Just playing around....

Hi everyone!  Happy Saturday afternoon. I have been so relaxed today.  I changed my routine a bit and did my grocery shopping last night, so I was able to sleep in and then just play at my table when I felt like it.  A huge change from feeling like I have to cram my time in at my table when I can manage it.  I think I'm going to make this my new routine.  I love it - I feel better and I've actually eaten better, too.

OK, so part of this relaxed day, even though I should be working on design work (which I still will), the first card I made today was just for the fun of it and playing with some challenges.

So this card is for CAS-ual Fridays (use text) and Just Us Girls (sketch).

And look!  I actually got purple to photograph well!  Whoo-hoo!!!

I hope you enjoy my card and that it inspires you to make one small change in your life that could reap big rewards.  My card isn't fancy and highly decorated.  The point of CAS right?  But it's the fact that I didn't feel so short on time.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Hope (Paper Make-up), Breezy Butterflies (Raisin Boat)
Ink:  Pale Plum, Perfect Plum (SU!)
Card stock:  Neenah Milled Ivory, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum (SU!)
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Floral Fantasy emb folder, watercolor brush

Friday Feature with Raisin Boat

Good Morning!  Happy Friday to you!  Thank you for visiting me today, I am really excited to share my card with you that I created with the newest shipment of stamps from Raisin Boat.  This set is called All in Toile.  Sooo beautiful.

The challenge with my Monthly Card Traders group was to create a Double Dutch Card.  What a fun card to make.

So here's the front of it.  The colors I chose to use are Pear Tart (a lovely light lime green) and Coffee Bean which is as rich of brown as good coffee.  I did use a sketch from Sunday Stamps which was perfect for this type of card.

Card opened

Be sure to go over to the Raisin Boat blog - there's still a little time left to join our first challenge.


Supplies:
Stamps:  All in Toile
Ink:  Rich Cocoa, Pear Tart (Memento)
Card stock:  Ivory Coast, Pear Salad, Coffee Bean (Raisin Boat)
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Beaded Circle Nestie die, Apron Lace border punch (Fiskars)
Embellishments:  Coffee Bean BH Collection ribbon (Raisin Boat)

Delightful Challenge

** Please scroll down for the MTME Pretty Pattern #66 post **

Hi there!  Thanks for coming back.  I do love our visits.

It's the first of the month which means Wendy has loaded the New Release to the Digital Delights by Louby Loo store!  I know of a particular school teacher that will LOVE these images.  However, I showed this card to my sweet daughter and her response was this:  "Oh Mom!  What a cute card BUT the sentiment is all wrong."  So this week's challenge at Delightful Challenges is:

PRIMARY COLORS

My card...

I think the card is adorable and I personally like the sentiment!  I know, such a mom thing to say.  I created the using a great sketch that I found on Utah Divas International.  Now I'm new to this blog, but I get the impression that it's a play for fun with no time limits.

I hope you join us!


Supplies:
Image:  Party Apple, School Sentiments
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Brilliant Blue, Glorious Green, Yo-Yo Yellow (SU!)
Paper: School Days by Becky Kress
Copics:  E34, G02, G05, R02, R11, R27, R29, W-0, W-2
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Spots & Dots emb folder, 1 1/4" circle punch

MTME Pretty Pattern #66

Good Morning!  Did you all enjoy your 4th of July holiday?  I did - I played in my craft corner most of the day.  The morning started off nice and sunny but there were storms, too.  The kids stayed at my Mom's so they could see the fireworks.

So I am pretty excited to share this card with you today because I got to design the Pretty Pattern we're playing with these next couple of weeks.  It is pretty basic but there is so much room for interpretation.

I kept my card easy, too.  I love having words be the focal point of cards.  It's also a great way to show the pretty digi papers that My Time Made Easy has available.  I haven't seen a digi paper pack in the store that I didn't fall in love with!

This paper was so fun, that I also thought it would be great to make a hand-made button to bring out one of the great flowers in the paper.

Cute right?  I love making these buttons.  Ever since it was a challenge at Just Us Girls, it is one of my go to embellishments.

I was thrilled that the challenge at ColourQ this week are represented in this digi paper, Textile Blooms in the Tapestry Trends pack.  The colors this week are Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Brocade Blue and Night of Navy.

Now it's your turn - head on over to the MTME blog to play along!  We'll see you there.

Supplies:
Image:  Fine Finish
Paper:  Tapestry Trends
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Night of Navy
Copics:  B00
Tools:  5/8" & 7/8" circle punches, Crop-a-dile, Diamond Glaze
Embellishments:  Denim Baker's Twine, Navy Blue satin ribbon (Offray)

Just playing around...

Good evening everyone!  I know I'll have few readers this evening, at least for those in the US.  My kids are at my Mom's house and they're going to go see fireworks at the lake.  I opted not to go since the traffic gets so bad and I still have to be to bed on time and get up for work.

So I've really enjoyed my day off.  I spent it with my kids and playing in my craft corner.  I made a really neat card that I'll be sharing with you on Friday, but then I decided to find some other challenges to play with.  I've been missing the challenges at All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge.  I haven't had a chance to play and I am always so sad that I miss it.  I even printed a cute Kiki image to play with their challenge they had the last couple of weeks and I still missed it.  So it's Wednesday and a new challenge was issued but this one made me absolutely squeal!  They are also doing a DT call!  So I created this card to throw my name in for consideration.

I also used a really good sketch from Mojo Monday - another challenge blog I rarely get to play with.

I have to share this... this is not the card I set out to create for this challenge.  I started out with making a wedding card.  I have the bride stamp, Sugar Plums Bride Emma and she is really pretty.  I made her dress and veil from vellum and I added beautiful glitter accents and she was looking perfect.  AND THEN the unspeakable happened!  I ruined it!  I was inking the image to give it a bit of a distressed look to match the papers I was using and whammo - I got a big ink splotch that couldn't even be made into a happy mistake.  I was crushed.  So, I took it apart, salvaged what I could and then tossed the rest.  So sad.

Well, so I left, took the kids to my Mom's and had a bit of dinner and then came home and made this one.  She's cute, too!

To Christine and the rest of the team - thank you for looking and for your consideration.  Crossing my fingers.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Spring Swiss Pixies (CC Designs)
Ink:  Tuxedo Black, Pear Tart, Angel Pink
Card stock:  Neenah Classic Crest, Black
Paper:  Country Drive paper pack (Echo Park)
Copics:  100, E000, E00, E02, E13, E17, E18, E53, R11, YG17, YR04, YR07
Tools:  Cuttlebug, Basket Weave emb folder (SU!), oval cutters (CM), Scallop border (Fiskars)
Embellishments:  white grosgrain ribbon (Offray), Glitter Liner (Raisin Boat), hand-made flower
  created with .svg cuts by Penny Duncan

Tuesday Morning Sketches #153

Good Morning!  Happy Tuesday!  We have a great sketch up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and Meljen's Designs is sponsoring.  I've also announced our new DT members.  You really should head on over there for the fun.

Oh, but wait.... Let me show you my card first.

This is one of my favorite images my Meljen's Designs and probably one of my first images.  I then created the flowers with a couple of different sized circle punches.  I love my card!

And here's the roses, I plopped some iridescent beads in the centers to add a little more pretty.

Supplies:
Image: Sleepy Time Bear (MD)
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, white, Black (Recollections)
Paper: old designer paper from SU!
Copics: BG10, E30, E33, R000, R00, RV000, RV02, RV10, RV29
Tools: Circle cutters (CM), Cuttlebug, Foliage dies (Spellbinders), 1 3/8" circle punch
Embellishments: iridescent beads, sticky strip grosgrain ribbon

Paper Pretties Monday

Good Morning!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Mine was OK.  I woke up with a horrible and terrible sore throat yesterday.  Both were pretty much gone by mid-day, but it didn't help with my productivity at all!

I did make a delicious recipe yesterday for dinner.  We had Cornish game hen for dinner, and I rubbed pesto between the skin and the bird and then baked it.  Way yummy!

So this week at Paper Pretties we're playin with BRIGHT SUMMER COLORS.  I didn't incorporate a lot of color into my card, but do like how my card turned out.  I used a fun sketch from iSpy Sketches.

I forgot to take a close up of this new, totally adorable image by ARTish.  This is Pool Party and I added Diamond Glaze to the water and the pool edges to give it some shine and dimesion.  It looks good in real life.


Supplies:
Image: Pool Party
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Sky View (Raisin Boat)
Paper: Spa Refresher digi paper
Copics: B00, B02, B05, C-5, C-7, E30, E34, R02, Y11, Y15, YG00, YG03, YR04, YR07
Tools: oval cutters (CM), Diamond Glaze