Sending Smiles...

Hi there. Thanks for stopping by!

Today's card uses the current Off the Wall Craftiness challenge colors. I haven't played OTWC in forever! Here are this week's colors:

I decided to try my hand at more CAS. I'm actually starting to dig it! LOL. Here is my card:

I stamped the flourish in Early Espresso and used Night of Navy for the rest. Quick and easy card, but I do like the way it came out. I like how the flourish seems like the wind beneath the balloons.

Well, that's it for me. Have a wonderful day!

Thank you for your support...

Sunday again, eh? Where did the weekend go? Wow. Why can't work days go by this quickly? :)

Today, I am playing along with the Off the Wall Craftiness challenge. The inspiration colors were burgundy, white, and tan.

I also decided to use this week's fabulous Mojo Monday sketch. It is just divine!

And here is my card:

This card is for my Pastor. I am a firm believer in thanking the people who support you. Whether it is a prayer or a kind word or helping around around your home when your hubby is deployed or even just talking to you for a bit when things aren't going well. There are tons of people in my life (and yours,too, I'm sure) who day in and day out are there for you. My goal is to start letting these people know how much I truly appreciate their support and the sentiment on this card speaks EXACTLY to that! :)

Well, that's all for me. I hope you are having a lovely weekend! Laters...


Stamps: Inside Out: Thank You (papertrey)
Card Stock: Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, Shimmer White, & Distressed Dots dsp (papertrey)
Ink: Bravo Burgundy (su); Frayed Burlap (Tim Holtz
Extras: White grosgrain (papertrey); Pearls

love...

Hi everyone! Quick post today...my card today is for this week's Off The Wall Craftiness challenge. This week's colors were grey, black, and white:

Lovely, right? My first thought was to go disco with it (don't ask..lol), but I decided to make a "love" card. I started it out as a card for my husband, but I think at this point it looks more suited to be a wedding card. What do y'all think?

I didn't actually use any ink or stamps on this card..just Thickers, Zva pearls, a little ribbon, and card stock! :)

Well, have a fabulous rest of the evening (or day if you're across the pond!). Laters!


Stamps: none
Card Stock: Shimmer white (papertrey); Going Grey (su)
Ink: none
Extras: Zva pearls, papertrey satin black ribbon

Flowers & Pearls...

I think I am getting a bit too dependent on these felt flowers and pearls..lol. I seem to be using at least one of them on every card lately. Oh well, I do love them! I hope you guys still like to see them.

Today's card is for two challenges. The first is this week Off The Wall Craftiness challenge. I haven't played in a couple of weeks, but I could not stay away from this week's colors. Aren't they pretty?

I'm also using the sketch from Mercy Kerin's blog this  week, seen here:

So, here is what I came up with for today:

I left a ton of vanilla space. I usually don't like to do that, but I just liked it the way it is. I think perhaps a layer of the really rust would have been nice over the vanilla. What do you think? Maybe one embossed with my Square Lattice folder from SU. Hmm, yeah, I think I would have liked that. Oh well, it's done now..haha!

Well, I have to go now. I've got some cleaning to do! Have a wonderful week..
Laters!



Stamps: Kind Words (Verve); Fancy Flourishes (papertrey)
Card Stock: Vintage Vanilla, Scarlet Jewel (papertrey); Earlt Espresso, Really Rust (stampin up)
Ink: Really Rust, Bravo Burgundy (stampin up)
Extras: Scarlet Jewel grosgrain (papertrey); Pearls (stampin up) Flower from Prima

So Thoughtful...

Happy Saturday everyone! Thanks for the well wishes yesterday on my banking situation. I *think* it is all worked out now as far as new accounts and getting my online places (i.e. stamping shopping sites..lol) all updated. :)

So, today's card is for my husbands boss.  She went to the Philippines last month and brought me back this fabulous little necklace. I thought it was so very sweet of her, so this is the card I made for her. She loves my cards {blushing} and so it makes me feel so happy to make one for her. I hope she likes this one..I sure do! I used the colors from this week's Off The Wall Craftiness challenge and am so in love with them. I'll be using them again, for sure. I love how the colors just make each other pop that much more. Really cool. The only thing is that I can NEVER get Early Espresso to photograph properly..not sure what I am doing wrong. :(

So, here are the challenge colors:

And here is my card:

I hope you like it. I FINALLY bought Great Friend from Verve and let me tell you..those flowers are SUPER easy to cut out. I think that's what took me so long t buy it. Even though I loved it, I hate cutting things out. These babies cut out like butter. Really cool. I also used a couple of LOVELY Papertrey stamps. I used Fancy Flourishes for the little swirl behind the flower and Signature Greetings for the sentiment. I just love those two sets...so very versatile!

Ok, well that's it from me. I hope you have a great Saturday. Come back tomorrow for my Play Date Cafe card. :)

Stamps: Great Friend (Verve); Signature Greetings, Fancy Flourishes (papertrey)

Card Stock: White (papertrey); Jolly HOliday dsp, Early Espresso (stampin up)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie (stampin up)

Extras: Bling from want2scrap, buttons and grosgrain (Papertrey)

Wishing you the best...

Hi all! Today's card is for the current Off The Wall Craftiness challenge. The color are typically seen as Halloween colors, but my card isn't a Halloween card. I made mine out to be either a wedding card or just a general well wishing card. Here is the card:

And here are the challenge inspiration and colors for this week:

Honestly, I am not a huge fan of Halloween. I like it for the kids, but for me it's not so big on my list anymore. :) Because of that, it was nice to make this into something else other than a Halloween card. 

Well, that's all I have for today. I hope your week starts off great and continues that way. Laters!

Stamps: Kind Words (Verve)

Card Stock: White, Orange Zest, and Bitty Dots orange polka dot paper (papertrey); Black dsp (stampin up)

Ink: Memento Black

Extras: Buttons, rhinestones (papertrey); Blossom nesties; lace ribbon (stampin up)

My Hero...

Hi everyone! Good Sunday morning to you guys. Well, needless to say the cleaning went just fine yesterday. I am not sure if that is because I stamped for most of the day and then hurriedly cleaned up or because I realized that the house was in actuality already clean..lol. Either way, today is 60 people in my house day! Woot!  I'm looking forward to it, though..should be fun.

So, today's card, as I told you yesterday, is for the Off the Wall Craftiness color and Waltzingmouse Sketch challenges for this week. So much fun with this sketch. It appeals to me in a very simplistic way. First, here is the sketch:

It is just so fabulous. It can be used for just about any kind of card! Really nice.

Ok, so here are the Off the Wall Craftiness challenge colors for this week:

When I saw these colors I immediately thought of the military and my DH who is leaving in a few short weeks. I thought I would make him a card to give before he leaves. It's always such a chaotic first few weeks when he is gone. I'm so used to being able to do "my own thing" sometimes (like stamping in peace!!), and that's harder to do when I am the one in charge of dinner or whatever. Anyway, here is the card:

So, you likey? Let me tell you a little secret. The camo background? That is one of the images from the Waltzingmouse Teeny Trees set!! I stamped it in creamy caramel, old olive, and chocolate chip and just randomly placed it on the white card stock. I think it turned out fabulously! Here is the image I used:

If you have the set, it is the one at the top left side. Total fun discovering this little trick! I was quite giddy and happy with myself...lol.

Well, that's it from me today. I hope you have a wonderful day!  Tomorrow, come back for more fun with the latest Papertrey Blog Hop. This time we are celebrating other religious or cultural holidays such as Eid, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa. Check out the Papertrey site for more info.


Laters!


Stamps: Seeing Stars (Papertrey); Teeny Trees (Waltzingmouse)
Card Stock: White (papertrey); Old Olive, Chocolate Chip (stampin up)
Ink: Old Olive, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip
Extras: Twine (papertrey), Fiskars star punch, Mesh cuttlebug folder

Off the Wall Hello!

Hi there. I have another challenge card for you today. Three challenges actually - Off the Wall Craftiness, Tuesday Throwdown,  and Mojo Monday! Here are the inspiration photos:

Off the Wall Craftiness:

And here is the Mojo Monday sketch:

The Tuesday Throwdown was "anything goes", so..hey.anything goes..lol. I have never played over there before, but thought I would give it a go! 

Here is my card: 

I love the way the card turned out..so bright and fun. I think this is one i'll actually mail...LOL.  That's it for today. I hope you're all having a fabulous week.  Laters!

Stamps:  Holiday Labels No. 14 (Waltzingmouse); Happy Hello (Verve)

Card Stock: New Leaf, White (papertrey); Lovely Lilac, dsp (stampin up)

Ink: Pink Passion, Gable Green (stampin up)

Extras: Hibiscus Burst grosgrain, ricrac die, and button (papertrey); Labels 14 

Off the Wall expressions..

Good Sunday morning to you all! Today's card is for this weeks Off the Wall Craftiness challenge. Let me just say that I LOVE these colors together. They work VERY well together. I'm not sure I would ever pick these colors by myself, but oh I for sure will now.

Anyway, so here are the yummy colors from this week:

And here is my card:

I truly love that Timeless Textures set from Skipping Stones. I got the idea of putting the design just in the corner from this card by Ashley Cannon Newell. Lovely, right? Her stuff always is..anyway, so I hope you like the card and that you'll play along with the Off the Wall Craftiness challenge this week. I won last week, so I am super stoked! :) Laters!



Stamps: Timeless Textures (skipping stones); Inside Out: Thank You (papertrey); Very Vintage Labels 4 (Waltzingmouse); Forever in our Hearts (Verve)
Card Stock: Apricot Appeal, Early Espresso, & Vanilla (stampin up)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal (stampin up)
Extras: Early Espresso ribbon and pearls  (stampin up)

Wish Big!

Edited to Add: My card won over at Off the Wall Craftiness! Yay..thank you, Kim!



Hello everyone! Hope you've been having a good week. Mine has been okay. My grandmother is still in the hospital, and she got a tracheotomy on Monday, but they still expect her to recover which is awesome news!

For todays card, I decided to go with the sketch from Mercy Kerin and combined it with the colors from the Off the Wall Craftiness challenge. Here is Mercy's sketch:

And here is the OTWC challenge pic and colors:

Such fun colors! I SO want a jacket with those colors in a plaid pattern right now..lol. I decided to not go with a wedding card because I really thought the fluorish with star combo that I have used before would be perfect here. I also got my Timeless Textures stamp from Skipping Stones Designs this week, so I was ready to use one of the images.  Here is my card:

I love the way the Timeless Textures background peeks out from behind the small panels. I will definitely be using this set a lot. 

That's it from me. Tomorrow, i'll be showing the last of the 5 Verve Release week challenges card. It's a sweet little thing inspired by one of the new sets coming out tomorrow! Fun. If you still haven't participated in the Verve Release week challenge sketches, there is still time. You have to have the cards in tomorrow night! Laters!

Stamps: Star Prints, Fancy Fluorishes (papertrey); Timeless Textures (Skipping Stones)

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Elegant Soiree dsp (stampin up);Vintage Vanilla (papertrey)

Ink: Choclate Chip, Baja Breeze (stampin up)

Extras: Star Punch, corner rounder 

Birthday Girl!

Hello everyone. Here is another card using my Pure Innocence girl. Fun stuff! This time I omitted the mailbox and the letters and added a balloon and sentiment from the Verve set "Birthday Bash". Her shoes are also glittery with Cotton Candy stickles. It's for the Off the Wall Craftiness challenge this week. Here are the colors:

And here is my card:

It was a fun card to make. I love the little swirlies and the balloon is just the right size for her! I wonder what else she could hold? Hmm...ok, well I hope you have a great rest of the day. Later!

Refuge...

Hi everyone! It's been a rough start to the week around our house. My grandmother (and last grandparent) had a stroke! She is doing some better as of this posting (Tuesday evening), but she's still not out of the woods yet. She is 4 hours away, so it's a little disconnected being here and not there.

With that in mind, I created today's card. I decided to use the color challenge of Off the Wall Craftiness #25 since I was going with that for today's card anyway and I think the softness of the colors fit with the sentiment, don't you? Here are the challenge colors:

And here is my card:

I really like the paper...the swirls are already on the paper and all glittery - really cute! It is from a paper pack I got at Joann's. The butterflies are from the SU Beautiful Wings embosslits die. That's all for me today...I'm coming up fast on my 100th post. I think I should celebrate that in some way! Blog Candy? Gift Certificate to PTI, Verve, or MFT? Hmm..what shall I do?? Any suggestions? ;)



Stamps: Psalm 46:1 (Verve)
Card Stock: Going Grey, Vanilla, DCWV paper pack (for the patterned paper)
Ink: Vintage Cream (papertrey)
Extras: Mat Stack 4 (papertrey); Embosslits die (stampin up)