MORE FOR BEVERAGE WEEK! TEA FOR TWO!

December 15th is

 International Tea Day!

To celebrate that day I created a card using Feeling Sketchy sketch #134.

My card -

and some close-ups!

 

Here's that cute little mouse from 

Sweet 'n Sassy again!  

I am also entering this into the 

2015 Winter/Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers! 

Hope you have enjoyed your cup of tea with me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Today I have another cute bvirthday card to share.  I used the Julie Nutting Birthday Set with Mojo Monday sketch #418-

 and the color combo from Feeling Sketchy World Card Making Day special challenge-

and here is the result!

Quick and Simple - all I needed to add was a bit of twine up top!

I am also entering this in the Alphabet Challenge blog Q is for Quick & Simple!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great Saturday!

SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

Like the song...it is now nearly 

Monday! Monday!  

I have another baby card to share as well as a fun tag!  Both use some awesome Julie Nutting/Prima doll stamps.

First for the card - 

I started with Feeling Sketchy challenge #130.

My card - 

  

And now for my tag which is for the 

2nd Anniversary challenge 

over at Paper Doll Trading.

I forgot I was in the middle of this post and went back to work on my Halloween Costume doll tag challenge...  so now I am off to bed!  

Sweet dreams everyone!

TWO FOR YOU!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

Today I had a wonderful Mother's Day with my two sons and my future daughter-in-law (no - there are no official plans set yet but...we all know there will be...hopefully soon!)  We had a delicious brunch at IHOP and spent some time together this afternoon.

Tonight I got back to the creating I started yesterday before I got a horrid aura/occular migraine and then got a call that another special person in my life had died. All in all yesterday was a pretty awful day.  I was still not in great shape when I went to worship this morning but I think all the prayers and support followed up by a nap helped me to enjoy the special time with my children.

So back to the creating end of things...

Feeling Sketchy had 2 extra challenges 

this month for NSD.

Here is the first great sketch:

NSD1

and my card - 

and a few close-up shots

 One of my favorite 
Martha Stewart border punches

a mix of some cute little flowers and pearls

and an awesome saying!

Here is the next fun sketch - 

NSD2

and my card - 

and a close-up

of a butterfly stamp with matching die 
from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps.

I hope you enjoyed your Mother's Day 

and my creations!  

Thanks for stopping by.  

Please come again soon!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

I've been busy working on some Mother's Day cards for the upcoming holiday. 

The first one uses sketch #395 from 

Mojo Monday.

Next up was for Soul Scrappers 

CC40 using newsprint 

(which I hadn't realized had already closed)

Third up uses sketch #120 from Feeling Sketchy.

And last up is using CAS(E) this Sketch #121

I hope that you have enjoyed viewing these special cards for special ladies 

and that you all have an awesome 

Mother's Day!

All comments greatly appreciated.

MORE SADNESS

Today I have two cards to share with you.  Sadly, they are both Sympathy cards. And I created them after attending a funeral. I am grateful the month of March has ended which brought with it the deaths of 9 friends and family under 60 years old.

The first card uses the sketch #391 from Mojo Monday.

Keeping tall and skinny in mind I went into my stash of card bases.  There I found some tall and skinny gatefold cards which I had never tried before.  So here is my first ever gatefold card.  I turned the sketch on it's side.

and I even did a complimentary inside

My next card used Feeling Sketchy #117 which I now see has already closed.  Apparently the problem is that my phone does not update the page so when I looked last night there were still several more days for it to be open.  Now I know NOT to trust the phone.

Here is the sketch -

and here is the card I created using it.

I am also going to share my cards with Word Art Wednesday for challenge #177.

Thank you for stopping by to see my creations.  I am looking towards this month being one of life.  Starting with Sunday - Easter - The Resurrection - the ultimate in NEW life, and I have a friend in Uganda expecting to have a baby boy any time now.

Happy Easter!

STILL FEELING A LITTLE BIT LIKE CHRISTMAS - and POPCORN!

Don't know why but I must still have some holiday spirit left.  I have created 2 more Christmas cards for you.  The first is using sketch #115 from Feeling Sketchy!

 

I decided to turn the sketch on it's side for my card.

 



I created another card as well...I thought it was for a challenge over on Turtle Soup. Looking at the challenge sample I'm not so sure...

But, for your viewing pleasure here it is -

 

When I arrived here at the library yesterday to create my post it was snowing like crazy and they closed early so I never got my post up.  Last night I was able to create a layout so I have something else to share with you as well.

 

My layout uses sketch #229 from Lasting Memories Layout Challenges.  Not only did you have to use the sketch but your layout had to have something to do with food.  I chose these fun photos from the Robin's Nest crop I went to last September in Ohio.  The crop was held in a barn and it was truly a blast!  (Robin is hosting another crop in April at a hotel in the Amish country of Ohio - I can't wait to go!)

 

Here's the sketch -

 

 

And here is my layout!  I was lucky enough to have a seat right next to the popcorn maker too!

 

 

I wish the photo was more clear.  I of course didn't realize that until getting up here and viewing it on the computer.  On the phone it is so tiny that it looked just fine.  My time here at the library will be coming to a close shortly so I am going to hunt up a few more challenges so I can work on them tonight! 

 

Hope that you have enjoyed my share for today!



 



KEEPING BUSY

It has been really cold the last few days.  I have been trying to keep busy doing a bit of art and as the library was closed for the last few days I have a few things here to share with you.

The first is a layout.  I started off with sketch #34 over at The Memory Nest, and the Tic Tac Toe board from Soul Scrappers TTT2.

Here's the sketch -

 

and the Tic Tac Toe board -



I decided to use the first row vertical.  My photos are from Christmas and the ribbon is actually woven through a sticker.  There are a few other stickers as well.

and a few close-ups -

 

 

 

I am also entering this in Cheryl's Anything Goes February challenge at sketches4all. 

Next up is a card -

I used the sketch for the Feeling Sketchy DT call.  I think that is a great site and I am planning to apply, so you will probably see more with this sketch coming soon.

The sketch -

 

My card -

 

I wish the vintage Santa image had shown up better. 

It really is cute. 

It reads 'Best Wishes for Christmas'.

 

Christmas supplies are still out on my desk and crafting area so my head is still in Christmas!

 

My next card uses sketch #385 from Mojo Monday.

 

 and my card -

Don't you just love that little penguin? 

 

I am also going to enter that card in Stacy H-W February 2015 Card Challenge over at Sketches4all.



I hope you have enjoyed these 3 creations and I plan to have more to share with you tomorrow or Friday.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  All comments are truly appreciated.