Polka dots

Yesterday's Limited Supply Challenge on SCS was to called Love You Much. You were to make a card for someone you love and use only red, white, black or pink and also polka dots. Since I used some October Afternoon DP I thought Very Vanilla went better than white ;)
Pretty simple card that took only a few minutes. No ink, no stamps!

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, October Afternoon DP; Accessories: SU! butterfly die, ribbon, wavy border punch, mat pack and paper piercer, black rhinestones, dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! Enjoy your weekend!

Good Morning!

Good Morning!

Here's a sneak peek of what the My Time Saturday Challenge girls have created!

This week Lauren is asking us to use one of her Timeless Templates and create a birthday gift that includes either a butterfly or is purple...or both...like I did! There are FREE templates available so give it a whirl!
For my sample I decided to use the FREE Recipe Wrap Up Template along with both purple and butterflies in my design! I'll be giving this to a friend who has an upcoming birthday...hope she will like it! I've used the Verve set called Beautiful Kindness.

Stamps: Beautiful Kindness; Cardstock: Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Vintage Cream and DP; Inks: Plum Pudding; Accessories: Oval Nesties, Scallop Edge Punch, Kaiser Rhinestones, May Arts Ribbon
Here is the inside. I printed off the calendar sheets and decorated each pocket with the Martha Stewart Layering Daisy Punch and a Kaiser Rhinestone.

Stop by to see what the others have created too:

• Dana
• Alica
• Jen
• Kendra
• Kristin
• Lauren
• Lisa
• MacKenzie
• Maria
• Odette
• Pam
• Tamara
• Tracey

Before heading out the door yesterday morning I took a quick peek to see what the Limited Supply Challenge was. I'm glad I did! It was to make a beachy card.
You had to use ONE imge that was beach related.
You could use ONE embellishment.
You could use ONE sentiment.
Of course you were supposed to limit the layers...if you could ;)
I used the super cute Sugarplum's Emma from All That Scraps and also AmyR's Beach Sentiments.

Stamps: Sugarplum's Emma, AmyR's Beach Sentiments; Cardstock: White, Saffron and DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Saffron Ribbon, Eyelet border punch, Dimensionals
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Happy Saturday!

Hello!
Oh boy I have a long post today but I do hope you'll still read and look....lol
It's Saturday which means it's time for Lauren's My Time To Create Challenge!
Here is a sneak peek of the girl's work....Lauren put together a little collage...love it! I can't wait to see the full cards now!

Here is my card I created with the sketch 32 which you can find below ;)
This weekend is Lauren's birthday and to celebrate we thought it would be fun to make our sketch cards birthday cards too! I decided to pull out a very fun set from Unity called Giggle Grove. My colour inspiration actually came from a jar of primas that I've NEVER used...shame on me eh? LOL! You'd think maybe I would have used one or two on this card but nope...couldn't figure out where to put :(

Stamps: Giggle Grove, PTI birthday sentiments; Cardstock: Choc chip, Old olive, Tangerine,PTI Berry Blush, White and DP; Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, White Craft; Accessories: Copics, paper snips, choc poly twill, flower trio punch, kaiser rhinestones, stardust stickles, dimensionals, photo corner punch
Now stop by and see what all the other fabulous Saturday My Time To Create Challenge girls have come up with!

• Dana
• Jen
• Kendra
• Kristin
• Lauren
• Lisa
• MacKenzie
• Maria
• Odette
• Pam
• Tamara
• Tracey

Here is the sketch and if you play along be sure to go to Lauren's blog and use Mr. Linky so your card can be seen. Also please use keyword mytimess32 when you upload to SCS :)

I just can't get enough of these cute new Sugarplum's from All That Scraps! This is Emma and she will be available on Monday evening. I've used Taylor's TECC66 for my card but did move the three embellishments to the bottom as it worked better for my card ;)

Stamps: Sugarplum Emma, AmyR's Beach Sentiments; Cardstock: Real Red, White, AC dp; Inks: Memento black; Accessories: Copics, nesties, primas, silver brads, dimensionals
I combined a couple of challenges for this card. This one was for the Limited Supply Challenge of creating a border with stamps and also the WSC79 that is being hosted by Jenn Balcer. I've used a new set from H & M Stamps called Seeds of Kindness. As I type this up...the new sets still aren't on the site and I'm not sure when they will be but keep looking :)

Stamps: Seeds of Kindness; Cardstock: PTI plum pudding, lemon tart, white; Inks: Plum pudding, Lemon tart, Black; Accessories: Nesties, Bazzill flower, Prima flower, Silver brad
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Hey Dude! Just buzzin' by

Good Morning!

Yesterday was super busy and when I got home I didn't feel much like stamping....I know...I'm shocked too....lol

Luckily I had this card ready for Lauren's Saturday Sketch.

This week we are making cards to send to Alicia who is another Saturday Sketch Girl. Her son Ethan's cancer has progressed and the news hasn't been very good. I wanted to make my card for Ethan and after looking through all my stamps I couldn't find any get well type image for a child. Then I spotted this Changito Monkey in the drawer and thought I could use him! The flower center had Thank You(I think) so I decided to punch a So Saffron circle and emboss it to cover it up. I think it worked pretty good! The sentiment is from AmyR's Wardrobe Sentiments that you can find at All That Scraps.

Stamps: Changito Monkey, AmyR's Wardrobe Sentiments; Cardstock: Choc Chip, So Saffron, Blue Bayou, White and WeRMemoryKeepers White Collection dp; Inks: Mememto Black; Accessories: Copics, Circle Punch, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Designer label punch, ribbon, Mat pack and paper piercer, dimensionals

Here is the sketch! If you play along and upload to SCS please use the keyword mytimess27 so we can find you!

Saturday Sketch Team:

Kendra
Kim Gasper
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara Harder

Yesterday's Limited Supply Challenge was fairly simple. You were to use a bug image, no more than 4 layers of cardstock and NO designer papers. That equals a simple card! This is what I came up with.

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By; Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Choc chip, WC paper; Inks: Versafine Black, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Choc chip, Blush Blossom, More Mustard; Accessories: Aqua Painter, Nesties, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Eyelet border punch, Flower Fusion, Silver Brad, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

It's all about friendship!

Good Morning!
Today I'm off to meet my friend Peggy, who owns PaperWorksCo to pick up my batch of Copic markers I ordered the other day! I'm so excited!
First I'd like to share some of my challenge cards with you....there are three so be sure to scroll all the way down ;)
This first one was for the Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS. I love to do this challenge each week but it drives me insane when people can't follow a few simple rules. I had to stop commenting yesterday on SCS because I'm not a rule breaker and rule breakers were upsetting me....lol
These were the rules:
*Stamps: Any (bonus points for using a heart image!)
*Paper: any + red...any shade of red
*if you use a punch or die it must be heart shaped
*if you use embossing folders...they must have a heart
*if you use an accessory it MUST be heart shaped or red
*if you use designer paper...yup you guessed it, red or hearts!
I can't tell you how many people I saw using embellishments that weren't red or hearts...that used nesties that weren't heart shaped....that used DP that wasn't red or had hearts....oh I could go on and on...but I'll get off my soapbox now....lol
Stamps: Love You Much; Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla and Bo Bunny DP; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, Heart Punch, Heart Trio Punch, Primary Dew Drops, Quickie glue pen, Bo Bunny Brad, Dimensionals
This next card is a combo of two of my Saturday challenges. First it uses Lauren's sketch and also the OCC - 2 shades of blue challenge. I went super simple with this card but I really like the look! Want to see what the Saturday Sketch Team has done:
Alicia Weimen
Kendra
Kim Gasper
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara Harder
Stamps: A Little Somthin'; Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, WW and Washington Apple DP; Inks: Bashful Blue, NQN; Accessories: Circle Nesties, Grosgrain, Dew Drops, Paper piercer, Dimensionals, Prima, Silver Brad
This is a second card I made for today's Our Creative Corner Challenge. Stop by the blog to see what the girls have created and all the challenge details.
My OCC friends:
Amy Sheffer
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec
Jackie Pedro
Jennifer Meyer
Julee Tilman
Kim Teasdale
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynda Benden
Silke Ledlow
Stamps: Boatloads of Love; Cardstock: Cool Caribbean, Temp Turq, WW, WC paper and Rainbow Sherbet dp; Inks: Black Stazon, Temp Turq, Cool Caribbean, Barely Banana, Going Grey, Basic Grey; Accessories: Aqua painter, Nesties, Organza, Grosgrain, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today and listening to my rant....lol

Sketches, Limited Supplies and a Preview

Good Morning!

Have you noticed my temperature on the sidebar???? That's without WINDCHILL....ugh....so...

I've been busy....want to see doing what?!

This first card is for the Our Creative Corner challenge this week. It's a fun sketch! So many possibilites for this one!

I decided to use some of my scrap paper that I have in a bin. With the new SU! catty coming out in a couple of weeks I need to start using up some old stock.

Have you met the new OCC girls yet? If not, stop by the OCC blog and welcome them!

Then stop by all my OCC friend's blogs to see their creations up close:

Amy Sheffer
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec
Jackie Pedro
Jennifer Meyer
Julee Tilman
Kim Teasdale
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynda Benden
Silke Ledlow

Don't forget to use the keyword OCCC if you upload to SCS.

Stamps: Upsy Daisy; Cardstock: Choc chip, Old Olive, WW, Haiku and Hawaiian Papaya dp; Inks: Old Olive; Accessories: Scalloped edge punch, sizzix corner die, primas, button, linen thread, misc ribbon, paper piercer, dimensionals

Lauren has a fun little sketch this week! I thought the three panels would be cute with the little bees in them. Stop by all the Saturday Sketch Girl's blogs to see what fabulous creations they have made:

Alicia Weimen
Kendra
Kim Gasper
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara Harder

If you upload to SCS please use keyword mytimess18

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By, Cute and Curly; Cardstock: So Saffron, White, Black and Scenic Route dp; Inks: Adirondack black; Accessories: Copics, Curvy punch, Circle nesties, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, dimensionals

Can you figure out my new fave stamp set from SU! yet? LOL! I love this Just Buzzin' By set *almost* as much as my Boatloads of Love...haha! It's a fun set to watercolour!!! This card was made for the Limited Supplies Challenge 201 on SCS yesterday.

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By; Cardstock: Bashful blue, Pumpkin pie, So saffron, WW, WC paper and Washington Apple dp; Inks: Black Stazon, So saffron, Pumpkin pie, More mustard, Close to cocoa, Bashful blue; Accessories: Aqua painter, silver brads, label nesties, pumpkin pie striped ribbon, dimensionals
I've got the first of a few CC Designs previews for you today as well! This set is called Kisses and Hugs and will be available from All That Scraps on Jan.5th!! Hop on over to the ATS blog to see what wonderful creations the DT has made and chance to win this set!

Stamps: Kisses and Hugs; Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, WW and MME dp; Inks: Adirondack black, Choc chip; Accessories: Copics, stickles, heart punch, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, scalloped edge punch, mat pack and paper piercer, pink pirouette ribbon, dimensionals, oval nesties
Thanks for stopping by today!

Good Sunday Morning

Ok four tree stands later....our tree is finished!

Every tree stand we had(even the one that came with it) broke from the weight of the tree...so Brian went to work and welded me a heavy duty one this isn't going anywhere! He even painted it....not that you can see it OR my tree skirt.

Chloe decorated the tree this year....for the most part anyway. I think she did a great job!

If you have your tree up, please share a link so I can come take a peek at yours!

Ok so you probably didn't come to just see my tree right?

How about this card I did for the Limited Supply Challenge on Friday.

You were to use only snowflake images(no snowmen), snowflake DP or embossing folders, one word sentiments, sparkle and it had to monochromatic.

I used this On Boards Trimmings Snowflake and inked it with Riding Hood Red and added Dazzling Diamonds to the tips. Finally used some of this wonderful Vanilla Hodge Podge Hardware too! The inside is stamped with PEACE from AmyR's Christmas sentiments that are available at All That Scraps.

Stamps: AmyR's Christmas Sentiments; Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla and October Afternoon-Sleigh Bells dp; Inks: Riding Hood Red; Accessories: On Board Trimmings, 2 way glue pen, Dazzling Diamones, 1" Circle Punch, Vanilla HPH, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Saturday!

So any big plans for the weekend? I am going to try to get some stuff done around the house. Winter will be here before I know it and my yard still isn't prepped. I'm also thinking of taking a blog break...I'm in a funk and it's making me grumpy...I don't like being grumpy...lol
This week at Our Creative Corner, Lynda shared a fabulous sketch with us! Who doesn't like a good sketch?!
Other than the white brads(wish SU! made them) this is a SU! only card as is the one below too ;)
Hop on over to the OCC to see what surprises may be in store for you this week!!
I know the girls have created wonderful samples for this sketch.
Be sure to check out their blogs too!
Amy Sheffer
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec
Jennifer Meyer
Julee Tilman
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynda Benden

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Humor in High Heels; Cardstock: Rose Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, WW and Jr Varsity DP(blue is that too); Inks: Black, Saffron, Olive, Bashful Blue, Rose Red; Accessories: Blender Pen, Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, Old Olive Ribbon, White Brads, Dimensionals

Since I already had out the supplies to work on my OCC sketch card I thought it would be fun to try and use them for the Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS yesterday.
The limits were as follows. There must be blue, eyelets, ribbon and one side of a designer paper. No other tools were allowed to be used...ack! Well I guess I should be grateful that we could use some DP right?! You know I've had these Fresh Favorites I eyelets for a long time...it was GREAT to use them and they matched pretty well!

Supplies used:

Stamp: Humor in High Heels; Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Rose Red, So Saffron, WW and Jr Varsity DP; Inks: Black, Saffron, Bashful Blue, Rose Red and Old Olive; Accessories: Blender Pen, Bashful Blue Ribbon, Fresh Favorites I Eyelets, Dimensionals


Lauren is back with her Saturday Sketches! Did you all see her exciting news last week? She is designing templetes for PTI!

Earlier in the week, Lauren has shown some of her PTI samples this week and how she created quick and easy Christmas cards that could be mass produced. Now I don't normally mass produced anything but this year I may just need to do a little of that. So....I ran with Lauren's idea and made a set of 4 of this card. It has a little bit of dimension but should fit in a regular envelope and not require extra postage in Canada.
Stop by the other Saturday Sketch girls blogs to see what they have created too!
Alicia Weimen
Kim Gasper
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara
Supplies Used:
Stamps: A Tree for All Seasons, Best Yet; Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, WC paper; Inks: Black Stazon, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze; Accessories: Sponges, Aqua Painter, Snowflake Punch, Misc snowflake brad, Dimensionals
I have a quick picture of Renee and I from last night's outing to the Jubilations Dinner Theatre. We saw CSI Edmonton and it was a RIOT! There were a TON of SU! demos there...none of which talked to us though....haha! Thanks Renee for inviting me to come along...let's do it again soon!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Saturday Challenges

Good Saturday Morning!

Today I have a card for you that combines our Our Creative Corner Challenge with Lauren's Saturday Sketch. It's great when you can combine two challenges if time is limited ;)

Amy is our September hostess at the OCC and she asked us to make a card with stitching. It could be hand, machine or faux BUT it could not be white ;)

Ok ok...so I used white but only because I couldn't figure out how to load another bobbin in my machine...haha...soooooooooooooo I sponged it with Sage Shadow ink. I think it turned out pretty good considering I do NOT sew. The Always stamp set goes pretty darn good with the Autumn Vine DP. I coloured it with my SU! markers to match.

Check out the OCC girls blogs to see their creations and details.

Don't forget if you upload to SCS to use the keywords OCCC so we can find ya!

Amy Sheffer

Cindy Haffner

Denise Marzec

Jennifer Meyer

Julee Tilman

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynda Benden

Hop on over to Lauren's blog to see her fun sketch! Then pop by the Saturday sketch teams blogs to see what they cooked up too!

Alicia Weimen

Kim Gasper

Kirsten Dubosque

Kristy Vernon

MacKenzie Bruckler

Maria Levine
Tamara

If you upload a card with this sketch please use keywords mytimess07.

Stamps: Pretty Amazing and Best Yet; Cardstock: Really Rust, Creamy Caramel, Sage Shadow, Choc Chip, WW and Autumn Vine DP; Inks: Creamy Caramel, Choc Chip, Sage Shadow, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa; Accessories: Circle punches, Circle Nesties, Choc chip Grosgrain, Gold Elastic cord, Sponges, Embossing Folder, Quickie Glue pen and Gliter, Dimensionals

Friday meant it was time for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. I was able to combine it with the Limited Supply Challenge on SCS. This week we were to make a holiday card with a critter and the only embellishment we could use was ribbon. Perfect for Beate's sketch! Luckily, Christine from All That Scraps had sent me this Lulu's Sweet Delights set since I didn't own any CC Design holiday stamps. That was sweet of her!

Stamps: Lulu's Sweet Delights; Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, WW and My Mind's Eye DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Circle Nesties, Baja Ribbon, Dimensionals

Today starts some new sneak peeks from Storage Unit, Inks & More! Hop on over to Lauren and Bethany's blogs to see what is up!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I will be back later to show you something made with my new LONG Rectangle Nesties that I picked up from Peggy(waving Hi Peggy) last night. You can find them and many other goodies at her online store PaperWorksCo.

Limited Supply Challenge Cards

Good Friday Afternoon!

Told you I'd be back ;)

I had hoped to use a whole bunch of new stuff today BUT the Limited Supply Challenge wouldn't let me...lol

Todays challenge had a lot of restrictions...

You can see what it was about by clicking HERE

I did use a new stamp set called Pocket Silhouettes.

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes; Cardstock: Choc Chip, So Saffron, Very Vanilla; Inks: Choc Chip; Accessories: Embossing Folder, Choc Chip Ribbon, Dimensionals

My second card:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes; Sweet Serendipity; Cardstock: White, Black, Pink Pirouette; Inks: Black; Accessories: Copics, Paper Piercer, Lg Oval, Designer Label Punch, Pink Pirouette Ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by again today!

Last Sneak Peek and a Limited Supply Card

Good Sunday Morning!

I have one last CC Designs Sneak Peek for you before they are released tomorrow, July 7th at 10 pm Eastern at All That Scraps.

Sweet Treats

I am really loving these images to colour! They are so fun! Especially with the Copic Markers.

This sketch is Jennifer's from the Our Creative Corner Challenge. Come by and play along with us! There is a FABULOUS give away this week ;)

Stamps: Sweet Treats; Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, WW and Imaginisce DP; Inks: Palette Noir Black; Accessories: Copic Markers, Circle Punches, Pretty in Pink Brad, Dimensionals

Friday was the Limited Supply Challenge...but let me first tell you....I BROKE the rules....lol....so unlike me in a challenge...ack!

Wanna know what I did?

Well you were to use Red, White and Blue...that was ok

You were to use maximum 4 layers...not good...I used like 5

You were to use no more than 4 embellishments/tools combined...not good...I used like 5

LOL...but I do like how it came out!

Stamps: Hero Arts Cupcake; Cardstock: Real Red, Brocade Blue, WW and Real Red Prints Paper; Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic Markers, Nesties, Slit Punch, 5/8" Brocade Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

LSC card and Taylor's Sketch

Good Friday Morning!
I am relieved that school is over now until September. I'm sure the summer will fly by...
This morning we are heading over to my sisters but while my Mom did some of her laundry, I sat down to work on a couple of cards for todays challenges.
This first one is for the Limited Supply Challenge on SCS. Use brads WITH your stamps....not just adding brads to your card ;) Simple enough eh?! I decided to pull out a set I haven't used in a long time. Paired it up with a cute colour combo of Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery.

Stamps: Priceless; Cardstock: Pretty in Pink; Certainly Celery, WW and Celery prints paper; Inks: Celery, Pretty in Pink, Black; Accessories: Paper Snips, Glut Dots, Dimensionals, 5/8" Celery Ribbon, Soft Subtles Brads. Photo corner punch, Paper Piercer, White Gel Pen
The past few Fridays have been super hectic and I haven't had a chance to play along with Taylors sketch. Today I did! Yeah! Last night we went to a LSS that has a 40% off the entire store....gotta LOVE that! I picked up a ton of new DP. This one is from Sassafrass. The bottom edge worked perfectly for Taylor's awning look!

Stamps: What's Up Cupcake?; Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, WW and Sassafrass DP; Inks: Black, Pumpkin, Choc chip(sprinkles); Accessories: Small and Lg Oval Punches, American Crafts Ribbon, Dimensionals
Remember....
stop back tomorrow! The OCC will have a special surprise for our blog challenge this week. Also, it's MY turn to sneak peek a card for Storage Units, Inks & More. Today you can see a sneak peak on Kendra's blog.

LSC card, Beate Sketch and group pic from last night

Good Friday Afternoon!

Yah...it's the weekend! I need to get out and mow the backyard but I just can't seem to pull myself off the couch....

This morning before heading to the school I had time to work on quite a few cards!! It was a very productive morning...gotta love those!

This trio of cards is for todays Limited Supply Challenge on SCS. You were to make three cards using the same stamps, cardstock and inks. You were also allowed some hardware and ribbon. When stamping them, I didn't want to add a sentiment and thought I'd add one as I needed to.

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks; Cardstock: Choc Chip, Groovy Guava, WW and Afternoon DP; Inks: Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava; Accessories: Rectangle Nesties, Choc Chip Twill, Ribbon Slider from HPH, Slit Punch, Dimensionals

Here is a closer look at the three cards.


After making the three cards for this mornings Limited Supplies Challenge I had a little time to work on Beate's WSC50. I'm always in need of bday cards and this layout worked well for my favourite cupcakes! I'm in love with these Hero Arts Cupcakes....lol

Stamps: Hero Arts Cupcakes; Cardstock: Cool Caribbean, Choc Chip, WW and MM Animal Crackers DP; Inks: Adirondack Ink; Accessories: Copic Markers, Choc Chip Satin Ribbon, Rectangle Nesties, Slit Punch, Dimensionals, Stardust Gel Pen

Lastly, I just wanted to show you a group shot of the girls cards last night...what a hoot to see the different expressions with the eyes!
Thanks for stopping by today!