LRW294 and FMS191

Happy Thursday, everyone!  Ahhh, the weekend is in sight!  Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card this week but I had some of the gorgeous new Timeless Elegance DSP, and thought the rose pattern would be perfect:

It’s so pretty, I didn’t need to do much; I started out with a Sahara Sand card base;  I added a diecut border that I embellished with some machine-stitching for the Little Red Wagon challenge this week, then a banner, a sentiment and some pearls.  Sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches:

Thanks for visiting!

A day of play was just too much for Cassidy (and her doll!):

SIP1 and RS168

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I finally received my first SU order with my new goodies, which helped a lot with my stampin’ creativity!  There is a new challenge in town called Stamp Ink Paper, and my sweet friend Sandy is on the DT, so I just had to play in their first challenge!

Their first challenge is to use your favorite stamps, ink and paper!

I would never attempt to say which was my favorite stamp set, there are way too many that I like, but I did get this new set Awesomely Artistic, and I am really liking it, so I decided to ink it up with my favorite color, Soft Sky, along with Basic Black!  I also used a new photopolymer set, Endless Thanks, and Chalk Lines:

I used the new Triple Banner punch for the banner; some Soft Sky twine, and a few sequins for sparkle!  The black panel is embossed with the Vine Street EF, unfortunately, you can’t see it here.  To challenge myself even further, I used this week’s Retrosketches sketch:

This has a few more elements than I usually use, but I ended up loving the final product!  Thanks for stopping by today!

We scored a big doll house at a yard sale on Saturday, and Cassidy was thrilled!

Enjoy your day!

MM163, JUGS297 & CTS127

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  I have been really struggling with creativity and energy these last few weeks…..and the heat and humidity lately have not helped at all.  Poor John….I have been a bit crabby lately!  I tried to cool off by making a quick Christmas card, but even that didn’t help much:

I used the red and white theme from Merry Monday:

as well as the sketch from CAS(e) This Sketch:

and the JUGS challenge to use stacked diecuts:

Nothing was working for me, but I persevered long enough to finish my Christmas card; I used snowflake diecuts from Taylored Expressions and the word “merry” is from Paper Trey.  I added a couple of sentiments from Endless Wishes and Endless Birthday Wishes along with some rhinestones to finish it off!  Hopefully my mojo will return some time this week!

Cassidy finally convinced her mommy to let her cut her hair a little bit…morning brush-outs were becoming brutal!  She looks more grown up and the brushing is MUCH better!

Enjoy your day and stay cool!

Paper Players 249

Happy Sunday, peeps!  It’s time for a Paper Players challenge, and this week my sweet friend Sandy is our hostess with a great color combination for us:

Last year, I had a chance to get this older Flourishes stamp called Patriotism on Parade, and this is the first time I’ve inked it up!  It seemed perfect for the colors:

This is a notecard-sized card; I stamped the silhouette image on Pool Party, added some “fireworks” from SU’s retired Confetti, and a sentiment from Good Greetings.

I stamped the bunting in Real Red, trimmed it a little to fit and colored it in lightly with ink and a blender pen, which works perfectly for the Match the Sketch 076 sketch:

I had a piece of beautiful red ribbon already in my stash as well as a piece of already-diecut scalloped Real Red cardstock, so I added them and I was done!  I hope you’ll find some time to play along with our colors;  it doesn’t have to be patriotic!  I am looking forward to see how all you creative stampers use them this week!  Meanwhile, check out what the other designers did:

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Claire
• Debbie
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Karren
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Shannon
• Amy
• Jodi
• Lisa

Making a mud pie!  Yum!

Mojo Monday 401 Grad Card

Happy Friday peeps!  Hope you have a great weekend planned!  I needed to make a few more graduation cards so for one of them, I used the Mojo Monday sketch for this week:

I was wracking my brain, trying to come up with a different set to use that would encourage and congratulate a new graduate, and I remember the Papertrey set, Star Prints.  I pulled out some star-studded DSP from MME called Fly a Kite, then stamped my images in some matching colors and mounted it on a Pear Pizzazz card base:

I did emboss the smaller panel with the Star EF from SU; added some baker’s twine atop my little zigzag panel, and added a red rhinestone to the center of the star:

And here’s the inside with sentiments from Class of 2015, Something to Say and again, PTI’s Star Prints:

It was fun to mix and match sets!  Thanks for visiting today!

Well, it’s not officially summer here in PA, but you couldn’t tell from the thermometer yesterday…hot & sticky!  I got out the Slip & Slide, extended it a wee bit with another piece of plastic, and Cassidy and her cousins had a blast:

5 YO Trent went at it full blast!

Cassidy was a bit more lady-like!

3 YO Jack never let up…he was like a sliding machine!

And after a few slippery attempts, 2YO Chaz just decided to throw water on everyone! 

Enjoy your day!

TSSC364 and RRCB16

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I have a card for two challenges today; the sketch from Technostamper:

and the Retro Rubber twine or ribbon challenge:

If you’re like me, you make cards and then they don’t get mailed out, or they’re not for the right occasions or whatever!  I am committed to sending out more cards, especially to my TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) friends on their weight loss journey.  We all need an encouraging note to keep us motivated!  So that’s what this card will be for!

I found these gorgeous papers in my stash from a tablet called Stella Rose by MME, and I thought it would be pretty for the sketch.  Since the Retro Rubber wants older stampers, I pulled out SU’s Friends 24-7 from several years ago and stamped the bird and butterflies in SU’s new In Color, Delightful Dijon:

I mounted the papers on some textured cardstock from a very old paper stack; added some Soft Suede and Gold baker’s twine; some sequins; and a couple of organdy roses:

The sentiment banner is from SU’s And Many More, stamped in Soft Suede.  And I wasn’t sure about the Delightful Dijon color, but it’s growing on me…it’s a nice, warm shade and I think I’ll like it for fall!  Thanks for visiting today!

Cassidy asked her mommy to take a selfie of them both!  Cute!

MM162, MTS075 and KJ227

I rarely post two cards in a day, but I wanted to get this Christmas card in for a couple of challenges:

Merry Monday’s tag challenge:

Match the Sketch, which I turned on its side:

and the Kraft Journal’s “Take Your Pick”…I chose white, red and dictionary pages:

And here’s my card, using the Vintage Christmas set from Close to My Heart:

Card base is Crumb Cake, ink is Real Red and Garden Green; and here’s the inside, which used Real Red and Versamark for the background stamping. 

Enjoy your day!

More Speed Racer (with Lambie this time!):