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Happy Thursday, peeps!  It's winding down to the big day and I probably won't be posting too many things until after the holiday, but I did want to squeeze in a card I made for an upcoming family birthday.  I used the theme from SUO Challenges, which is to use circles, ovals or squares on my card, and since the FMS sketch was square, I thought it would work well:

 

Amy O'Neill used some pretty Project Life cards on her card (you can see it here), and I thought that would be a great idea for mine as well, since I just got this Hello Lovely set, and I just love these colors:

Both panels are from the PL set; the numbers were cut with the Large Numbers die in Crisp Cantaloupe, and the sentiment is from Cheer All Year, stamped in Tip Top Taupe.  I embossed the Soft Sky base with the Perfect Polkadots embossing folder, then added a few sequins from the November Paper Pumpkin kit.  

Thanks for visiting today!

We were all sitting around the table after dinner a couple nights ago and Cassidy got a little piece of paper and a Sharpie (her favorite writing utensil) and wrote a little note and stuck it in her Advent box.  Dana questioned her about it and she told her she was writing the elves a note:

"Dear elfs, I'm getting tired of getting stickers.  But I like you still!"  Dana and I just cracked up!  She gets stickers, an occasional piece of candy and sometimes a little toy.  But apparently she is not too happy with the stickers!!!  Ralph the elf wrote her a note back and apologized:

 and the next day, she got a big ornament full of bubble bath:

Really, I don't think she's ungrateful; the look is because she had no CLUE what it was!!!  Now she can't wait to have her bath so she can bubble up!  But we did remind her that the Advent gifts are small; she'll get bigger gifts on Christmas!  But we might have created a monster!  Maybe next year we'll just do one of those little calendars with the tiny little windows that open up!

Have a blessed day!

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Happy Friday, peeps!  Yay, the weekend is here!  I had a couple of Project Life cards from last year's Everyday Adventure set laying out on my desk because I liked the color combo of Bermuda Bay and Pumpkin Pie.  When I saw this week's FMS sketch, I knew they would work!  Here it is:

And here's my super-duper easy card!  No stamping, either!  

I trimmed down each panel to fit the sketch; the smaller orange horizontal print is the reverse of BB and PP print piece, how cool is that?  The only thing I added was a mat of Pumpkin Pie, a diecut hello from Bermuda Bay (Poppystamp's Hip Hello), and I covered some scrap cardstock with the washi tape from the same kit and punched out a heart and backed it with another heart of Bermuda Bay.  As a final embellishment, there was a cool gridded acetate banner, so I snipped it into two pieces and added it at the top!  I just love these colors together!

Back in March, Cassidy had dug up a little patch of dirt along our driveway and planted radish seeds all by herself!  Today, she decided to "harvest" them!

 

Most of them were pretty "wee"...after all, she didn't really water or fertilize them, but she did get a couple nice sized ones!

All in all, she was pretty proud of herself...and so were we!

Enjoy your day, and thanks so much for popping by!

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Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope you’re having a great weekend…it’s a wee bit soggy here in SE PA, and we’re bracing for some more snowy precip…hey, it IS winter, right?  More crafting time!   Anyway, it’s Paper Players day and Jaydee has an awesome sketch for us this week.  I just love this sketch, it’s very similar to my favorite go-to sketch, only it’s in landscape, which is just as wonderful!   Check it out:

One of the free SAB items this year is a little packet of Project Life Mini Cards; since I am a terrible scrapper, I thought perhaps I could use some of them, along with some other SAB products, to make a card!  So here we go:

Isn’t this a happy card?  I cut down one of the larger cards for my upper panel, and used the Heart Framelits to cut down the floral one, then added a button from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack.  I cut a mat free-hand in Lost Lagoon and popped it up over some Tangelo Twist ribbon, and stamped the sentiment from Simply Wonderful in TT ink:

It’s all atop a Soft Sky card base, and I think it’s quite cheerful!  And I loved the sketch so much, I had to do another!  I haven’t done a vintage-style card for a while, and I needed a thank you card for a sweet customer, and I know she likes vintage stuff, and I hope she likes the card as well!

I used a Very Vanilla card base this time, with a mat of Real Red and Typeset DSP, stamping the images from Postage Due in Real Red and Crumb Cake, and sponging everything with Crumb Cake.  I added a couple of wee banners, then, using the Flower Fair Framelits,  I diecut some leaves from a piece of burlap ribbon, and a flower from our canvas, embellished with a Candy Dot center:

I also embossed the top half with the Arrows EF (thanks, Sandy!) and added a little sentiment from Something To Say, which I diecut with the File Tab Edgelits…I think it gives a cool “finished” look, don’t you think:

This took a wee bit more time to complete, but I like the shabby look of this one too!  So I hope that these will inspire you to create something with Jaydee’s sketch this week!  I must say, the DT has created some beauties with it….be sure to check them all out:

• Ann
• Anne Marie
• Claire
• Debbie
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Karren
• Laurie
• Nance
• Sandy
• Shannon

I have been doing a few other handicrafts lately, and Cassidy has suddenly realized that her mom and I could possibly create clothes for her dolls!  Changing her doll’s clothing is an activity that absorbs a LOT of her time, but she doesn’t realize that knitting a doll sweater would take quite a bit of effort for a beginning knitter (although of course, I am trying to make one for her!!!)!  However, through the generosity of kind people and the internet, I was able to find a free sewing pattern to make “Claire” a coat.  Now I have LOTS of fabric from all my sewing projects, but this Debbie Mumm pattern is what Miss Cassidy chose and insisted on!!!  And I have to tell you, she was thrilled with it!  Here it is, being modeled by her doll (it’s similar to an American Girl doll):

 

And yes, it has pumpkins, apples, sunflowers and scarecrows on it…and that’s what she wanted.  AND the design was only going one way, so I had to make sure I didn’t get a sleeve upside down, LOL!  AND the pattern was for a dress with the opening in the back, so I had to alter it so it opened in the front: 

But it was fun to make…even though I don’t think I ever made anything with seams so small, LOL!  So far, we only have a snap closure, but I want to add some wee buttons to make it look more like a coat!  I just need to find some tiny enough!  Thanks for indulging me!

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Hey, peeps, it’s Tuesday, and that means another cool color challenge from Arielle for the ColourQ!  Here you go:

Definitely a boyish color combo, although it doesn’t necessarily have to be!  I inked up some images from Geometrical and A Fitting Occasion, both of which have been neglected, and paired them with a sentiment from a new Project Life set called Remember This:

I added some scallops and zigzags, and popped it all on a panel that I embossed with the Alphabet EF:

I added a little sentiment (and hat!) to the inside as well:

Sentiment is from Fabulous Four!  I hope you can come play with us this week!

A few more fair pictures:

Enjoy your day!