Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Scenic Christmas

 
Good Morning!   
 I hope all is well with you! When my little sis Carol was over she wanted to CASE this card of Theresa Mombers. Theresa does such beautiful work. I love the scene she creates! We both did a card and they turned out so different! That was really fun! Carol's card is absolutely gorgeous in it's own right.... but she doesn't blog anymore so you won't be seeing it )0=
Here is a shot of the inside. I'm really happy with how it turned out! Is anyone else having problems with blogger? I run Firefox and have to pop over to internet explorer to upload pictures. I find it so frustrating sometimes I just want to scream!!!!! Maybe it's just menopause and blogger )0=
I used the classic lovely as a tree from SU and AnnaBelle's holly branch for the sentiments! Hope your day is filled with joy!

                                                                      


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Kissy Dear...

Good Morning!
Well I have just about all my Christmas cards ready to mail. I just need to address a few more and I will be done (0= My 2 younger sisters were over this past weekend and we made Christmas cards.... to fun! Thanks for coming Carol and Pam! I love this image! It's CC designs and I don't think it's available anymore. I think I better enter a  challenge don't you?
Cooking it up with Katie a piece of pie {punch,ink,embossing}
That's it for me today! Have a good one!





Monday, November 28, 2011

MOJO 217

Good Monday Morning!
I hope you had a great weekend! I love to start my week off with the Mojo sketch! Today I felt like going vintage. This paper from MME was the perfect place to start! I stamped my music from AnnaBelle's BGBD 6. My sentiment is from SU but I don't know which set!

                                                         Here is a view of the inside!                                                                         
                         
Now for a few challenges:                                        
  Mojo Monday sketch                                           
Crimbo Crackers Santa                                        
MAWTT ribbons & bows                                 
  PCJ anything goes                                                
  Poodles Parlour Christmas   
Totally Paper Crafts Christmas   
Gingerloft Challenge Christmas  & winter   
Papertake Weekly Christmas   
Little Red Wagon Christmas      
Ribbon Carousel holiday & ribbon  
2 Sisters holiday
There's Magic in the Air vintage shabby chic

Have a great day!
{{{{HUGS}}}}




Sunday, November 27, 2011

Rose Challenge...

Good Morning!
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know I did! DD cooked her first and she did a GREAT job! It's the last Sunday of the month so that means the Rose's have some creations to share! This month the lovely Mary Anne Rose set the challenge. We were to make a birthday card with buttons and bling! Well since she just had her birthday yesterday I used this challenge to make her card!


My card base is early espresso layered with very vanilla and MME DP. The focal image is from SU's precious butterflies and well scripted! I used various spellbinders to creat the flower and foliage. 
Now we need a few challenges (0=
PIO sugar and spice for all the girls in your life!
Sweet Stampin  punches and dies
Secret Crafter borders and flowers
That's it for me today.... Hope you had a great Birthday Mary Anne!


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Sketch time at AnnaBelle Stamps...

Good Evening!
I hope you had a super awesome Thanksgiving full of love and laughter! It's sketch time at AnnaBelle Stamps! I took a little creative license with this one. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't stick to the sketch completely (0=


I started with the circle on both of my cards and then they just went wild !!


For this card I used Ornamental Christmas! As you can see my ornament flips! To fun!

For my 2nd card I used Stamped for Christmas! This is pretty CAS and will be easy to mail! Be sure and check out what the rest of the DT has to share... I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
November Guest Designer: Sue McRae


About our challenges:
- We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
- Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Thursday 5.00pm so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge.
- Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a special little something. Our last challenge for the month will be a sketch challenge which will attract our main prize of a $15.00 gift voucher for that weeks winner.

How To Play Along :
- Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
- Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
- Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
- A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.
- You may enter any challenge several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas ☺

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

OMGosh ....


Slap me please... I must be dreaming!  I've been published! I was contacted a few months ago by a gal who worked for Papercraft Inspirations and she wanted to use one of my cards for the Dec issue. I was totally excited (still am) and accepted immedately! Well I never heard anymore from her so I thought she had changed her mind. Come to find out she had left the magazine. Imagine my surprise when I popped over the the Papercraft blog and found my blog on the list for the upcoming issue!
Here is the link to this card if you want the deets! My images are from the fab set Stamped for Christmas and is available at AnnaBelle Stamps! Have yourself a super awesome day!

Christmas Postcard

 
Good Morning!  
I have another Christmas card to share with you today! We will be making this one at club this month. I embossed Christmas Postcard with gold EP. I then colored the image with SU markers. My card base is cherry cobbler layered with basic black and well worn DP.That's it for me... have to get ready for work! Have a super great day!



Sunday, November 20, 2011

Pile it On with a P!

Good Sunday Afternoon!
I popped over to Pile it On to see what was going on today and just had to play! They are having a DT call.... I just gotta give it a go!

You know how
 I love a challenge! So here it goes!
Pile it On anything with P, pink, poinsettias, pearls
My time to Craft take 2 (poinsettias)
Sweet Stamps non~traditional Christmas colors
Sunday's with Crissy non~traditional Christmas colors
CCEE 2 die cuts
Southern Girls bingo die cuts, gems embossing
Phew.... that felt good! 

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Say it With...


Are you ready to play with AnnaBelle Stamps again? We have a super fun  challenge this week, combining 2 of my very favorite embellie! Buttons & Bows... how can you go wrong?

I used the set we showcased in our blog hop, Holly Branch. This is one awesome set ... I love the larger sentiments!


This is pretty CAS for me! I used cherry cobbler for my card base layered with whisper white. My images were stamped, colored and glitz-zed up ! I've had these tiny little red buttons 4~evvvv! 
They worked perfectly for my berries! Be sure and check out the rest of the DT's fabulous designs!

November Guest Designer: Sue McRae

About our challenges:
- We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
- Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Thursday 5.00pm so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge.
- Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a special little something. Our last challenge for the month will be a sketch challenge which will attract our main prize of a $15.00 gift voucher for that weeks winner.

How To Play Along :
- Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
- Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
- Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
- A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.
- You may enter any challenge several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas ☺

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Cup a Joe?

Good Morning!
 I hope this post finds you well! Mother nature is getting cranky here in north Idaho. I think she needs to chill out and have a cup of joe with this sweet little image! We are supposed to get hammered with snow today )0= My little image was a gift from my dear friend Kelly. If you haven't visited her blog before you should pop right over there... her posts are always full of sunshine! 
My card base is whisper white layered with pretty in pink  dp from my scrap box! The leaves were cut out with spellbinders foliage dies (love those) and the flowers are from the Walmart clearance isle! My little sprinkles are available at AnnaBelle Stamps.
Challenges:
2 Sisters anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday die cut/punches
Have yourself a super great day!


Monday, November 14, 2011

Holly Branch Blog Hop...


It's time for the 2nd blog hop of the month at AnnaBelle Stamps  and boy are you in for a treat! Today we are showcasing the totally fabulous set Holly Branch.


I've been wanting to make a shaped card so this is the perfect opportunity! I used my spellbinders flower pots to create the shape and the poinsettia dies for the flowers.
Where is the image from Holly Branch you ask....

Is this not fun?
I absolutely love this sentiment! Be sure and check out what the rest of the DT has come up with ! Don't forget to link your name at the end of this post for a chance to win (0=
November Guest Designer: Sue McRae



AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop
Come and join us the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as we have fun sharing a new set with you!  
Play along with us for your chance to win the Blog Hop set OR the detailed prize!
How to Play :
Playing along is now even easier!  You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs.
Each Hop a random winner will be drawn and if you've commented on the mystery DT blog then you will be the winner of the Blog Hop prize!   The hop will run for 1 week and the winner will be announced the following Tuesday!


So even if you only comment on one blog you may be lucky enough to have chosen the mystery DT blog to comment on, and still be in with a chance to win!  

15th November, 2011





Mojo 215

                                                   
 Good Morning!
It's Mojo time! I made a spring themed card today... it's way blustery here today !
It would be a great day to stay inside and stamp. However just like every other Monday I have to go get supplies! Wish I had a dependable sales rep! My card is pretty simple... slapped some cheerful treat dp and a few die cuts together and this is what I came up with! That's if for me for now... be sure and come back this evening for the AnnaBelle blog hop! Have a great day!




Sunday, November 13, 2011

Snow,Snow go AWAY!

Good Sunday Morning!
I hope all is well with you today. We got some of that ugly white stuff.... UGGGH. I just hated to see it start! Now it can be done and go away!
My card today showcases a super cute Magnolia snowman  Isn't he just adorable? He actually has lots of glitter but it doesn't show in my picture )0=
Thought I would enter this in a few challenges:
 Truly Scrumptious bingo
Wags 'n Whiskers Christmas themed
Crimbo Crackers make it sparkle
Papertake Weekly Christmas
Mami Doodles  Christmas
That's it for me today! May the good Lord bless your socks right off!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Say it In...

Good Afternoon!
It's time for another fun challenge from AnnaBelle Stamps!
I am rushing on my post because blogger an firefox were not getting along! Luckily my DT pal Marion suggested using another browser! It worked! Thanks Marion!


My card base is whisper white layered with certainly celery and basic black. My dp is from cheerful treat and I used Whimsy Flowers and Dotted flowers for my image and sentiments! I used the sketch from the Sweet Stop for my card!
Be sure and check out what the rest of the DT has come up with!
November Guest Designer: Sue McRae
About our challenges:
- We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
- Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Thursday 5.00pm so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge.
- Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a special little something. Our last challenge for the month will be a sketch challenge which will attract our main prize of a $15.00 gift voucher for that weeks winner.

How To Play Along :
- Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
- Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
- Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
- A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.
- You may enter any challenge several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas ☺

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

A Christmas Card...

Good Morning!
I have another Christmas card to share today! I love this image from A Christmas Card (SU). I can't wait to color it! This card was pretty quick... I pulled out the retired sage shadow for a card base. It matched the curio dp perfectly! My poinsettia is also out of the sage shadow! 
Challenges:
Catch the Bug anything goes
Craft your passion anything goes + brown
That's it for me today! Have a super wonderful stamp filled day!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Happy Fall Ya All!

Good Morning!
Back to work for me today )0= I don't think weekends are long enough LOL! My card today is a just because I wanted to play with Riley card...  He was a gift from a dear friend! Isn't he just the cutest?
My card base is early espresso layered with very vanilla and MME dp. I used HCPC 3334 and HCD 707 falling leaves stamps and dies to create the foliage. My corner is embellished with a creative page tab to hide a boo~boo! 

I thought I would enter a few challenges:
CCEE Stampers 4 different embellies
(buttons, gems, ribbon, twine)
PaperPlay button up
2 Sisters ribbon
Papertake Weekly anything goes
That's it for me today... May the good Lord bless you today!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Mojo 214

Good Morning!
I hope you had a great weekend! I did... played with paper ALL weekend! Today my card is for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. Not real happy with my card... just a little to busy for me! 
My card base is early espresso layered with very vanilla and curio dp. My focal image is from the set bliss and is resting on a die cut from parisian accents.
That's it for me today... errands you know! Have a super great day!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

The Sweetest Thing....

Good Morning!
The sun is shining an NO snow yet (0= It's absolutely beautiful outside!  My card today is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge. I love how this card turned out except for my sentiment panel! My flower was made with the spiral blossom 2 die and the leaves with the foliage die set. My sentiment is from well scripted and it's all setting on love letter dp. Hope you have a great Sunday... I plan to play with paper ALL day long (0;
Challenge update! I looked at the WRONG week so this is way to late to enter! Silly me!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Say it With....

Hello Friends!
It's time for another fun filled challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps! Say it with sentiments... what a fun challenge! You just can't go wrong! 


I had this laying on my table already stamped , just waiting for the perfect time to use it! 

Be sure and check out what the rest of the DT has come up with! You won't be disappointed!

November Guest Designer: Sue McRae

 


About our challenges:
- We post our challenges every Friday at 12:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
- Each challenge runs for a week, and will close on the Thursday 5.00pm so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge.
- Each weeks winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a special little something. Our last challenge for the month will be a sketch challenge which will attract our main prize of a $15.00 gift voucher for that weeks winner.

How To Play Along :
- Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post.
- Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog.
- Please don't link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
- A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.
- You may enter any challenge several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
- We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps and embellishments, but you can play along without using them, it’s all about sharing ideas ☺

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

For God...

Good Morning!
I hope all is well with you! I have to say I can't believe it's NOVEMBER.... holy cow where did our summer go? Our weather man is forecasting snow on Thursday )0=  I thought I would share the other card I submitted to HC.I really love this one... it has a vintage shabby chic feel I think! 

HCPC 3429 Wisemen Ornament PreCut Set
Other: cherry cobbler , very vanilla cs, well worn dp, scallop border punch, blossom party die

Card base is41/4 X 51/2 cherry cobbler layered with well worn dp. The sentiment is from HCPC 3429 Wisemen Ornament PreCut Set. Flower was created using the blossom party die. Papers edges were distressed  and sponged with early espresso.