Happy Valentines!

Good Friday morning! Yea, it's the weekend! I'm happy for the weekend, but oh my, where did this week go!? I'm glad it's the weekend and that we don't have an major plans...relaxation? We'll see! I'll be stamping, that is for sure! I got a great box of joy from Elzybells...I've got some fun in the making, that's for sure! And I'm expecting secret LAD stuff today...a perfect way to start a weekend!

Speaking of Lizzie Anne Designs! They've got a great release starting today! They've got a new product line, called Sixlets. They are meant to be a step between the Simply Singles stamps and the Little Bits stamp sets. Each Sixlets stamp set has 6 stamps. Sixlets will be packaged the same way the Monthly Mix sets are packaged. There is a PDF file of the cover design that can be downloaded and print for FREE. If you'd like to add a storage case to your order, they are only $1.oo. I can tell you...you're going to LOVE these new stamps!! And for just $2.oo a stamp, they are a great deal! Don't miss the eye candy over on the LAD blog!

I made this card using the LAD sketch challenge for the week. Jos posted a great sketch here, it's #108. I didn't notice that the little "special challenge" was not to use red...until I just posted that link...oops! I think I love this sketch...so fun! Clean and simple...you know that is how I like it!
I used some Natural Vanilla cardstock, Real Red cardstock with my two heart punches from SU, and some DCWV Modern-Retro dsp and a circle punch. The stamp is from the January Mix, "From the Heart". My ribbon was just a misc. piece that I had in the stash.

Hope you have a great weekend! Be sure to check back Monday for some new release stuffs!

Love You

Good Morning friends! I hope you're having a great week! We're all getting back into the swing fo things, but boy, getting up is hard to do!:) I'm starting my 6 am workouts again and yep...it's going to kill me for a few days!

I wanted to share a fun card I made for the Embellish Magazine Color Challenge. You can see the challenge and great inspiration from Ashley here. The challenge was to use pink, red and black for the colors and then use hearts. I happen to love these colors and really wanted to play along! I used the CPS sketch 148 for the layout of my card too.
I chose real red, raspberry fizz and this fun black patterned paper from AC for my colors. I used my top note die and my big shot for the main panel. The sketch I used from CPS has a smaller center piece, but that is the fun of using a sketch, you can make it "yours" by making your card just the way you want to!

I used my heart punch from SU to make several real red hearts and added them to my red top note. I tied some rapsberry fizz satin ribbon around, make a fun little flat bow, and added a button. My sentiment is from PTI's Papertrey stamp set. The little heart next to the sentiment is raised with a dimensional.

It felt good to play along with a few challenges...I so enjoy that! I've got another card to share tomorrow that is challenge related as well, so be sure to stop by! Thanks so much for stopping by! Oh, are any of you my bloggin' buddies going to be at CHA? I'm going to both the super show and wholesale show and would LOVE to meet you face to face if you will be there! I'm so excited I can't wait!

Have a great day!!

Hey There...

Hey there, Chickadee! Happy Saturday to you! I hope that you're having a great weekend...isn't the holiday season just the greatest!? We're totally still in the holiday mode and Monday is going to be a bit abrasive, I'm sure! Getting back to the grind after such a fun filled holiday feels so good, but it takes a few days to get back on track. But, I hope you have a great weekend!


Today I want to share a fun little card. I kind of started it with a Valentine in mind, but I think it could be great w/o the Valentine thought too! I love the sentiment, from PTI Everyday Button Bits. The owls are new from Hero Arts and I love them.

So, for this card, I stamped my owls and colored them in with copic markers(I do love those things! I know I'm a bit late in learning what JOY they bring to the crafting world, but I'm glad to know why everyone loves them so much!). I glitified one owl's belly and oultined her with a glitter pen. I used a 1 3/8" circle punch to punch them out and them mounted them on a chocolate chip scallop circle punch.


For the card base, started with white, added a layer of pumpkin pie that had taken a trip through the crimper. My patterned paper is from a SU scrappin' kit. I added a chocoalte chip border, that had been scalloped with my EK scallop border punch. I tied a 5/8" chocolate ribbon 'round and then added the sentiment in chocolate ink.


I added my owls to the card with dimensionals and then added some love. I punched the three hearts with my SU heart punch. I used pumpkin pie cardstock. I was going to just use one, but I really like the three of them layered!


Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it! See you Monday! I've got a few samples to share from the new LAD singles for the month...see you then!

Make Merry!

Good Morning friends! I have to be super quick today, but wanted to stop by and say hello! I've been running like a crazy lady the past few days...I think today will be a bit more enjoyable and relaxed...I think!
I wanted to share a card a I made for the SCS Product Focus Reveiw that went live today. We were reviewing the Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page punch sets. You can read the reveiws of all the team members here. It was a fun little review, who doesn't like punches!?

I used the Crown border punch on this card. I think I'll add a few more of these great sets to my tool supply...they are so great! If you have any questions, feel free to drop them my way!! Have a great one friends!! Make it great!! See you tomorrow!

Thank You Box

Hello friends!! Happy Saturday to you! I'm glad to have a few mintues to share...we are at my parents house and having a wonderful time. My niece's wedding was awesome and we're really loving the time spent with family! We had an exciting time getting here...we were stuck in bad snow for a while, had to turn around and go home, then wait until the snow was under control! We were happy to find clear roads, thank goodness for road cameras!! We made it here, safe and with bare pavement....what a blessing!

I wanted to share a little fun box I made with my Crafters' Companion. I had a great time reviewing this product, you can read the full review and what the other DT thought about the product here, on SCS.
It was SUPER quick and easy. All you have to do is decide on what paper you want, and use the same size squares. I love that the "Companion" takes all the guess work and figuring where to make the score lines and such. It is a great product.

I used some beautiful Making Memories glittered paper for the top of the box. It is from an an autumn paper pack. The ribbon is Aqua Mist from PTI. I used the bowmaker on the companon to tie the bow, I'm excited to get more use of that bow maker! The bottom of the box is a piece of SU Really Rust. The sentiment is from PTI and stamped with Really Rust ink. I used my large oval scalloped oval and wide oval punches to make a home for my "thank you" and then mounted it with dimensionals.

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back Monday and will have more fun to post next week! Make it a wonderful one!!

Mojo Sketch 113

Good morning friends! Happy Wednesday! I'm getting us all ready to have a great weekend...packing suitcases and finishing up laundry. My niece is getting married on Friday and we're so excited to be able to get together with my family!! We'll also be able to spend a few days with my husband's family...YEA!! There aren't many things better than being with your family during the holidays, don't you agree!?

This morning I'd like to share my take on MOJO113. I love getting this little jump start of creative juice every Monday morning! I'm sharing some fun new stamps from the LAD December Mix too...fun!!
My card is a real red card base. I mounted a layer of chocolate chip dsp and then laid a flat 5/8" chocolate chip ribbon across the mid-ish...of the card. My olive dsp is from The Write Stuff paper set from SU. I stamped my "ornaments" with chocolate chip ink...they are really a flower...but work as a hanging ornament too, don't you think!? I punched some olive and red dsp and with my 1" punch and added them to my ornaments. I stamped a snowflake, also from the mix, with olive and red inks and then colored in the little circles with my SU makers. I used my 3/4" punch to get just the center of the snowflake, and make a fun little ornament!

My sentiment is from the Love and Joy Labels stamp set. I just colored in the sentiment with my chocolate chip marker, omitting the border that is part of the stamp, allowing me to punch it out with a circle punch. I then stamped it again, in red ink, and then used my 1/4" circle punch to punch out the little red flower, and attached it to the sentiment with a mini glue dot. I mounted my sentiment on a real red circle scallop punch.

I'm excited about these new stamps...hope you are too!! Have a great day!! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make it great and take care!!

Hey There, Chickadee!

Good morning friends! I hope you're having a great week! I can't believe it's already Thursday again! For some reason, Thursdays sneak up on me...and then BAM the weekend is upon us all! We've got a lot of fun scheduled in the next few days, so here's to hoping everyone stays healthy!

I made this card to play along with the Mojo Monday Sketch 110. I thought I'd stay with the Rapberry Fizz and New Leaf...a delicious combination of colors, if you ask me! I have just loved this Everyday Button Bits stamp set, since it's release, and am happy to have it join my collection of fun!
I started my stamping my little birdies with New Leaf ink, onto PTI's white cardstock...yum. I used my oval nestabilites and a fun party with the Big Shot to cut the oval, and then a scalloped oval nestability and some Raspberry Fizz cardstock. I quickly added my sentiment, stamped with New Leaf ink and then moved onto the bodies for my birds! I used some Raspberry Fizz patterned paper and my 1" and 3/4" circle punches for the bodies of the birds. I attached the bodies with dimensionals and then added a little pink tulle as a fun detail to the tail feathers!

I started the card with a white card base. I used some New Leaf cardstock for my base layer, then a fun Raspberry Fizz layer next. I took some white cardstock through the scallop border punch to give some fun detail to the white strip. Another New Leaf layer can be found along side a few ruffles of New Leaf polka dot ribbon. After adding my birds to the card, I added a New Leaf vintage button as the finishing touch.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate so much your visit!! I'm off to make some fun treats to take to our neighbors this evening...we'll see if we can get a photo or two before the delivery! Make it a great one!!

My Fabulous Friend!

Good morning, and happy Thursday to you! This week has proven that Fall really is here, we had rain yesterday...it's just started...and I think our play outside weather is on hold for a few months! So, I'm happy I have a bunch of things to keep me busy while we have to be indoors!

This fine feathered friend on today's card can still enjoy the outdoors, except the only feathered friends we've been seeing much of are black crows...not cute ruby red ones!

This is a card that we made in my class last friday that was "Just for Girls". The girls were from 8-12 years old and had a great time. I had an even better time watching them be so satisfied with creating something fun! It was a great class. So, onto the deets...
This is an all SU supply list today. My card started with me stamping the Bird from Good Friend in Ruby Red ink and then her legs and beak in Pumpkin Pie ink onto whisper white card stock. I mounted her on a square of pumpkin pie ink and set her aside.

My card base is Ruby Red followed closely with a Chocolate Chip strip of cardstock that was scalloped with the scallop edge punch. My dsp, is from the Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit. I used the scallop border punch on that too. I added the scalloped pieces to my Ruby Red card and then adhered my bird to the card.

The embellishment was made with a chocolate chip ribbon, some linen thread, and a Ruby Red button. We mounted it on a Ruby Red 5 star punch and then on a Chocoalte Chip 1 3/8" circle.

The sentiment is from the Really Retro stamp set. It was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink, then punched out with the word window punch and mounted on a pumpkin pie modern label punch and attached to the card.

Hope you have a fabulous day...my fabulous friends!! Make it a great one!

So Thankful For You

Good morning friends! Happy Friday to you all! It's great to get to Friday each week, isn't it!? This morning I've got a class(school's out today) "Just for Girls" and we'll be having a great time...I'll post our projects this weekend.

So, here is a quickie from one of the samples using my Xyron Creatopia. The SCS Product Review Team just did a review of that fun new product! You can check out the review here, and learn all about it!
For this card, I used stamps from the October Monthly Mix, by LAD. I used Chocolate Chip ink and Stampin' Write Markers to add color to my leaves. My paper is from SU, and the fun decorative edges were cut with my Creatopia Cutz blades...fun, fun, fun! I also used the photo corner and modern label punches, both from SU.

I've got to bolt to finish getting ready for my class...hope you have a wonderful Friday! Make sure to enjoy this beautiful time of year...and make today great!

Fun New Stamps!!

Good morning friends! Happy Wednesday! I'm excited today...NEW Lizzie Anne Stamps are being shown today...the release starts Friday...fun, fun, fun! There will be 4 new sets avaliable in this release, and they are all really fun stamps to play with!!

Today I'm showing you some of the Fancy Flourishes and some images from Way Up North. This first card is showing the Fancy Flourishes. There are some other sets at work on this card too, Oh, Christmas Tree and Holiday Script.
I stamped my white cardstock layer with one of the Fancy Flourishes. I used turquoise ink...I love that combo with olive and red...so festive! Next, used my EK success wide scallop border punch on some olive cardstock and then attached it to my red card base. I used some red grosgrain ribbon to covere the seam, and then added a turquoise button with an olive brad for the center.

I stamped my tree with turquoise ink as well, and then mouned it on turquoise and then red cardstock and added it to my card. My sentiment was stamped in turquoise ink, the punched out with my large oval punch, then layered on a turquoise scalloped oval punch and then an olive wide oval punch. I added my sentiment to the card with dimensionals.

This next card is featuring the Way Up North stamp set. I made a white card base, then layerd some red cardstock and a layer of dsp from the current SU hoiliday mini catalog. A strip of sticky strip to hold my 5/8" red grosgrain in place and a little bow with a button for some added detail. I added a layer of red dsp, mounted on white and then added 3 white punched snowflakes. I added some rhinestone brads for some glistening detail on my snow flakes.

I stampe the igloo image and then colored in the accents with makers. I mounted the igloo onto olive cardstock and added it to my card. I stamped the sentiment and used my large oval and scallop ovals to make a perfect home for it!

With all this working on my Christmas card stack...I feel a dose of hot chocolate coming on! Hope you're having a great day! Be sure to check out the other Design Team blogs to see more great samples for this release!! Thanks for stopping by!

BOO!

Good morining! I hope you are all doing well! I'm trying to decide if it is time to turn the heater on...we've been having beautiful fall weather but then getting really warm in the afternoons...but we all woke up today freezing...so fun!! I think today is a definate soup and cornbread day...maybe some spiced cider too! YEA!

As I was working on some projects, I came across this sketch from Caardvarks. It was from the Sktechfest they had last week. While I missed the opportunity to play along with the sktchfest, as it is over now, I thought I'd still like to play along with the great sketches! So, here is the sketch I used for my card.

I had a lot of fun with the sketch and am happy with the results. I did take a little creative liberty with the sketch and move the sentiment up a little...but that is the joy of a sketch!

So, I started with a pumpkin pie card base. I layered some basic black and some night and day paper onto my card base. I used my circle scissor cutter and made a basic black circle and attached it to the left side of my card and trimed the excess off.

I used my flower layers die and the Big Shot to create my flowers. Two of them are the Night and Day paper and then the harringbone one is actually fabric. I gave all my flowers their centers, a pumpkin brad, large black grommet, and pumpkin rhinestone brad; and then attached them to my card. The smallest flower is added with dimensionals.

For my sentiment, I used some retired SU halloween rubons. My large oval punch punched the pumpkin paper out, then I made a nice home for it with my scallop oval and black cardstock. I added the sentiment to the card with dimensionals also.

My last addition to the card was the white spider rubons...aren't the a great touch!? They are the same retired halloween rubons from SU.

I know just who this card will give a fun scare to this Halloween....I can't wait to get it in the mail! Thanks so much for stopping by! Make it a great one!

Happy Fall

Happy Fall Y'all! I think Fall might finally be here in Seattle...it's been raining for a couple of days and I've needed a sweater/jacket...and I'm so happy about that! I'm excited for all that comes with the wonder of Fall...it is a definate one of my 4 favorite seasons!

This card is a fun sample of the September Monthly Mix from LAD. This fun little acorn is so fun, don't you think?
My card started with by stamping my Happy Fall circle, also from the September Monthly Mix, in chocolate ink. Next, My acorn was stamped in chocolate ink into the center of the Happy Fall circle. I used my 1 3/4" circle punch to punch the white cardstock out. Next, I stamped my acorn onto some Ruby Red dsp. I cut the body of the acorn out and attached it to my acorn. The I colored the leaves with a Rucy Red marker and added a couple little while polkas to the leaves with my white gel pen. I used my nestabilities to make a chocolate chip layer and a scalloped Ruby Red layer.

My card base came together like this...A ruby red cardbase with a layer of chcolate chip cardstock. I used my fiskars border punch on a piece of white cardstock and attached that to my chocolate layer. I addeda piece of ruby red dsp right at the top of my white strip. I added my chocolate chip ribbon and then attached the layer to my card.

I stamped the fun bracket stamp, also from the Montly Mix, in chocolate chip ink onto a white rectangle. I used my corner rounder on the right two corners of my white layer. I layered the white cardstock onto some chocolate chip and then attached it to my ruby red dsp, I slipped it in right under the ribbon, then used a mini glue dot to hold the knot of the ribbon in place.

I added a couple of little loops of ribbon to the left side of my acorn scallop and then attached it to my card with dimensionals!

I hope you all have a great day today! Happy Fall to you all! Oh, and Penny if I don't hear back from you today, I'll have to choose another winner of the blog candy....please shoot me an email!

An Apple A Day

Good morning friends! I hope you are ready for a great weekend! I'm so excited that today is finally here...one of my best friends in the world!! is coming for a "sleepover" tonight! I can't wait! Isn't it fun to have fantastic wonderful friends...I count myself very blessed in that regard!! And speaking of wonderful friends, thank so much to all of you for you sweet comments...you have made my last few days very happy! I appreciate your comments and support! Don't forget you have until tonight at 10pm (pst) to post a comment on this post to win some fun from me!

Today's card is a nice crisp fall card...is there anything worse than a mushy apple? Nope. I was thinking of how much I enjoy fall and the apples that start to come around...I can't wait! This card is a perfect September card, don't you think!?
I stamped the apple image with chocolate chip ink onto kraft paper. The apple image is actually 4 apples combined, it is part of LAD's September Mix stamp set, I used my SAMJ to line up my apples perfectly(love that tool!!). I stamped the image 4 times on my card and then stamped it on a scratch paper and colored the apple with my markers and cut it out and then attached it to my card right over the kraft apple.

I cut the bottom 1 1/2" off my card and added a chocolate chip scalloped edge, with one of my fiskars border punches. I attached the chocolate chip to my kraft card, and then tied it up with some 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.

My sentiment, which is from the Everyday Sayings stamp set, was stamped with chocolate chip ink and then punched out with my window word punch. I used some ruby red dsp and my modern label punch for the home for my sentiment. I attached the sentiment with some dimensionals!

Thanks so much for stopping by friends! Thanks for sharing your love and support with me...it is so great to have so many great friends that I haven't even met in person! I'll be back with the name of the winner of the blog candy tomorrow! Have a great one!!

Thank You!

Good morning friends! I hope you are all doing well! We woke up to a wet earth this morning...don't you love waking up after a good rain!? There aren't many things better than that! How great, that rain/earth talk leads right into my card for today! I love this tree image! It is from the LAD September Mix. You are now able to nab the Mix set...don't delay!
I stamped the tree with Chocolate Chip ink on Very Vanilla cardstock. I mounted the Vanilla on a piece of MM patterned paper-all of my pp is from the MM Just Chillin' set. I love this set, it coordinates wonderfuly with the SU in colors! Yea for that! So, I mounted my tree on a piece of lime polka-dot paper, then Chocolate Chip and then a piece of Bermuda Bay. I used a fiskars border punch on the left and right sides of my Bermuda Bay cardstock. I attached some nice lime brads to my tree, they are Bazzill brads.

I whipped out a Chocolate Chip card base and mounted the polka dot paper onto the cardbase. I attached a Very Vanilla border to the bottom, that had been treated with my fiskars border punch as well. I added a little ruffle of some old SU ribbon...love that little stash...I love this ribbon!

Once I had my ribbon on my card, I mounted my tree image with dimensionals. The sentiment is from the Everyday Sayings stamp set. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip ink, the punched it out with my small oval punch. I layered it on a Bermuda Bay large oval. I attached it by stacking a couple of dimensionals on the right hand side and then just attached the left hand side of the sentiment with some regular adhesive...I Love dimensionals!!

*I was reading my new Creating Keepsakes magazine last night and noticed that the SU Dimensionals were listed among the top 5 dimensional adhesives...WAY to go Dimensionals!!*

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win some lovin' from me...Thanks so much to all of you that have left comments! It is great to see the names of those of you that have been following/subscribing and have just commented...I appreciate knowing you are out there!:) Friday night is the deadline to be entered into the drawing! Have a great one!! See you tomorrow!

Joy...and Blog Candy

Good evening friends. I hope you've had a great day today. Today was day of school #1 for my son and he had a great time! Grade 1 is good! I'm so happy that he loves going to school...what a blessing!

Tonight, I'd like to share a fun quick card. I love the flourish from the Baroque Motifs stamp set...yum! I thought it would make a nice background for a little Delightful Decoration! I think I might even enter this into the Moxie Fab World Stretch Your Style Holiday Card Challenge...
This card was a super quick one from my thought of how it might work, to grabbing the supplies and having it all done! Here is the drill

Whisper White cardstock. Old Olive ink with the Baroque Motifs flourish. Real Red ink, Delightful Decorations stamps...Ornament punch...dimensionals. Quick, fresh, clean and very mass producable for those of you that like to mass produce Holiday cards! These stamps and the punch are avaliable for purchase in the Holiday Mini catalog starting today!

Next on the scene, some blog candy! The items below, a pack of rubons, patterned paper and some stamps...for being such great support to a blogging buddy! All you need to do is leave a comment and tell me something that you've enjoyed seeing here on My Stampin' Spot. You'll have until Friday night 10 pm to post you comment. I've got stampin' buddies all over this wonderful globe, so international buddies are welcome to enter the candy drawing!
Thanks so much for being great supportive friends. I appreciate your daily visits and love hearing what you have to say! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Monday!

Good afternoon friends! I am happy to be posting today! We had a camping trip over the weekend and I totally anticipated getting some posts done before I left, but something had to give...so the blog was put on hold! But, I'm happy to be sharing with you today! I wanted to share a card we made at my last card class. I've had some beautiful inspiration by all those using the Medallion stamp from Stampin' Up! One card that really inspired this card was on Kimberly Van Dipen's blog...she is so talented!! Everyone had a good time making it, and again the embossing with black embossing powder is an instant WOW!
To start the card off, I inked up my Medallion stamp with Versamark ink. I stamped it onto a piece of Soft Suede cardstock that measured 4 x5 1/4". **Don't forget what a great help the embossing buddy is! It makes embossing details wonderful! Just a swipe over the cardstock before you ink with ebmossing ink** I used black embossing powder and a heat tool to get a nice shiney black medallion...beautiful! I used a sponge dauber and the soft suede classic ink to ink the edges of the layer the medallion was on.

My next step was to scallop a piece of soft suede cardstock. I used my scallop border punch to give me the perfect border! I used the soft suede ink and dauber again, to ink the scallops. I attached them just under the medallion image and then added my black satin ribbon. I added that layer to my soft suede card and then sponged the edges again.

My sentiment is from the Thank You Kindly stamp set. I used versamark ink and black embossing poweder here too. I used my large oval punch for a perfect home for my thanks. I punched out a basic black designer label, and soft suede wide oval to complete my sentiment home. I attached my sentiment to the card with dimensionals.

For the finishing touch, I pulled out a oldie but goodie tool, my Color Spritzer Tool. I slipped my soft suede marker into place and added a few soft suede flecks across the card-for a great "aged" look...fun, fun, fun!

Hope you have a great day! Tomorrow I'll be posting a photo of the Blog Candy I'll be offering for one of you, my fun friends! Have a great one! Tomorrow is the first day of school for my son...YEA!! We're so excited!

Dozen Sharpened Pencils

Howdy Friends! I'm a bit late in posting today, but I've been consumed with laundry and all that goes with it today! I've had a fun time getting something for my son's grade 1 teacher too...A Dozen Sharpened Pencils.
I did my best to not have any of the flowers the same, so there are 12 different flowered pencils in this cute bucket! I found the bucket at target yesterday in the dollar (or let's be honest, 10$ spot) spot. I uesd the Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit for my paper/color selection and fun! I used a bunch of different items on the flowers. The stamps I used were from the Petal Pizazz stamp set. I used my Flower Layers BigZ die and My Big Shot for several flowers. I used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder for several flowers. I uesd a lot of brads, some buttons, some rhinestones, and even some acrylic and felt flowers too. I used my trusty circle punches for a lot of the fun, and my Circle Scissor came to my aid too...I LOVE that thing!!

I hope you have a great day! I'm excited for my son to give this little dozen flowers to his teacher...he love giving fun gifts! And let's be honest again, I sincerely enjoy sending gifts to my children's teachers!

Thanks for dropping by! Make it a great one!!

Sketch Challenge

Good morning firends! Hope you are all doing well during these last few days for summer, or the first few days of school! I'm getting all excited to have my routine down, get back to some of my essentials that seems to get overlooked while the lazy days of summer pass!

Today, I'm sharing my take on the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge 241. This is the sketch that was posted, and below is my card.

I started with this fun tree image from the LAD September Monthly Mix "Something to Crow About," fun stamps for sure! I loev this tree! I stapmed it in chocolate chip ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I layered the tree on some Chocolate Chip cardstock and then glitified the tree with my two way glue pen and some dazzling diamonds glitter. I know it's a bit hard to tell in the photo but the tree glistens something beautiful!

Following the sketch, I picked out a couple of different patterned papers from MME. I love that the whole set coordinates..that is one thing I love...coordinating products! I mounted the paper on Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze cardstock. I mounted both papers on a Very Vanilla card and moved to the sentiment.

The sentiment is also from the "Something to Crow About" stamp set. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip ink, and used my word window punch to punch it out. I layered that on a Baja Breeze Modern Label punch. I layered the Moderen label punch over a designer labler that had been punched out of one of the patterned papers. I added the sentiment with dimensionals and was finished!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Make it a great one!

Cork #3

Good Morning! So, you all know that I love cork by now, right!? I've had a great time playing with the roll I had, and get this, I need a new roll!! I love running out of something because I've had a great time with it!! This card is the last of my "cork series" this week:). But I have to tell you, cork is addicting, so watch out! This card started with the Cork flower, it was made from taking a trip through the Big Shot with the Blossom Party BigZ die. I had it sitting staring at me...so to work I went! I used the Blossom Party again for the great Sage Shadow bloom above the cork.

I was really happy when I started to think of way to get my bloom to stick to the cork...just thinking what the perfect center for that sage bloom was...then had an idea that I'm sure came from someone somewhere! I used my Glassy Glaze, but Crystal Effects would work the same way, to fill the "gutter" of the ribbon slide-then used the awesome Chocolate Chip glitter from the Fine Supernova glitter pack, to make this awesome Chocolate Chip glittered ribbon slide! After it dried, I used a clear Rhinestone brad to attach the ribbon slide to the cardstock and the cork....um, I LOVE it! It's not super sparkly in the photo..but IRL, it is so sparkly!

The card is a piece of Sage Shadow! Yep, it's making a comeback! I haven't reached for this color in a long while..but it is so nice a fresh! My Whisper White cardstock took a trip through the Big Shot with the new Perfect Details Texturz Plate. Very nice and subtle texture to the card...fun!

My eyelet border punch went to work to make me a little Sage Shadow lace, then I topped it with a piece of Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain. I just used a strip...of Sticky Strip to hold my ribbon in place. Then came time to add my flower!

The last detail was the sentiment, from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. It was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White cardstock. I used my tab punch to get a nice rounded edge for my sentiment. I used my 1 3/4" circle for the Sage layer behind my white sentiment.

Thanks for dropping by today! I've got some fun things up my sleeve to share...stay tuned! Oh, and I'm working on a blog candy that is WAY overdue...thanks for the love Friends! Make it a great one!!

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Good morning friends! I hope that you are doing well! We had a great night last night, it was my son's first soccer practice...cleats, shin guards(they sure make better guards than I ever had playing soccer!), tall socks, water bottle, the whole enchilada. He had SUCH a great time it was a lot of fun to witness. Yes, my presence was requested, a drop off/pick up was not optional! But when Dad is home, he will be the assistant coach, and that has my son just as excited as can be! Don't you love the beginnings of Fall! Well, speaking of FALL, I have some fun new goodies to share!

I am so excited to share my post today...I have had such a fun time playing the last few days! So, on with the show!

Ok, at first glance you will notice this FAB designer paper! It is from a new set of paper called Autumn Meadows...Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Taken with Teal, More Mustard and Very Vanilla are the colors that will beckon you! The patterns in this set=deliciousness! I'm excited for you to get a chance to enjoy...September 1!!

So, other another new tool on the scene, an Ornament punch! I've used it in a "non ornament" way, it's upside down to make the petals of my flower! But, as soon as I saw this punch, a fun flower bloomed in my head and wanted to come play! It will also be avaliable starting September 1st! Another fab. thing about the punch, yep, it has coordinating Ornament stamps and Rub-Ons! If you need a copy of the Mini, shoot me an email, or post in the comments, and I'll get one right out to you! I think really, this could be the best mini ever!!

Moving forward...My card started with the flower idea. I punched 5 ornaments with the Ornament punch and my beautiful Autumn Meadow paper. I punched a 1 3/4" circle of Really Rust cardstock (but just a scrap would be fine) to attach all of my "petals" to. Once I had them looking perfect I added my 2nd layer.

In keeping with the fun of cork...I used my cork, Big Shot and Blossom Party Originals Die to make my great bloom! It really is something exciting to watch the Big Shot in action, makes me so giddy!! I also used the Blossom Party die(which is a SU exclusive, by the way) to make the little Taken with Teal bloom that is on the cork. My button, isn't that fun! I used one of my Rhinestone Brads, from the Circle Ice collection, and inserted it into a Chocolate Chip button from the Button Latte set! Isn't that a fun one!? I have used this little brad in button method the last few days...FABULOUS! I simply attached the layers together and there you have the fun flower!

For my card base, I used a Taken with Teal card. I used a strip of Really Rust that had been torn for a bit of a "rustic" feel, as the grounding piece on the card. I used a 12 x1" strip of the Autumn Meadows paper for my little pleated strip. I simply folded the paper where it looked right, made some nice tight folds with my bone folder and went the full length of the card! I love this look...will use again for sure!

So, I put my layers all together, added my flower to my card, then moved to the last piece. The sentiment was samped with chocolate chip ink on Very Vanilla cardstock. I love this thanks stamp...from the Thank you Kindly stamp set. I used my key tag punch(it is retired, but it was the perfect fit!), for the perfect home and then added it to my card!

I love fall, I love wearing sweaters, jeans, drinking hot chocolate, hot spiced cider...and this paper made me excited for all of that! I hope it got you excited too!! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you make it a wonderful one!!