Get well soon...

Hi guys! I have a quick card that I thought I had already posted to this week's Freshly Made Sketches, but apparently had not and it's ending in 15 minutes! :)

So here is my card followed by the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by. 

Healing wishes & a question!

Good morning! Ah, it feels soo good to be off today. Our weekend was packed and that is the complete opposite of out normal weekend. I got my hair cut (don't like it), Ava got her hair cut (adorbs), we went to the movies, the mall, out to eat, we were just EVERYWHERE! If weren't off today, I'd be a force to reckon with at work....ok, maybe I wouldn't. LOL

Anyway, I am playing along with Retro Sketches again this week. They have some seriously great sketches. Here is this weeks sketch:

And here is a get well card I made with it:

I really like those colors together. The Fine Linen and Early Espresso really complement each other. Well, that's all I have today. 

Question: I am working on my photography skills...not quite there yet.  Do anyone own a light tent or an Ott light or how do you take YOUR pictures? I need some tips!

caring thoughts...

Hey guys! Quick post tonight. We're going to see Contagion tonight, so I need to update quickly. :)


I have a card for this week's Colour Q! Check out the colors:

And here is a get well card for a friend:

Love these colors! Ok, well thanks for stopping by! 

Get better..

Well, hello! It's a new week already, huh? Yeesh. I hope you had a great weekend. I managed to get some stamping done, so that was fun! I have a card for you today using the current Card Patterns Sketch. I know I say this every week, but I love their sketches! Here is this week's sketch:

I decided to make the card a square because I wanted to use this big flower that i've had in my stash for months and it just didn't look right on the A2 cards. 

I hope you like it. I really liked these colors together and it was really brought together by the Basic Grey "Out of Print" paper pack. Can you guys tell that I love patterned paper? No? Really? LOL..well, I SO do. 


Thanks for stopping by!! Have a fabulous Monday!

Feel Better..

Hello! When I saw the Play date Cafe challenge colors for this week, I fell in love. My first thought was a baby card (which I may still create), but it wound up being  card for a friend recovering from back surgery. Here are this week's colors:

And here is the card I created:

I just love these colors together and this patterned paper is one that got shuffled in behind all of my Basic Grey, MME, and Cosmo Cricket!! Poor lonely paper..but aren't the colors just perfect for this challenge? I also love scallops, so those just had to be a part of the design. The ribbon is actually PTI saddle stitch ribbon, but I removed the white stitching because the card has no true white on it, so that part stuck out too much.

Well, that's it. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful Friday!

Quick Recovery

Hello!  Quick post for you today! I've got a card for this week's Color Throwdown. I actually couldn't sleep, so I was up crafting early this morning! Here are this week's colors:

And here is the Get Well card I needed to make:

Have a great day!




Stamps: Healing Touch (Papertrey)
Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mango (SU); White (papertrey) dsp - unknown
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mango (SU)
Extras: Prima flower; Papertrey button, Twine from The Twinery; 

Quick Recovery

Hello there! Quick card for you today. A friend of mine had surgery and so I made this card to give her along with flowers and dinner that I am making (read: picking up from Famous Dave's..lol).

I used this week's Play Date Cafe colors which I thought were just lovely. 

I am not a huge "white space" person and y'all know how I am about my patterned paper, but I thought this card looked best simple like this and with a lot of white space. Of course, you know that there had to be a teensy bit of me there, so the buttons made an appearance.  I also used my new MFT dies (Well Worn) again. I really really love them. On this car, I used all three of the dies included in the package. Don't they look so perfect together?

Well, that's it.  Thank you for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

Get Better, Friend

Hello! Happy Thursday! And Happy St. Patrick's Day! :) Only two more days until we leave for Los Angeles. I'm so ready! This has been a long week. I feel like any time you're about to leave for vacation, the days are really slow! :)

My card today uses this weeks Card Patterns sketch to make a get well card for a friend of my mom's who has Cancer. I hope it makes her feel better.

Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my card:

The flowers are the cream ones that SU sells. I love that you can color them whatever color you want. They're like those prom shoes we used to have when I was in high school (early 90's). Does anyone remember having to have shoes dyed? Or was that just my hick town??LOL Ah, memories...


Anyway, that's all I have. Thank you for stopping by! Laters..




Stamps: Healing Touch (Papertrey); Blue Skies (Verve)
Card Stock: Melon Berry, Fine Linen (Papertrey); Gertie dsp (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Pumpkin Pie (stamped off once), Chocolate Chip (Papertrey)
Extras: Flowers (SU)

In My Prayers..

Hello! Ah, Wednesday is here. Ava and I leave for Los Angeles on Saturday and I cannot wait. We WERE going to Germany, but that didn't work out. :(  Then, we were going to go to NY, but THAT didn't work out either...lol. So, we are going to Los Angeles with my BF and her daughter. A girls trip! Should be fun!

Today, I'm here with my 3rd card as a Color Throwdown Guest Designer. Eek! That means I only have two weeks left..bummer. It has been such a blast working with the DT. Anywho, so this week's colors are brought to use by Kristin!

Here are the lovely colors:

Are they not so perfect? I didn't have Wild Wasabi ink (that has been rectified!), so I used Papertrey's New Leaf. It worked pretty well as a substitute!  I wanted to make a springy get well card and here is what I made:

My card is pretty CAS for me. I TRIED so hard to not use patterned paper. The card feels naked to me, but I managed to create without the aid of the "good stuff"..lol. I am also seriously addicted to those scallops. They're just so much fun to use. The little flower is a resin flower I picked up from Stamper's Dream a while back and they're so cute!  

Well, that's all for now. Be sure and go by and check out what the other DT members have created with these colors and then come and play with us at Color Throwdown!!

Stamps: Through the Trees, Healing Touch (Papertrey); Teeny Trees (Waltzingmouse)
Card Stock: Wild Wasabi, Elegant Eggplant, Pale Plum, More Mustard (SU)
Ink: New Leaf (Papertrey); Chocolate Chip, Elegant Eggplant, More Mustard (SU)
Extras: Early Espresso satin ribbon (SU); Resin flower (Webster's Pages);Large scallop border die (Papertrey)

Wonderful Self...

Hello everyone! Thank you for visiting today! :)

I hope you guys are all having a good week. It's only Monday, but so far so good I suppose. We're having some Middle School issues, but I am trying to NOT focus too hard on it. I know that kids will be kids, but they're just SO different from when I grew up. Do you guys feel that way?

Anyway, so today's card is really neat, I think. As you more than likely know, February marks Papertrey Ink's 4th anniversary. This is my first time being a part of the celebration, but I will say it rocks! Check out Nichole's blog for more info on all of the happenings. Today through Monday, there is a contest to make a card that uses a combination of similar sentiments. They will have a contest every Monday..it's their Make It Monday Challenge. Read all about it here: Make it Monday

I am also using this week's Curtain Call Challenge colors, seen here:

Aren't they gorgeous together? Like a nice Spring bouquet. So, here is the card that was born of these two challenges:

I decided to use 1 stamp set - my favorite "Healing Touch" from Papertrey - but to take all of the shorter sentiments and stamp them repeatedly as a background of sorts. It came out just as I had imagined it. I stamped it in Versamark and then embossed it with white embossing powder. I added some pearls (of course!), a flower/leaf and a little shading on the circle. That reminds me. People have asked a few times how I shade my circles. Well, I don't use a Copic Airbrush system. I just keep the diecut shape in the nestie and take a sponge and circle around the edges with whatever ink I choose. Super simple! :)

Well, that's all I have today. Have a good one! Laters!



Stamps: Healing Touch (papertrey)
Card Stock: Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi (su); White (papertrey)
Ink: Versamark, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette (su)
Extras: Square Lattice embossing folder, White embossing powder, Pearls (su); Rolled Flower die (MFT)

Take Care...

Hi everyone! Thank you for stopping by.  Can you believe that we have had another week where the kids did not go to school for a full week? They were out on Wednesday again due to the snow and ice. Nashville is becoming the new Chicago..except our kids stay home in this weather and the Chicago kids do not. :)

Today I am participating in a challenge that I have never tried before...Stampin Royalty. I ran across it while perusing blogs and thought I would give it a go. Here is the great sketch:

And here is my card:

What do you think? I just love this SU patterned paper..it's called Greenhouse Gala and the colors are so rich and fun to use.

You know, I have come to the conclusion that I am secretly yearning for Spring and THAT is why my cards have leaned towards the cheery and sunny lately..lol. That's got to be it  and that's so strange because I am totally a Fall/Winter soul.

Well, that's it from me. Thank you for stopping in and I'll see you tomorrow. Laters..



Stamps: Healing Touch (Papertrey)
Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Greenhouse Gala dsp (su)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Yoyo Yellow, Chocolate Chip (su)
Extras: Choc Chip grosgrain, pearls (su); Large scallop border die & Woodgrain impression plate on flower (Papertrey); Mini Rolled Rose die (MFT)

Feel Better...

Happy New Year, blog friends! I am so happy to be crafting again. This morning I woke up and said, "You MUST create something..anything!". It has been so long that it felt like I barely knew my way around my stuff..lol. Crazy! After a short amount of time, though, I decided to make a get well card for my Sunday School teacher. She has been out with severe back pain for about a month now and is scheduled to have surgery in a few weeks. It started with the card and then I got the wild hair to do a bag also and stuff it with her favorite snacks to take over today. I have never done anything other than cards, really, but I saw these bags at the Dollar Tree before Christmas and thought I would pick some up in case I ever wanted or needed to make my own gift bag. I really like the way they came out. Take a look:

First the set...

Now, here is a closer look at just the card:

And finally, the bag:

I used the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe challenge, seen here:

I really love the colors together and the distressed dots paper from Papertrey is so neat! I also decided to stamp the image directly onto the craft and do some select paper piecing. What do you think of that part? I really like it, I do believe. It's something different anyway.

Well, I better get to the store and take it over to her house now. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! I am hoping that today's crafting was the push I needed to get back into things. I will say this...some of the comments you guys left on my post from Thursday were the sweetest I have ever gotten. It made me feel so good to read your thoughts on my "faves". You guys are too kind.


Stamps: My Umbrella (My Favorite Things)
Ink: Rose Red, Basic Brown (su)
Card Stock: Kraft, Distressed Dots (papertrey); Early Espresso (su)
Extras: Button (papertrey); floral ribbon (american crafts)