Happy Halloween

Good Morning!  Have you missed me?  Please tell me you have - because I certainly have missed creating and posting and sharing and all that stuff!!  It's been a busy week.  My new job has me in a bit of a whirlwind.  Training, which is supposed to be 3 weeks, was crammed into a week and a half and were already taking calls.  I've been on phones for 3 days now and it's getting a bit easier.  So I am hoping that with settling into my job and establishing my comfort level, that I will be able to get back to stamping.

My new friend Evelyn and I decided to make goodie bags Thursday night for the people in our training class, the managers and a the few others that we knew at work.  We baked these super yummy cookies that are chock full of butter, oats, raisins, walnuts and the most important ingredient - CHOCOLATE!  I made tags.  I was really disappointed in myself that I hadn't taken my camera with me so I didn't get a picture - well I had a few bags leftover, so now I can show you what we did.

Here's a close up of the tag I made.  I kept them really simple because we were making 50 bags up the night before we were to deliver them.  I think they came out really cute.  I used Deedee's Digis Batty Boo set and then added a text box for our names.

I put them in a basket and left on them on the table for my kids.  They were pretty excited!

Well, today I am going to try to get as much stamping done as I can!  I just finished one card that I'll share at the end of this week.  I will also be sharing some exciting news very soon, too!  At least its exciting to me.  Have a super Saturday and Happy Halloween!!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #65

Good Morning!  I have to be fast with my post, I have to leave for work shortly.  It's Tuesday so that means I have another fun sketch for you to play with on my Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge blog.  Also, Roberta from Prairie Fairy Designs is back with us as our sponsor.  It's going to be a fun week!

Roberta provided the team some really great images to work with.  Here's my card.

This little kissing cutie was so much fun to color up.  I think she is adorable as a red-head.  The greeting is something I made up and I think it's just as fitting as can be.

Supplies:
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Real Red
Paper:  Christmas paper pack (SU), Christmas mat stack (DCWV)
Copics:  100, B000, BV02, C8, E00, E02, E04, R27, R29, YG63, YG67, YR20
Prismacolor Marker:  Cherry
Stamps/Ink:  Lips (unk), Rose Red (SU)
Embellishments:  mittens brads (unk), red satin ribbon (Offray)

I do hope you join us this week!  See you over there at the TMS blog.  Have a great Tuesday!

Thankful Thoughts Blog Hop

Fall is such a marvelous time of year! God's great bounty is so very visible -- in the harvest of crops that will sustain us through the coming winter, in the glorious display of leaves and foliage, and in so many other ways! It is little wonder that we find ourselves feeling thankful thoughts at this time of year particularly, though it is good to be thankful at all times.

Please join us today for a blog hop as the Deedee's Digis design team shares with you some of the ways we express our thankful thoughts through papercrafting. We hope our projects will inspire you to share some thankful thoughts of your own. Here's how the hop works:

* To participate, visit each of the participating designers' blogs to see a fun project using one of our digis, and leave a comment on their post for a chance to win a free digi of your choice from our store! You have until 12 noon ET on Sunday to comment. Each designer will choose a winner Sunday evening, and we'll announce them all here on Monday. Please be sure to check back then to see if you have won!

April

Ceal

Darsie

Deedee

Jerusha

Kathy

Kelly

Lawren

Melissa < --- You are here

Michele

Robin

Sandy

* Before you go hopping off, be sure to leave a comment here, too for a chance to win a $15 credit at the store, spendable on any of our products. Again, you have until 12 noon Eastern time on Sunday to comment, and we will announce the winner here on Monday .

* And FINALLY...there is a little freebie for you on Crafting with Deedee's Digi's that is perfect for this Thanksgiving season.
I also made this card following a great sketch on Papertake Weekly.  I had a lot of fun with this sketch!

Thanks so much for joining us today. Now let's get to hopping! :-)

Tuesday Morning Sketches #64

Good Morning!  I hope you're week is off to a great start.  I have a really fun sketch to share with over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I do hope that you'll join us this week.  We're being sponsored by Bee Crafty and I know that you've seen her adorable digi images around and here on my blog.  I also added the twist to THINK PINK - October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

This card was little tricky for me to do all that I wanted to do with it, but I managed.  It's definitely full of pink and hearts but I just wanted to convey the love that I have for my sister who is celebrating her 3rd year of being cancer free. 

I did alter the image from Bee Crafty just a little.  The sweet little lady actually has a birthday hat on, so I removed that in my photo editing software and then drew a line to finish her head as best I could.  I also found an Awareness Ribbon somewhere on the internet (I should've written it down to give proper credit) that was in .gif format so it's transparent and "laid over top" the balloon nicely.

Supplies:

Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette (SU)

Paper:  Unknown (it's been in my stash for a long time!)

Images:  Little Lady Birthday (Bee Crafty), Awareness Ribbon (internet)

Copics:  B000, E00, E02, E34, E37, RV000, RV02, RV10, RV13, YR20

Tools:  Scor-Pal, Heart border punch (Martha Stewart), Glossy Glaze, corner rounder punch

Embellishments:  heart brads (my stash)

I would also like to challenge you, whether or not you play along with us, that you create a card and send it to a special woman in your life that may be affected by this horrible disease to encourage her through her battle or perhaps to someone to encourage them to do their self-exams and have their yearly check-ups. Early detection is key.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I do hope you join us this week.  Remember to Think Pink and Fight Like a Girl!!

Stamps Only Sunday

Good Morning!  I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I have had some fun being back in my crafting corner.  I have another card to share with you today that is for my monthly card traders group.  Now I am all caught up with that!  My group ladies will be so proud of me.

The challenge for my group was to add paper piercing to the card.  I am thankful for an easy challenge this go-around.  I also drew inspiration from a new blog (new to me anyway), Um Wow Studio.  There is a fabulous sketch on this blog that I just had to try!  Cute Card Thursday's challenge is called What's Buggin' You and Charisma Cardz Challenge is to use more than one fold.

So here's what I did....

Just so we're clear on the colors - the base is Chocolate Chip.  I can't really tell what this card looks like.  I am posting this in the morning and I have the morning sun blaring in my room so there's a bit of glare.  Anyway, here's the front of the card and I was a bit hestitant to put bees with these colors, but in the end, I think the card came out really cute.

I created a gate fold card but since the base is brown, I decided the inside better be decorated with something easier to write on.  So I added a white panel and decorated it up a bit with more stamping and more paper piercing.

Supplies:
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal, Dusty Durango (SU)
Paper:  Open stock at Michaels
Stamps/Ink:  Bee Happy (TSG), Tuxedo Black (Memento), Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Apricot Appeal (SU)
Copics:  B00, B000, Y06, Y15, YR20
Tools:  Piercer and mat
Embellishments:  green satin ribbon (Offray)

I hope you enjoy my card and that it inspires you to come visit me!  LOL  Have a great day, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Owlways There For You

Good Morning!  Happy Saturday!  Have you all missed me?  I've missed you and I've missed stamping.  I started a new job on Wednesday so the creative mojo was drained right out of me.  I am behind on my monthly card traders group challenges, so it was time to catch up.  Here's what's sad, this was the challenge I issued!

But after having my coffee this morning I found some creative juices (and hope they continue to flow) and made this card.  This is a slider card - I found the tutorial on SCS and then Deb found another video by Dawn Griffith.  Ultimately, that video is the one I followed.  You can find it here.

I also made this for the There She Goes challenge which is a recipe:  Kraft card base, black white and a splash of color, dry embossing.  This was so much fun.  I won a $50 gift certificate from TSG so I snagged the You're a Hoot stamp set.  I love this set!

As I said, this is a double slider card....

So you pull the top white ribbon and the inside panels slide out.  This is so cool!  It took a little time to get how to do this, but I think once you've tried one - to make more will be easy.

Close up of the top panel.  I really love all the images that came in this set.

And here's the bottom panel.  Aren't those flowers adorable?

Supplies:
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Black (Recollections), Kraft, Dusty Durango (SU)
Stamps/Ink:  You're a Hoot (TSG), Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Rhubarb Stalk, Potters Clay, Desert Sand (Memento)
Tools:  3/4" circle punch, Scallop circle nesties (Spellbinder), circle cutters (CM), Cuttlebug, Perfectly Paisley embossing folder
Embellishments:  white grosgrain, rust satin ribbons (Offray)

I hope you like my card - it feels good to stamp again.  I think I better just do it the whole day while I'm on a roll, don't you?  LOL  I wish I could but unfortunately there's floors to vacuum, toilets to scrub and groceries to buy.  Enjoy your Saturday!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #63

Good Morning!  I have such a fun challenge for you over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  This one I called "Trick or Treat, smell my feet.  Give me something good to eat!"  Haha!!  It's all about yummy treats and packaging.  This challenge is being sponsored by Deedee's Digis.

I picked up a package of Ferrero Rocher candy because I wanted to show you how easy it is to dress up an already pretty package.  This type of packaging is for those moments when you are short on time but you still want to present a special gift to someone.  So I cut a frame that I got from Penny Duncan Creations and made sure it was smaller than the packaging so the beautiful gold of box became part of the design.

I used one of Deedee's newest digis called Halloween Hoot - which is such a great image for this time of year.  But it's so versatile in that, if you wanted to use a leaf punch and punch out lots of leaves in different colored card stock and stick them to the branches - you can also use this image as an adorable Autumn card.

Here's a side view so you can see the yummy candy.  This was so super simple to do.  So the next time you're in a pinch with time, like my Dad always said, work smarter - not harder.

Supplies:

Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Black (Recollections)

Copics:  100, C8, C10, E29, E37, E53, E57, W-3, Y17, YG63, YR16 and Cream (Prismacolor)

Tools:  Cricut/SCAL, SVG cut by Penny Duncan, Labels One nesties (Spellbinders)

I hope you join us in the challenge this week.  It will be a lot of fun!  I can't wait to see what you make.  Thank you so much for stopping by today!