Crazy 4 Challenge C4C119

Oh Happy Day!  It's a beautiful, crisp day here in central Washington.  Perfect day to stay inside, 'cuz it's COLD, baby!  7 degrees! DH is home today because of the MLK holiday.  He has some carpentry plans today.  Onward, stamping soldiers to my card.........

I made this card with the Crazy 4 Monochromatic Blue   C4C119 challenge in mind.  I have had the patterned paper for quite some time, it is so pretty, it was hard for me to use. I just don't want to part with it I guess.   Cardstock comes from Stampin' Up! and Bazzil. Nestibilities were used to cut the shapes and a bit of vellum and butterfly punch from Martha Stewart adorns the oval blue that was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. Sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping by today!  God Bless!

Kreative Blogger

I received this award from my sister Patti, at Stampersize! Check her out, she does some awesome work! There are some rules that go along with it....here goes-

• Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
• Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
• Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
• Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
• Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
• Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
• Leave a comment on each of the blogs, letting them know they have been nominated.

Need to pick 7 fav blogs....these ladies come to mind quickly! :0)
1. Patti
2. Maria
3. Gretchen
4. Theresa
5. Jessica
6. Beate
Yes, I know there are only 6.........

Seven things about me that are interesting,hmmm, now THAT is a challenge!
1. I have been married for 32+ years.
2. I'm hoping to go to England sometime in the next 4 years.
3. I am completely gray and its not fair! (I'm not even 50 yet!!) Go Loreal!!
4. I'm a complete airhead most of the time.
5. I write of the Examiner.com
6. I love the DRY northwest, where I live.
7. Saturday is my favorite day of the week.

Thanks so much Patti! You are awesome as a crafter, oh and as a sister also!
Thanks for stopping by today. God Bless!

Sister Swap

Good morning! No I'm not swapping my sisters.....two of my sisters and myself have a little card swap between ourselves each month. We take turn building or choosing a sketch, then make cards for each other. It is such fun to see what each of us do! We all have different interpretations!
My card is the one I made to send to Patti and Terri this month. I hope you enjoy it girls! (There was no stamping involved in this one) I sure like the ones I received. It was my turn to build the sketch and I think it turned out nicely.

Recipe: Cardstock-Gina K, Stampin' Up! DSP-Stampin' Up!, DCWV, Acorn sticker-Making Memories (I think ), Brads-Making Memories, Cuttlebug, Small Scalloped Nesties. Mat Stack and Piercer (SU)

Enjoy your long weekend. God Bless!

Good Tuesday evening to you all! I am seriously late in posting today. We spent several hours in town today getting things done and babysitting two adorable grandsons. Their Dad and Mom were at the doctor's office finding out about baby #3. It's a GIRL!!!! We are all pretty excited! This will be gkid #9......the first 3 were girls, then 5 boys in a row, so we are ready to start thinking PINK!
Well, on to my card today. I have been settling in to stamping in my RV. It is easier now that I have a little more room. (I have brought a few more things out of storage too, HEEHEE)
I wanted to start doing a few fall cards, and this is what I came up with today. Hope you like it, I am pleased with the way it turned out.
Thanks for stopping by today. God Bless!

Recipe: Card base and layering -Gina K Luxury Chocolate Kiss, Pattern Paper-Basic Grey, Leaf Stamp-Martha Stewart, Sentiment-Happy Camper (Teresa Momber) Gina K, Brads-JoAnns, Ink-Really Rust, Old Olive-Stampin' Up!

Sister Swap-June Sketch

Good morning! Today I have two cards. They are cards that I made and sent to two of my sisters. We are all stampers and we have a little swap each month. It is alot of fun for us all. Hope you enjoy them girls!

Supplies: Paper-Gina K Pure Luxury Ivory, Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum, Whisper White-Stampin' Up!. DSP-Stampin' Up!, Stamps- Upsy Daisy-SU, Ink-Mellow Moss, Perfect Plum-SU, Oval Punch-Marvy, Ticket Corner Punch, Ribbon, Brads

Thanks for stopping by today! God Bless!

Mojo Monday 87

Good Morning! I was able to play along with the Mojo Monday sketch again this week. They are always so much fun. Take some time to visit Julee's site and see all the fun that goes on there! It is truly an inspiring place. As usual, my card is pretty simple, I really struggle with elegant....I'm just a simple girl I guess. :0) Here's my card, I hope you enjoy it.

Supplies: Paper-Gina K, Stampin' Up! Stamps-Great Impressions, Anita's, Ink-Tuxedo Black-Memento, Koh-i-noor Pencils, OMS, Ribbon-American Crafts, Scalloped Edger-SU, Scalloped Nestie-Spellbinders, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, Small Pearls

Thanks so much for stopping by today! God Bless Ya REAL good!

Digi Paper!

Have you downloaded the Digi Paper from Gina K and Stamp TV? If you haven't you need too! The prints come out nicely on you home printer. Below is a card that I made using a piece from the Floral Elegance set.

Supplies: Cardstock-Riding Hood Red, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla-Stampin' Up! Floral Elengance Digi Paper-Gina K, Stamp-Stampin' Up! Paper Shaper Scalloped Corner Punch, Brads-Joann's , Ink-Perfect Plum-Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping in today! God Bless!

Happy Wednesday!

Just a quick post today......I'm off to an appointment in a few minutes. Today's card is just a quick fun one.

Base is Pacific Point Blue, layered with Tangerine Tango and Confetti White-all from Stampin' UP! The pattern paper is from DCWV. Stamped image is from the good 'ole dollar bin at Michael's. I used my Ticket Corner Punch and Word Window punch. The cute little flower brads are from Making Memories.
Thanks for looking today. God Bless!

WOW! Check Out This Cause....

While perusing thru my daily blog list, I came across this information on Dawn Easton's blog. Carolyn King, has posted a Blog Candy for a Cause challenge to us all. She would like to have as many cards made to Alzheimer caregivers to say "Thank You", as we can come up with.....I know there are a bunch of us out there who would love to help. Check out her link above for all the details and send someone a special thank you.......below is the card I'm sending.

The image is one I have had for a really long time, I purchased it from Close to my Heart years ago. I woke up the other night, thinking.......I could color that spray with fall colors. This is what I came up with, I know the reds in the spray look sort of pinky, but they are really a nice fall red. The card base is Riding Hood Red, layered with Cream Confetti that I ran thru the Cuttlebug, using the Swiss Dots EF. I layered the image with YoYo Yellow and Brilliant Blue cardstock. (all card stock is Stampin' Up!) The borders are embellished with pearl dew drops.

Thanks for looking again today and be sure and check out the important blog links mentioned above! Have a happy day and God Bless!!

Julee's Mojo Monday #53 Challenge

Good Thursday to you! I hope your Fall days are turning nicely..... don't you just love to watch the trees turn color!!! I have a park behind me with several trees and I really enjoy watching them grow and change colors in the fall, then in the spring get all those beautiful new leaves. I have three of my own trees in my yard and they are beautiful, but I must admit that raking the leaves is a chore........
Today's' card is for Julee's Mojo Monday Challenge. Check out her awesome work here. Each week she posts a challenge and they are so good to keep those creative brain cells working. Thanks so much for inspiring us Julee!

Cardbase as well as layers is Cream Textured stock from DCWV. Elegant Eggplant and the striped DP are from Stampin' Up! Flower stamp is SU also. Sentiment if from a acrylic stamp set from Heidi Grace. Brads were purchased from GinaK. I used my Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots EF for texture. Ribbon is attached at the middle with double sticky strip. ( LOOOVE that stuff!)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wondermus day! Good Bless!

Giggle Girlfriends

Another cuppa helped indeed! I had started this card a few days ago and was able to make up my mind to finish it. I'm still not sure that it doesn't need something else?....anyway, I guess its kinda cute. The "girls come from the set "Pocket Fun", retired from Stampin' Up! The "giggle", sentiment is from the Warm Words set, also Stampin' Up!.

Cardstock is Rose Red (sure looks pinky in this light), Close to Cocoa, run thru my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots EF and Berry Bliss DP. Brads are from JoAnns and Ribbon is Offray from Wally World. Sounds like I really get around, huh! (not really, I'm kind of a hermit these days ;>)

Thanks for looking today, and let me know what you think of my funky new background! God bless!

OCC Sketch Challenge

Well, I made this card for the OCC sketch challenge last week and have been looking at it to see if I like it. It was a really hard sketch for me. The circles in the middle just wouldn't come together. Anyway, I decided to throw it in the mix anyway......doesn't even compete with the other cards I saw......oh well, maybe it will spark and idea in someone ;>).

The cardbase is Certainly Celery, the circles, Pale Plum and So Saffron, all from Stampin' Up!. The pattern paper is DCWV and the glitter paper came from my sis...(Thanks Terri!). The brads are Bazzill. Retro Boutique (Gina K Designs) is becoming one of my all time favorite stamp sets. I have made several cards with it recently. You'll see a few more tomorrow.

Well, I hear the treadmill calling me.....Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day.

Feminine Tree.......

Well, I fried my brain cells most of the day working on the class I am taking, maybe that is why I'm not so sure about this card. My goal was to make a feminine card with the "Lovely As A Tree" set. I'm not too sure about this now.

I used Elegant Eggplant for the cardbase, layered that with offwhite that I ran thru my Cuttlebug with the textile EF. Then Stampin' Up! DP from several years ago. I stamped the tree with Perfect Plum and mounted that on another offwhite scrap and used my Circle Nestibilities. This is mounted on some speckled pink and then encased in a square that I used my Square Step corner punch on. The ribbon is light pink organdy, I used my embossing gun to ruffle it up a bit. I think maybe I tried too hard on this one. What do you think?

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Friendly

Good Morning! What a fun weekend we had! Saturday, as aways is our just relax and rest day.

we always stay home and spend the day together. On Sunday, my daughter, son-in-law and boys piled into the Suburban and drove to the Air Force Base where my youngest son lives to celebrate his daughter' 3rd Birthday. It was such fun, watching all the kids playing in the water and some of the adults also! Didn't do much stamping this weekend though.......I am looking forward to it this week. I am also taking a class for the next couple of weeks, so my time will be a little more precious.

Onward to today's card.........the cardbase here is glossy white, layered with yellow that has been dry embossed with my Cuttlebug. The image is from the " Lexicon of Love" set from Stampin' Up! I layered that with a scrap of paper from the trusty scrap box....it originally came from DCWV. After adding pink square brads (JoAnne's), ribbon and a swirly wire for embellishment, this card looked finished.

Have a great Monday, looks like the start of the great week!

Gather Friends

Good Monday to you! Hoping your weekend was a great one! We spent Sunday at a State Park close to us having a picnic and swimming with kids and g-kids. We had a great time, ate too much and got a lot of sun....some of us are paying for it today! My hubby kissed me good-bye this morning and said, "See ya later lobster legs." Funny guy, but it is true, haven't had a good burn like this in a lot of years.......all the more reason to stay in a cool room and stamp I guess....

(Can't be all bad......) I enjoyed using by Berry bliss DP on this card, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip cardstock are used for the card base and for layering. The sentiment is from a Linda Grayson stamp that I have had for years, but haven't used much, just inked up the words with a marker and tada...worked for this card. The flourish is from a Heidi Grace clear stamp set, it is stamped in Close to Cocoa ink. The cute little square brads are from JoAnne's.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you day is good, I will be slathering on the lotion and hoping not to blister :>)

Friends and Flowers

Good Wednesday morning to you all! This card was alot of fun to make. I was surfing SCS and saw bits and pieces of things I liked and threw them altogether on this card. The sentiment is from a retired Stampin'Up! set from years ago. (I have alot of those ;0) ). The flowers are from a Hero arts clear set. I stamped the images and then chalked over the white cardstock with lavender chalk. The paper is bits and pieces from my scrap box. Tip: Before I throw away a small piece of paper, I use my word window punch and my corner cut die to use up the piece a little more. Then I don't feel like I'm wasting any paper! Of course the Brads and ribbon are from JoAnne's. The card base is from SU.


Have a most wonderful day today! Thanks for stopping by!

Friendship

Todays card came together rather nicely.....yesterday! It reminds me of friends I worked with at school. Love you guys....thanks for always being there for me, I'll miss you!! Supplies are listed under the pic. I used my Cuttlebug again....gotta love that little machine. Yes, you probably do need one!!

Supplies: All from Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock-Purely Pomegranate, Naturals White, Glossy White

Markers: Stampin' Up! Positively Pink, Pink Passion, Marvy Brush Marker #1500

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Stamps: Take Three

Paper Piercing: Mat Pack