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Just a quick little card today using the sketch from iSpy Sketches for this week:

I pulled out some new paper and some older stamps!  Here ya go:

 

This came together so easily, I felt like I was cheating!  The new Patio Party DP is so fun to work with….the patterns go together so well!  I added some sponged ovals, layering them to make my border at the top of the panel, and stamped the birthday sentiment from Perfect Punches in Raspberry Ripple, and the party hat from Pennant Parade in Primrose Petals.  Oh, and the star is Summer Starfruit!!!

 

I love those three panels….a great way to use up scraps of DP!

On Monday, my friend and I took Cassidy to her daddy & mom-mom’s work place…they were having a Zoo Day!  I am not sure whether they were referring to the animals that were there or the mobs of infants, children and moms sweltering in the June heat……not a good scene for a rambunctious 22-month-old and her grammy!  Suffice it to say, we left after seeing a camel (very interesting!), chicks, rabbits, pigs, goats, sheep, a tortoise and a few snakes.  A nice lunch in a little restaurant and we all felt much better.   Here’s a little photo time line:

She arrives at Grammy’s fresh & clean….note the pony tail, you won’t see it again because it came out at naptime!

 

Chickens!  Peck, peck, peck!

 

Yep – another pickle….this time, a dill!  And she actually took a couple bites before insisting I take it back!

 

Back home, we gave Monkey a ride in the stroller:

 

Followed by a bath, and yes, we recycle our CoolWhip tubs into tub toys!:

 

Less than a minute into her nap:

Enjoy your day!

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Happy Tuesday, peeps!  Arielle’s ColourQ palette is super fun this week!  Watcha think?

Blues and greens….some of my favorite colors!  But nobody in my family wears a tie!!!   I was totally smitten with these cards from my friend Diane, so I went over to Market Street Stamps to get this cute camper digi!  I loved the papers she used, too!  I am too late for their block party, but I wanted to share it with you anyway:

 

I printed out the image on some Basic Grey papers and pieced them together, giving them some shading with Copics.  The sentiment was also a freebie from Paper Smooches.   I added a little denim ribbon and some brads & a button to complete my fairly-CAS card!!!

 

This brings back such memories, as we had a little camper when we were growing up, and I worked at an RV dealership for ten years!  None of them were this cute, though! My card uses the sketch from Retrosketches this week, too:

Now, what can you come up with using these fun colors?  Put on your coloring cap and create something and share it with us over at the ColourQ blog!  You can peek at what the others have come up with as well!!  Happy stamping!

Getting better at the spoon thing!

  

Thanks for visiting!

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Hey everyone!  It’s Monday---back to work, but also back to Merry Mondays, where we make a Christmas card a week!  Here’s Lesley’s lovely sketch:

I finally broke down and purchased this beautiful Christmas set, Bells and Boughs, and put it to use right away with this card:

I stamped and lightly colored my own background and paired it with some DP from Melissa Frances, then stamped, watercolored and fussy-cut my bells:

I added a Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon along with a little sentiment from To You and Yours (ret) stamped on More Mustard, and there, I added another card to my stash!  I sure hope that this sketch will inspire you, if you haven’t already, to get started on your Christmas cards!  Be sure to stop by the Always Playing with Paper blog to see ALL the Christmas goodness the designers are sharing this week!

We had a busy weekend of activity!  One thing we did was go to my nephew’s high school graduation party.  Cassidy was all decked out in a new outfit!  Here she is upon arrival at our house:

 

And then in the stroller, a short walk to my brother’s, and she was out like a shot, headed straight for the sandbox!   We did lots of other stuff this weekend, but I’ll share that later!

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It’s Sunday, and another Paper Players Challenge is upon us!  Today, Lesley has a fab & funky color challenge—woo, this one really threw me for a loop!

I went bold and basic today, since these are really strong colors together!  I used my new Betsy’s Blossoms and paired it with Friendly Phrases to make some cards for my top four sellers in my downline:

It’s a bit dificult to see, but I stamped the sentiment on the Basic Gray DP in Stazon; I wish I had heat embossed it, oh well!!!  I added some dry embossing and new stitched ribbon, along with a few strategically-placed pearls!

  

I also used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for this week as well:

I sure hope you’ll fly over to the Paper Players blog and see what the other designers have created with this bold color palette!  And we hope you’ll share your creations as well!

Cassidy wanted to go “wimmin” and decided to take matters into her own hands, going into the storage shed and hauling out her blow-up pool from last year!  All on her own!

 

Grampy convinced her that playing with her water table would be just as fun:

 

And between it and the sandbox, she had a blast!!!

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Happy Friday, everyone!  Yippee, the weekend is almost here!  Some of you may remember the thank you card I did for one of DH’s customers, who gifted me with a cool cookbook, written by his “foxes”, frieda and Freddie.  You can see the post here.  Now apparently these foxes have an active lifestyle, as we recently got a birth announcement in the mail, along with this picture of a new little fox named Fala, added to our customer’s family:

 

Isn’t she a cutie?  Well, of course, I had to send a congratulations card, and even though there is a cute little fox in a new stamp set in the catalog (which I ordered, of course) I couldn’t wait that long, I wanted to make one NOW:

 

I again used a Stampin’ Royalty sketch:

and the teddy bear from Every Little bit for my card.  I matched it up with some retired DP from Nursery Nest, and of course, used my new Itty Bitty Banners stamp set & die for the sentiment:

 

I actually broke out my watercolor crayons, too, to color in the little bear.  Normally I don’t recommend watercoloring on Whisper White, but since this image was so small and I was only using a small amount of water, it didn’t pill and colored quite nicely:

I also took the stitching out of the Blushing Bride pleated ribbon, ironed it and made a sweet little bow.  I hope the new parents enjoy my card!!

Cassidy came to the house this morning sporting a cute little pony tail (which will be in tatters after her nap!):

  

Once she had selected her favorite DVD, she was a happy camper!!!  Thanks for visiting today!

WT378 & DS55

 

Happy Thursday peeps!  I needed a little encouragement note for a friend and the SCS challenge today was to use banners!  Easy, especially with my new Itty Bitty Banner dies!  I also had a chance to use Jen’s Deconstructed Sketch #55:

I pulled out some My Mind’s Eye Be Amazing papers and went to work:

 

Honestly, these papers ARE so amazing, this card just flew together!  I used two Papertrey sets, Mixed Messages and Daily Designs Sentiments stamped in Island Indigo; the SU set Creative Elements for the flourish on the butterfly panel, stamped in Crumb Cake; and a PTI diecut for the butterfly:

What a fun card!

Yesterday my husband was doing some work on our roof:

   

Yep!  “Climb!  Climb!”  Don’t worry---that’s all the farther she got!  A little more intimidating than a sliding board ladder!!!  Thanks for visiting today!