Merry Monday July!

Happy July 1, peeps!  It’s Monday and that means Merry Monday!  Lesley is taking a wee bit of a break for July, and that means our challenge will be a wee bit different!  The linky will be open all month long for you to share your Christmas creations, and it’s “Anything Goes”!!! 

She’ll be showcasing some Guest Designers as well, so make sure you check out her blog, Always Playing with Paper!

For my card, I chose to use the Festive Friday challenge 11 as my starting point:

I had several ideas swirling around in my head, but in the end, went with the trees from the retired set, Patterned Pines:

I stamped my trees in Garden Green, Wild Wasabi and Pear Pizzazz, then cut them out and mounted them on a scrap of woodgrain paper and mounted it on a piece of white Woodgrain embossed cardstock.  The little sentiment flag is from Market Street Stamps, the snowflake is from Itty Bitties:

I hope you’ll take some time to play with us and make one more Christmas card!  You’ll be glad you did!  And be sure to check out the other designers fabulous creations as well at Always Playing with Paper!

Can’t remember if I shared this photo Dana snapped or not:

PCCCS27 and PS130

Happy February, everyone!  I had fun playing with the Paper Craft Crew Challenge Sketch 27 yesterday:

I used some new spring mini and SAB goodies to make this:

These will be going to the top sellers in my downline!  All DPs are from Sunshine and Sprinkles;  image and sentiment are from Patterned Occasions; and the hearts are from Itty Bitties  I added a couple of paper buttons and some stitched ribbon behind my embossed oval frame, and I am done!  This also qualifies for the Papercraft Star Frame Challenge 130:

Thanks for visiting today!

 

Paper Players 130–A Sketch from Me!

Hi everyone!  It’s Sunday and that means it’s Paper Players challenge time!  Today I am the hostess and I’ve chosen another sketch for you to play with:

I think there is a lot of room for creative interpretation with this one!  I chose to use an image from the Sale-a-Bration set, Patterned Occasions:

The colors in the International Bazaar DP were a perfect match with the Sycamore Street Ribbon & Button Pack too…..how yummy!  I stamped the elephant in Island Indigo, then stamped the elephant’s ear a second time in Pool Party and popped it up, added a flower, and my simple card was done!

I hope this sketch starts you on a creative journey and you’ll share your card with us at the Paper Players blog!  Can’t wait to see you there!  And be sure to check out the creations of the other designers as well!

I am also linking this up to the new challenge blog, StillAddInkTive, where they're "Spotting the SAB Sets"!  Thanks for the heads-up, Bronwyn!

Nothin’ better than a Red Velvet cupcake with sprinkles (thanks, Beth!):

ColourQ170

Happy Tuesday and Happy New Year!  Let’s pray that 2013 brings peace and happiness!  I am hoping to get back into my normal routine…the last two weeks have been long and lazy, LOL!   Cassidy comes back tomorrow, and I have missed her little smiling face!

For this week’s ColourQ challenge, Arielle is challenging us (and you!) to use one of our favorite palettes from all the ColourQ challenges!  (You can see them all on the ColourQ blog!)  For my creation today, I chose ColourQ 124, from last Valentine’s Day:

Here is my original card:

And here is today’s card:

I used a whole plethora of new SU goodies from the new Spring Mini as well as a sneak peek of a new Sale-a-Bration set!  I did substitute Pool Party for the Cool Caribbean to make it more current.  Check out this cute little bottle cap embellishment from the Spring Mini:

This is the 1/2” size…..the inside is stamped with a background from Collage Curios, and the little heart from Itty Bitties, which was adorned with some Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details glitter.  And I kept with the hearts and teacup theme with this SAB set called Patterned Occasions:

For the horizontal strip, I used a cute little embossing folder from a set called Needlepoint Border, and  I embossed the Real Red panel twice with the Stripes EF, lining it up diagonally to get a “plaid” effect.  There is not much Very Vanilla on here, but the Martha Stewart ribbon is red and vanilla, so it’s there---trust me!  I also embossed the entire card front with the new Honeycomb EF---SO cool, I just love this one!  Ooops, almost forgot; this sketch is from Paper Craft Crew, sketch #22:

Of course, I didn’t notice until too late where the sentiment was supposed to be placed…..double ooops!  Oh well, I hope they forgive me!

I can’t wait to see which CQC palette is YOUR favorite….which will you choose?  Share your choice and creation with us at the ColourQ blog – a fun way to start out the new year!  Make sure you check out the other designers’ creations as well to get some inspiration!

One more photo from Christmas….by far, my favorite:

Have a blessed day!