to tell everyone that there is one more day to comment on this post to win blog candy, as I will be selecting a winner tomorrow, November 4!  So be sure to leave a comment with contact info, if you haven’t already done so!  Thanks so much, too, to all my readers and followers, new and old!  It’s so good to hear from everyone! 

Unfortunately, I needed TWO more sympathy cards; Pals Paper Arts had an interesting monochromatic challenge for one of them today:

and I used the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary

So here’s my card:

I had already had Day of Gratitude out on my desk for another project, so just used it again! The Neutrals Patterns DP came in handy for choosing my background papers as all these colors were conveniently there…..I usually opt for polka dots, so it was refreshing to use the stripes.  I also had the “sueded” strip from another project.  I had crimped a piece of Soft Suede with my crimper, then pulled the layers apart.  Since the crimping sort of tied together with the striped paper, I simply added a little color by dabbing on my stamp pad.  I also dabbed some River Rock on the velveteen ribbon to color coordinate it a bit better.  I chose to use textured paper for both the card and the circular element; I really love the look it imparts, almost like fabric:

And here’s the inside:

The Petite Pairs set is really great for sentiments that match outside & inside!  Love it!  Thanks for visiting today….stop back tomorrow to see who the winner is of my blog candy!

Decisions, decisions…..should I choose the ladle or the big ice cream scoop?

For now, I’ll choose the ladle!

Wee Details:

• Stamps:  Day of Gratitude, Petite Pairs
• Paper:  River Rock Text, Very Vanilla Text & Smooth, Neutrals Patterns, Soft Suede
• Ink:  River Rock, Early Espresso, Soft Suede
• Acc:  Circle Cutter, Neutrals Button, Crimper, Velveteen Ribbon

Stamp Camp Cards

Thought I would share with you the Christmas cards we made at my last Stamp Camp.  These are simple cards, so that my customers could easily replicate them.  Here we go:

The above idea was cased from Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty.

This is a “window pane” card – this is the outside, looking in through the window……..and here is the inside view:

Thanks for visiting today---if you have any questions about any of the supplies used in making these cards, just email me!

ColourQ 109

Happy Tuesday!  It’s ColourQ time, and here is a trendy palette for you from Arielle:

I needed another sympathy card for a young woman in our church who lost her dad.  I went very clean and simple with this card:

I made use of some of my Basic Grey Wander papers; they were all the right hues, so all I had to do was to mount them on my Soft Suede panel. A simple sentiment and little beehive heart, which mimicked the pattern in the blue paper, was all I added:

I repeated the Mondrian theme on the inside:

Hope this inspires you to make something special with these colors!  You’ll find more inspiration over at the ColourQ blog, where you’ll be able to view all the designers’ creations.  I hope you share yours with us too!  If you have any questions about my card, just shoot me an email!

We went to a Halloween party last night at a friend’s house; Cassidy went too!  She was really good at keeping her costume on!

She was enthralled at the kids in their Halloween getups at the front door:

but was even more taken with a little fellow her own size; he was not too sure about her, though:

It was a fun time with lots of kids of all ages and wonderful food!  Hope yours was fun too!