Cards

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Elegant Seasons Greetings

Happy Monday to my blog friends!

Today I have another Christmas card to share. Are you sick of them yet? I hope not! Got lots more of them to share. :) With this card, I decided to go the “traditional” route and use the standard green and red with a splash of other warm colors. I love how this card turned out- it’s elegant, whimsical and classy! Oh yes, and I’m SO happy that the bow turned out nice in this scanned photo….not an easy task!

I have a question for you all: which card should I give to my friends this year for Christmas? I have made so many and I love {almost} all of them. It’s such a hard decision! I value your input- can you offer some help?

Since I talked your ear off in the last post, I’ll make this one short. Have a fabulous Monday!

Stamps: Signature Christmas, Vintage Labels, Basic Backgrounds: Retro, Dots Background
Paper: Brown Kraft, Cream, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate
Ink: Vintage Sepia
Other: Red grosgrain ribbon, decorative pearls

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Vibrant Christmas

Hello blog friends!

How are you doing this fine Saturday evening? Did you do anything fun or exciting today? Today was filled with LOTS of cardmaking and prepping for my craft fair. I have almost 100 gift tags made so far! Since I have been making so many gift type items, I have been wanting to make some actual cards….here are two that I made today. {There will be more in the next few days.}

Yesterday I went to Wal-Mart and bought some fun, vibrant Christmas chip board stickers. OH MY GOODNESS! I absolutely love these colors- aren’t they fun?! These colors put me in such a happy mood. I’m so loving the non-traditional Christmas colors this year! I have some fun pom pom trim that Wendy gave me that has been waiting to be used. I FINALLY found a project that would work perfectly with the pom poms!

Do any of you have your Christmas cards designed? If so, which colors are you going to be using? We still need to design our family Christmas card….with all of us being cardmakers, it’s always interesting to see which colors/ style we go with each year. If you have your Christmas card designed, be sure to send me a picture- I would love to see what you made!

I hope you all have a great rest of the night. Thanks for stopping by!

{Vibrant Jolly card supplies}
Paper: Red, Ripe Avocado, Bitty Box Basics, Bitty Dots Basics
Other: White grosgrain ribbon, Hot Pink pom pom trim, chipboard

{Vibrant Happy Holidays card supplies}
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Raspberry Fizz, Bitty Box Basics, Bitty Dots Basics
Other: White grosgrain ribbon, SU! scallop border punch, chipboard

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Embellish Owls Color Challenge

I hope that you all had a great Saturday! Did you do anything fun/ interesting for Halloween? Growing up we never celebrated this holiday. In fact, I have never gone trick-or treating or carved a pumpkin! Just a tidbit of info I thought I’d share with you. I never felt “jipped” for not participating- those things never really interested me….

Tonight I have a card that is fun, cheerful and oh yes, a “hoot!” When I saw the challenge this week for Embellish Magazine, I thought it would be a piece of cake. For some reason, I had such a difficult time getting a card to turn out tonight. I made a different card with these colors and an owl and wanted to throw it away. Thankfully, I have brothers that will take ANY card that I give them. :) I’m fairly happy with this card- thank goodness! It took way too long to make….not even going to tell you how long!

Is anyone else loving the challenges at Embellish? I love the different pictures Ashley posts and of course, the color combinations are so delicious! If you haven’t joined in on this fun yet, you must at least check it out. I’m so excited for their first issue in December- it’s gonna be amazing!

In closing, I just wanted to be sure you all check out my blog candy I posted earlier today. Everything is from Making Memories! Who knows, if I get a lot of hits, I may add more items! ;)

That’s all for now. I’m so happy we get one extra hour of sleep- I’m in desperate need of some shut eye! I’ll be back tomorrow with a fun notebook that I decorated!

Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Merry Messages
Paper: White, Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, Bitty Box Basics, Bitty Dots Basics
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo, Cloud White
Other: Berry Sorbet, Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss buttons, White grosgrain ribbon, SU! scallop border punch, Marvy Super Jumbo Scallop Square punch

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Gingerbread Cookies

Happy Friday morning!

Oh my goodness, I stayed up WAY too late last night creating projects for my craft fair and surfing the web. How is it that when I find a cute blog I then proceed to blog hop and lose track of time? In between blog hopping and my new found love of Splitcoast, I’m pretty much guaranteed to spend too much time on the computer.

Today I have another fun gingerbread card. I didn’t think I would like this little guy, but I’m having so much fun with him! Seriously, how can you resist?! Speaking of gingerbread, my last post featuring this guy was chosen for M’s Top 10! I love participating in challenges….they are so much fun! They are even more fun when you get a top spot! :)

I’m really hoping that I’ll get a picture of my blog candy so I can post soon. Between work, prepping for the craft fair, trying to spend time with family and day-to-day life, I’m finding myself short for time. However, since y’all are so important to me, I’ll do my best to squeeze it in. :)

Hope you all have a great day!

Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Vintage Labels, Dots Background, Merry Messages
Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Berry Sorbet buttons, Chocolate Brown grosgrain ribbon, SU! scallop border punch, Spellbinders Labels One dies

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Vibrant Ornaments

Happy Wednesday! It’s been three days since I last posted…did you miss me? ;)

Goodness, so much has happened since I last wrote to y’all. I have made lots of new cards (yay!) and have also been working on some fun projects for an upcoming craft fair. Yes, I’m doing my first fair! I got asked to be a part of one via Etsy (lots of opportunities can happen when you have an Etsy store!). She told me about the fair, I asked some questions and now I’m going to be a part of the fun! It sounds like it’s going to be super nice. It’s one block from the new, high-end stores in Bellevue. I’m so stoked, but I’m also really nervous. Hopefully people will like what I have! I’m going to be working on lots of fun little gift items along with my cards and also a few surprises. :) Don’t worry, I’ll post my creations to my blog….want all of you who can’t come to let me know your thoughts!

While we are talking about craft fairs….have you ever done one? I was looking at SCS to see what tends to sell and also get an idea of what to sell my items for. A lot of the cards sell for super cheap, which is making me a little nervous. I can’t justify selling a card that took at least an hour to make for $2.00. When I go to fairs I’m not really looking for a “cheap deal”- I usually look for nice, quality gifts and such. What do you look for? Any suggestions, tips and thoughts are most appreciated!

In closing, just want to let you all know that I’m going to have some fun blog candy soon! Let’s just say that it’s going to be rainin’ Making Memories items for some lucky person. :)

Stamps: Holiday Button Bits
Paper: White, Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss, Bitty Dots Basics
Ink:Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Cream grosgrain, SU! scallop border punch, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Raspberry Fizz buttons

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M’s Sketch Challenge #2


Okay, I couldn’t resist….I had to participate in M’s sketch challenge this week. How cute is this little girlie? I don’t know how old she is, but she definitely has some creativity in that little body of hers! :) I so badly wanted to participate in the first challenge but never got around to it. Oh well, at least I could do it this week!

I absolutely LOVE my new Holiday Button Bits set. If you have been following my blog, you know that I cannot get enough buttons. I have at least 15 different colors! I’m trying to remember cards without buttons- how did we survive without them?! :)

Well, that’s a wrap for tonight. Hope you had a great weekend!

Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Vintage Labels, Dots Background
Paper: Cream. Brown Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Bitty Dots Basics
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Aqua & Red buttons, Red grosgrain ribbon, twine, SU! scallop border punch, Spellbinders Labels One dies

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Holiday Planner Notebook

Happy Friday, sweet friends!

I know it’s only been two days since I last posted, but it seems like forever! Thank you to everyone who has left comments recently- I am utterly amazed and blessed by all of your kind words. It was just a few months ago where I almost started {and sometimes did} beg for comments. After getting my blog hooked up to Google Analytics, I was shocked at how many people actually look at my little ‘ol blog!

Like I mentioned in this post, I love the Embellish Magazine color challenge this week. Since I just got my latest Papertrey order, I knew I wanted to play with my new goodies. I figured I would use my new notebooks/ stamp sets and have them be part of this fun challenge! What are your thoughts? I though it turned out pretty fab. :) This year I’m determined to plan ahead for the Christmas season- hopefully this notebook will help!

Do you have any fun plans for the weekend? I’m going to my LSS who is hosting a “Stamp Night”. They provide dinner, lots of stamps and ink pads, giveaways and also 10% off your purchases for the night. I’m going with a few friends- it’s going to be so much fun! I need to figure out which cardstocks and other supplies I’m going to bring. I’ll let you know how it goes!

Okay, well it’s getting quite late and I want to catch up on some sleep. Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Snowflakes, Fancy Flourishes, Take Note
Paper: White, Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow, Bitty Dots Basics
Ink: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Smoky Grey
Other: Hot Pink grosgrain, SU! scallop border punch, 2″ scallop circle punch, Extra Fine glitter, Quickie Glue Pen

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Raspberry Color Challenge #18

Wow, two posts on a Wednesday? How abnormal for me! :)

Oh goodness, today has been a long day- can’t wait to lay my head on my fluffy pillow! From the moment I woke up this morning, I have been ready to go back to bed. Do you ever have those days? For some reason, I have been super tired lately- I don’t like the feeling! I’m hoping it’s just my body recovering from some hard workouts….please no sickness bug! My sister caught something today at school, so I’m really praying that I don’t get anything.

Can you believe how delish this color challenge is? Dawn never ceases to amaze me with her fabulous challenges. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this color combo- definitely one to remember for future projects! After playing with a card for over an hour, I finally nixed the card and started a new card. This card came together in 15 minutes- amazing, huh? Well, if you know how slow of a crafter I am, this truly is a feat worth mentioning. :)

That’s all for now, blog friends. ‘Night!

Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Signature Christmas, Vintage Labels
Paper: Brown Kraft, Cream, Dark Chocolate, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Chocolate Brown grosgrain ribbon, green button, twine, Martha Stewart scallop border punch

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Hello Pumpkin

Hello sweet friends!

First of all, thank you to everyone who has left a comment on my Embellish the Cure post! I’m glad that you all liked the card! I was surprised to see how many “new” people left a comment…I love when I get comments from people who haven’t commented before!

Today I have a sweet, simple Fall card for you. This card was made in a matter of minutes- the best kind of card! I love these DeNami pumpkins- they’re so whimsical and fun! Oh yes, and did you see that yummy chocolate brown grosgrain ribbon? It’s utterly amazing to work with! Lately, grosgrain ribbon and I have been the best of buds….I just can’t get enough! I have over 20 different colors and widths- it’s quite ridiculous. :)

Since it’s Fall, I have been obsessed with my pumpkin items again. Let’s go back to the archives and see my first post mentioning pumpkin spice lattes, shall we? Now, I can’t have coffee anymore (makes me feel sick), but I CAN still have pumpkin goodies. My three favorites: pumpkin smoothies, pumpkin steamers and of course, pumpkin bread! I simply can’t get enough pumpkin. In fact, I recently bought pumpkin scented soap! Yes, I know, it’s a little overboard. :)

Well, that’s all for now. Have a fab day, girlies!

As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Medium Dot Circle Frame, Pumpkin Patch Border, Assorted Greetings stamp set
Paper: Brown Kraft, Cream, Golden Tangerine
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Versamark
Other: Chocolate Brown grosgrain, 2″ scallop circle punch, 2½” scallop circle punch

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Embellish the Cure


Happy Monday, dear friends! Hope you all got your week off to a good start.

Don’t have too much to say today…so let’s move right onto the card. I absolutely LOVE this weeks Embellish Magazine challenge. The challenge was to use fuchsia, light pink, grey and rhinestones. Seriously, could there be a better challenge for me?! When I saw the challenge, I seriously wanted to start on a card right away. However, it was past 10pm and I knew I should be responsible and get some sleep. (No one likes talking to rude people on the phone!) After work I went to the gym (I’m SO determined to lose these 18 pounds!). However, while I was there, the only thing I could think about was this challenge! I ended up cutting my workout short so I could work on a card! Yes, I know, I’m a little strange….I blame Ashley for coming up with such an amazing challenge! :)

I’m pretty crazy about this card. Wish you could see the card in person…the rhinestones really make the card pop! I already have ideas on another card using these colors- I’m sure you’ll see another card {or two} featuring this weeks challenge.

As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Guide Lines Two,
Paper: White, Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Smoky Grey
Other: Hot Pink grosgrain, light pink rhinestones, SU! scallop border punch