Sweet Sunday SU! Only Sketch Card

Four more sleeps until Santa arrives! Are you ready?
I shopped yesterday and managed to get a lot done!! Yippee!
Afterward I cleaned up my stamp area and found so many things I had forgotten I even owned. It was like Christmas for me!!! ha!
Karen had a really great sketch on her blog yesterday and I was so happy I could play along!
This stamp free card is made with SU! only products(mostly retired stuff). Can you tell what I did not find while cleaning? If you guessed my embossing buddy...you are right! But I'll find it.

Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, WW and Bella Rose dsp; Accessories: Corner Rounder punch, Scalloped Edge punch, Paper piercer, Flower Dies, Butterfly die, Filigree Brads, 2 way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

PaperWorksCo.

Happy Sunday!
Sorry I didn't get around to posting my exciting news earlier! If you happen to be a member at PWCO then you may have heard already ;)
My friend, Peggy, who owns PaperWorks Co. invited me to join her and the girls on the DT! I was tickled pink! Peggy is a fantastic person and I am thrilled to be part of the team. It's also a plus that she's a fellow Edmontonian! Now we have more reasons to meet for coffee at Tim's!
Stop by the PWCO blog to meet everyone!

Here is a card I created for today's post. I've used the uber cute Charlotte again! She's such a doll, isn't she?! This is Karen's sketch from LAST week ;)

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to scroll down for my TE post using the December 20th KI kit!

Gift Boxes using TE December 20th KI Kit

It's December 20th! You know what that means. Taylored Expressions releases another Key Ingredients Kit!!! This month there are so many pretty pattern papers included. Well every month I say that...lol but it's so nice to play with something other than Christmas papers! These My Mind's Eye Ooh La La papers are delicious!
I have so many friends who have December/January birthdays(me included ☺) that I took this opportunity to make a couple little packages.
This first one comes from SCS and you can find the tutorial here.

Of course I had to make a matching card ;)

I used the new set Sweet Occasions.

A together shot!

My next package was a quick and easy box that Jody created awhile back on her blog here. I thought I'll fill this with a little baggie of coloured M & M's! Yum!

Remember that Taylored Expressions now offers a monthly charge program rather than paying for a 3 or 6 months subscription all at once.
Stop by half of the Baker's Dozen to see what they created this month! I can't wait to see!
Jackie Pedro
Karen Motz
Laurie Schmidlin
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen
Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Birthday to You!

So last night when I got home from work I turned the oven on and popped a frozen lasagna in....two hours later I came up to check on it and ummmm it was still FROZEN....I had set the temp to 400 but forgot to hit START...ugh! LOL darn digital stoves!
I've been dealing with some issues at work and haven't been in the stamping mood when I get home. Total bummer!
This card was from last year's Dirty Dozen December Gallery. I can't recall what the theme was that month(my last one...sniff sniff)

I'm off to work! Have a wonderful Saturday!

Catching Snowflakes

Good Morning!
Can you believe next week at this time it will be Christmas??!! Two weeks from now it will be 2010! Wow!
Today I'm sharing a card I made for the All That Scraps Review of December stamps. This one is from Otis and Milo Winter Wishes. Isn't this puppy cute? Pop on by the ATS blog to see what the other girls have created today too!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Cup of Cocoa?

Gosh I've had my share of cocoa over the past few days with all of our cold weather! LOL!
Good news though....we are having a heat wave!
All that cocoa inspired me to pull out Diane's new set from All That Scraps called Warm Cocoa Wishes.

I should be able to set aside a good part of today for stamping and I'm looking forward to heading to the basement where it's not so cold now!
Thanks for stopping by!

Brigitta

Well stamping all day yesterday just didn't happen :(
I did manage to make a card and a half though....lol!
Chloe had her Christmas concert and she did really well playing Mrs. C! She didn't seem too nervous and spoke slowly and clearly. We are so proud of her!
My card today uses Mercy's Sketch #52.
Brigitta was brought out again! I just love this image from All That Scraps. I wanted to use some non-traditional colours again. Pinks and purples are so pretty for Brigitta!

Stamps: Swiss Pixie Brigitta; Cardstock: Prism, White, MME dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, nesties, wavy border punch, paper piercer, stardust stickles. snowflake punch, ghost snowflake, ribbon, dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

Warm Wishes

Hey all!
I just can't force myself to go downstairs and stamp! My little heater broke and without it I can't keep warm enough...lol So I am going to share another card from my Dirty Dozen days at SCS.
This card seems appropriate for what we are experiencing here. You know....funny fact....I heard on the news tonight that we were the SECOND COLDEST place in the WORLD last weekend! Seriously! Get out, eh?
You'll notice my "naked" buttons....haha! I no longer leave them NAKED after Jody said it's not right ;)

Thanks for stopping by this evening! I DO hope to stamp sometime tomorrow...it's my day off!

Forty and counting...

Last week one of my co-workers celebrated his 4oth birthday and I wanted to make a little something for his special day!
This card took me way too long to make. Remember anything over 30 minutes usually makes me want to give up...haha!
After hunting through all my chipboard for letters that matched, I finally gave up and went with upper and lower case ones. I think it looks cool this way ;)

Here is a close up of the letters. I sponged them with Real Red, Temp. Turq. and Wild Wasabi. Then I used Versamark and heat and stick powder on them. Then THREE layers of ultra thick embossing powder. Can you see those little white flecks? I must have some white ep mixed in with my heat and stick...haha! Again, I think it looks cool that way!

This jar has been sitting on my counter for months!!! I decided it would be perfect to hold 40 dp wrapped chocolates! I had really wanted to add "40" to each one but after the card took so long, I opted against it! Ha! The belly band was created with some Wild Wasabi Textured Cardstock and DP. Since the layers of ultra thick ep took so long I decided to just add some Crystal Effects to these numbers. So they are just shiney and no flecks ;) I'm not sure he noticed the difference.
He was so excited about the card!! Made my day! He showed it to everyone and told them it was like getting a new shiney car!!!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope it's warm where you live because we are an ICE box here!

Thanks!

Good Morning!
Today I'm sharing a card I made using a Taylored Expressions new release called Sweet Occasions. I wanted to make some fun cards to add to my stash so I reached for this pretty and bright My Mind's Eye Feeling Groovy Collection. Taylor carries a wide selection of Prism papers too! Check them out here! So many wonderful colours to choose from.
Stamps: Sweet Occasions; Cardstock: Prism, White and MME dp; Inks: Memento black; Accessories: Copics, Stardust stickles, Ribbon, White brads, Paper piercer, dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

Inkspiration Sketch Challenge

It's still cold and snowy here and we will be this way for many months to come. I decided to break away from my holiday card making for today's Inkspirations Sketch Challenge.
Check out the fun sketch! I hope you can play along!

There are no thoughts of snow with this card....only SPRING! It's been a little while since I have created a SU! only card and decided it was time :) Although I'm no longer a demo I still love their products. I'm sure you can figure out what I did here so I won't bother going into any detail other than the card measures 5 x 5.

Stamps: Branch Out, Sweet Little Sentiments; Cardstock: Real Red, Old Olive, WW and Summer Picnic DSP; Inks: Choc chip, Old olive, Kiwi kiss, Real red, Bashful blue; Accessories: Mat pack and Paper piercer, Scalloped Edge punch, Oval punches, Silver HPH, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today! I appreciate all your kind comments!
Before you go please stop by an leave some kind comments for the Inkspiration Team:

• Chantelle Huizenga
• Cindy Major
• Dawn Easton
• Kirsty Brown
• Makeesha Byl
  
• Renee VanStralen
• Sarah-Jane Kale

Christmas Wishes

Well it warmed up a TAD yesterday and I was able to head to the basement and stamp a little. The warmth is not going to last unfortunately....lol
Since I'm still trying to finish up a few more Christmas cards I thought I'd pull out this oldie but a goodie from PTI called Believe. The layout comes from the SCS sketch challenge #258.

Stamps: Believe; Cardstock: Pure Poppy, Gold, White and PTI dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Oval Punch, Stickles, Pure Poppy Ribbon, Scalloped Edge Punch, Dimensionals
I am supposed to have today off but must go into work for a little bit. This afternoon I plan on stamping though :)
Thanks for stopping by!

Charlotte's Christmas Tree

It seems as though the name Charlotte is popular this holiday season! LOL!
This is Charlotte from Little Loud Stamps which are available from PaperWorksCo.
On Sunday I was lucky enough to play along with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #47. She always has such wonderful sketches and it helps to get my mojo going!
Charlotte's hat has some fun crushed velvet flock and the star has some stardust stickles added to it.

Stamps: Charlotte's Christmas Tree; Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Riding Hood Red, White and Jolly by Golly dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Scalloped Edge Punch, Stardust Stickles, Tombow Glue, Crushed Velvet Flock, Dimensionals
It's still toooooooo cold to stamp in my basement and I'm thankful I stocked up on some cards last weekend...lol! Thanks for stopping by today!

{Friends

Last week I received my order from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. She has some of the cutest images! I've seen so many people using them and knew I'd have to get them. Since she's in Canada, like me, I didn't have to wait an eternity for my order to arrive. No customs, no duty and no exchange rate! Yeah!

This is Charlotte.

Thanks for stopping by today! It's been super cold here and when it's like that I don't go downstairs to stamp much. I hope to get some other things made later this week!

Sending You Christmas Wishes

I love cute images and this one from PaperWorksCo. is no different! Isn't Charlotte a cutie pie? She is so fun to colour! This is Charlotte's Holiday Mail. The sketch comes from Jen's SFYTT and I paired it up with some of my fave holiday paper this holiday season, Cosmo Crickets Jolly by Golly.

Stamps: Charlotte's Holiday Mail; Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, White and Jolly by Golly dp; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Scalloped Edge Punch, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Stardust Stickles, Brads, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!

Discover Your Wings - Inspiration Challenge

Good Evening!
Well today has been CRAZY! With snow that is! I can't believe the snow we have gotten in the past day...it's unreal! It looks like we have had winter for months and not 24 hours...lol
Other than digging out today I didn't go anywhere. So I stamped this evening after getting our Christmas tree up!!! Chloe did a fabulous job. Usually I am picky with what goes on the tree and where but this year I thought I'd let her take control.
Saturdays mean an Inspiration Challenge on SCS and I chose to use this piece here.
I gave brayering a shot....as you can see I need to practice a bit more...
This is a new set from Taylored Expressions called Discover Your Wings.

Stamps: Discover Your Wings; Cardstock: Black, Kiwi Kiss, White; Inks: Black, Kiwi, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze; Accessories: Brayer, Stickles, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by! I hope I have more time to stamp tomorrow!

Crafty Cuppie - TE Sneak Peek

Today is the big release from Taylored Expressions but before you run on over to get your new stamps I have one last card to share ;)
This month Taylor has done something a little different. Instead of offering a Key Ingredient Kit to go along with stamps she has put together a card kit. I didn't receive the kit but you can find all the details on Taylor's blog this morning.
Isn't this new cuppie set cute?! Crafty Cuppie will be used a ton by me!

Stamps: Crafty Expressions; Cardstock: White, Prism, Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday DP; Inks: Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, paper piercer, Modern Label Punch, Mini Rhinestones, Button, Thread, Ribbon, Dimensionals

Come blog hoppin' with me to see what the Baker's Dozen girls have cooked up with Crafty Cuppie and Crafty Expressions today.

• Charmaine Ikach
• Donna Baker
  
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
  
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Sharon Harnist
• Taylor VanBruggen

Be sure to leave some love along the way because one lucky commenter will win a Crafty Cuppie stamp set! How cool is that?

All you have to do is leave a comment on each Baker's Dozen blog today for the best chance to win! One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all of the comments on one of the blogs, but the trick is that nobody knows which blog it will be! You have until 6am PST on Saturday to enter. The winner will be announced Monday morning on Taylor's blog.

Inkspiration Challenge!

Good Morning Everyone!
A couple of weeks ago I got a really sweet email from Keesh asking if I'd like to join her Inkspiration Challenge Team! Things have finally started to settle down for me and I have time to do a few more crafting projects. I, like most of you, am a challenge junkie...lol
I do hope you can play along!
This week the challenge is an inspiration:

I've always found inspirations the most difficult but when I saw this cute little girls bedroom I knew what DP I wanted to use right away! I've had this in my stash since last Valentine's Day...haha! The cuppie image came from the cute cupcake rug beside the bed!!
This stamp set is called Love is Sweet from Taylored Expressions.

Stamps: Love is Sweet; Cardstock: Real Red, Certainly Celery, White and DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Mini Rhinestones, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Stickles
Stop by the Inkspiration Challenge Team blogs to see what fabulous creations they have to share!

• Chantelle Huizenga
• Cindy Major
• Keesh Byl
  
• Kirsty Brown
• Renee VanStralen
• Sarah-Jane Kale

Come back a little later for my last TE sneak peek.

Sweet Occasions - TE Sneak Peek

Yippee! Today someone is coming to look at the furnace! It's been running for the past day with no issues but it's going to get cold and you know that's when problems ALWAYS happen...haha!
The Baker's Dozen girls are previewing two sets today! Half of us are doing Sweet Occasions and the other half are doing Crafty Cuppie.
For my card I used Jen's SFYTT from last weekend. I loved all the fun layers!
I loved the MME holiday paper from last year and thought it'd be great with this yummy looking ice cream! The images in this set are WONDERFUL! Wait til you see them all!!! So fun to colour too!

Here is a close up to show the stardust stickles on the cherry and also the glossy accents on the chocolate! This card also has a lot of dimension.

Come blog hoppin' with me to see what the Baker's Dozen girls have cooked up with Sweet Occasions today.

• Charmaine Ikach
• Donna Baker
  
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
  
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Sharon Harnist
• Taylor VanBruggen

Be sure to leave some love along the way because one lucky commenter will win a Sweet Occasions stamp set! How cool is that?

All you have to do is leave a comment on each Baker's Dozen blog today for the best chance to win! One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all of the comments on one of the blogs, but the trick is that nobody knows which blog it will be! You have until 6am PST on Friday to enter. The winner will be announced Friday morning on Taylor's blog.

Discover Your Wings - TE sneak peek

Happy Wednesday!
I almost thought I wouldn't have a time to get this posted last night....my furnace broke down...again...I think it's time for it to be replaced...lol
I spent a great deal of the evening close to a vent...trying to warm up! LOL! I also wanted to be sure that it didn't quit again...So far so good!
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Today Taylored Expressions and the Baker's Dozen are previewing an upcoming set called Discover Your Wings. Every three months Taylored Expressions releases a set for the TE Giving Tree Program.
Discover Your Wings was designed by Nancy McKinney and $7 from the purchase of each set will be donated to the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/home/
The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation is a charity that serves families dealing with infant death. Their mission statement is “To introduce remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby with the free gift of professional portraiture. We believe these images serve as an important step in the family’s healing process by honoring their child’s legacy.” NILMDTS administers a network of almost 7000 volunteer photographers in the US and 25 other countries. This is a wonderful charity that TE is honored to support and I would encourage you to learn more about them by going to their website.
This card is a 5 x 5 square. The image was coloured with Copics and some Stardust Stickles were added to the wings along with some Tiny Taylor Twinkles.

Come blog hoppin' with me to see what the Baker's Dozen girls have cooked up with Discover Your Wings today:

• Charmaine Ikach
• Donna Baker **SASI blog today
  
• Jackie Pedro
• Jami Sibley
  
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Sankari Wegman
• Sharon Harnist
• Taylor VanBruggen

Be sure to leave some love along the way because one lucky commenter will win a Discover Your Wings stamp set! How cool is that?

All you have to do is leave a comment on each Baker's Dozen blog today for the best chance to win! One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all of the comments on one of the blogs, but the trick is that nobody knows which blog it will be! You have until 6am PST on Thursday to enter. The winner will be announced Friday morning on Taylor's blog.

Friendship FS147

I was so excited to come across this card for Sunday's Featured Stamper! Boatloads of Love has seen it's share of ink over the past couple of years but I am seriously thinking of adding it to my pile of stamps to sell :(
It's not that I don't love the set but it's time to let go....kwim?
For my card I kept the same layout and stamps but changed the colours and used jumbo eyelets instead of little ones.

Stamps: Boatloads of Love; Cardstock: PTI white, Core'dinations cardstock; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Mat Pack and Paper piercer, Jumbo Eyelets, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tomorrow starts the Taylored Expressions sneak peeks! I hope you'll come back!~

Your Friendship is a Blessing

Happy Monday!
Whew I'm so glad the weekend is over! It was soooooooooo busy at work and there was soooooooooooo much drama! Last night I had a young man have a seizure or something at the front of the store. After tending to him and calling 911(twice...grrrrr) I was worried sick about him. A few hours later his mom called to thank us for taking good care of her son. That was really sweet of her and helped calm my nerves a bit.
Before all that work stuff...I was able to stamp a few cards!
This one was for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #46.
Just recently I picked up this Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg designer paper. So rich and warm, eh?
I stamped the images from Branching Out with Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics. This is one of my all time fave stamp sets from Taylored Expressions!!!

Stamps: Branching Out; Cardstock: Choice Buttercream, Core'dinations, Nutmeg DP; Inks: Mememto Rich Cocoa; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Dew Drops, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!