Tiff Sketch 10

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Hi friends! I hope you are wrapping up a wonderful weekend! We had a lovely day today. We went to a birthday party and then I went out with one of my best friends. I'm finishing the day working on the latest Paper Crafts Mag call. Wish me luck, I've never been in a regular issue of Paper Crafts, only special issues.

I wanted to quickly blog this card based on my friend Tiff's sketch #10. I was having a bit of trouble with my mojo earlier this week, so I decided to grab a sketch (Tiff's sketches are super fun to work with!) and grab some paper I haven't used yet and go to town. This is what I came up with. This card (except for the card base) is all Doodlebug Designs products.

Have a great day everyone!

Mmmmm Soup!

Happy Black Friday, friends! I am not doing any shopping today since Dustin had to work this morning and I have Parker. But maybe I'll hit up some online deals. Not too sure. I would have loved to run out at 4am but that was not in the cards.

Ok, you know what my favorite part about after Thanksgiving is?? Making soup from the turkey bones! Mmmmm! I won't be doing that this year since we didn't make the turkey here but that's why I'm posting this card.

This is a no stamping card. I made this while I was over at my friend Diane's house stamping earlier this week. Well, crafting more like. ;) I got to use some of her fabulous CTMH stuff. The card stock and the ribbon are both CTMH and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this ribbon! So fabby!

Have a great day friends! Be safe if you are out there shopping! PS did you see the sale at Paper Maniac?!?! 18% off with coupon code and TONS of Deal of the Weeks!

Card Details:

Card Stock: vanilla

Patterned Paper/Sticker: Melissa Frances

Misc: Cuttlebug, deco scissors, CTMH ribbon

No Stamp Card

Hi Friends! I don't have much time and I've not been feeling so great today. I just wanted to throw a quick blog post up. This card was on my Paper Maniac blog post from Monday.

All the elements are from Melissa Frances Kitschy Kitchen. Such a fun line! I distressed with some CTMH ink.

Have a great Thurs everyone!

EtsyInspired #104 ~ Glamasaurus

First off, I need to apologize for the lack of attention I'm putting into EtsyInspired lately. I'm so sorry for not having cards up or leaving comments. It's just been a rough adjustment for the kids to move and also a really hard time dealing with the Whooping Cough. I'm hoping to be back to normal soon but I can't make promises right now.

Ok, this week's EtsyInspired shop is Glamasauras. This shop has the cutest stuff ever! They have all sorts of jewelry, figurines, gift items, and lots of other stuff! It's all too cute for words. They have some fun pop culture icons in this shop, which are adorable. This week, Glamasauras is offering up a $20 gift certificate for one lucky winner.

This week's sponsor is Tiffany Doodles. They have THREE prizes for us this week! One person will win 5 digis of their choice, another person will win 3 digis of their choice, and yet another person will win 2 digis of their choice!

I'll let you run over to the EtsyInspired blog to find out how to play and to link your creation!

Here's my creation for this week. It's inspired by the bunny pendant seen in the first picture. I took the colors and the overall cuteness from the pendant. All the elements on my card are Bo Bunny other than the card base. I also used a Martha Stewart punch.

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Joy

Kerry

Kim (Sept Guest)

Savannah

Stephanie

Virginia

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Put on Your Sunglasses!

I hope you are all having a great day! I'm running on empty today as Parker decided 6am would be a fun time to wake up. Then my kids both decided that napping wasn't going to happen this afternoon. Oy!

So, here's a no stamping card I threw together the other day when we were headed to the birthday party. I can't decide if I like it or not. This is paper and chipboard I got at Target. I thought the little animals were cute and my kids have roughly a MILLION friends so I'm always in need of birthday cards. I used Mercy's current sketch for this.

Alright, obviously, my mojo has crashed and burned and I have deadlines coming out my ears so I'll end this now. Hope you all have a great weekend! OOOHHH, and check out my friend Paulina's blog candy HERE!

Even MORE Bella Blvd

I went to my friend Diane's house the other day to craft. I can't seem to find her blog link to link you. Hmm... Anyhow, I sometimes have a hard time making things when I'm away fromhome. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't have all my stuff. It can be hard. But this time, I was able to pull together a couple simple Bella Blvd card (since I brought all my Bella paper with me.)

So, these cards use Bella Blvd's Man of the House. It's AWESOME for masculine cards! The prints are masculine but still really fun and fresh. Not just your boring manly stuff. For both cards I cut apart some of the Bella Bits and combined them with some fun papers from the line.

I don't bring lots of embellishments with me when I go craft. I either use whatever is offered as a free-for-all or I embellish when I get home. But since these are masculine cards (ish), I decided to leave off all the extras. I did, however, use Di's Cuttlebug for this second card.

How do you craft when you are out places? Are you able to get a lot done? If you feel like leaving a comment or some tips about it, I would really appreciate it!

Have a happy Sunday everyone!

The Play Date Cafe 37

Eeeek! I'm just under the wire for this blog post. I went to the doctor about an hour ago and he said I have some cold virus that's causing my vertigo and my other symptoms. However, there's no medicine for viruses so I just get to tough it out. Oh joy.

Anyhow, I need to blog and show you my Play Date Cafe Challenge card for this week. I'm not sure I nail the whole Provencal style but I think I did ok on the colors. :)

Here's my card using some My Mind's Eye, Love Me Do. I've had this pack for so long and I've never pulled it out before this week and that's a shame. I love the colors! The punch is EK Success. The ribbon is from a grab bag from my LSS and the stick pin is Dritz.

Have a great Tuesday everyone!

2S4Y and Material Girl

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I picked up some Cosmo Cricket Material Girl stuff when one of my LSS was closing. I've been holding onto it for a little while, I don't know why. I am trying to get out of the idea of hoarding things. Did you know that when I use a paper pad I really like, I feel the need to go out a buy a new pad so I have one that's new? I'm odd.

But I digress, here's a card I made for 2 Sketches 4 You using some Material Girl. The main image is from the sticker sheet and I used FOUR, count 'em four, of the papers. Super out of character for me. I used my Fiskars Apron Lace punch and then added some pearls for interest. This card is 3.5 inches by 5.5 inches too. Not an A2! ;)

Happy weekend everyone!

Hi! :)

Look! I'm getting out of my box! I'm kind of proud of myself. I don't like to think that I'm in a rut but I know what I'm comfortable with and I feel like if it's not broken, why fix it? But I'm trying and getting a little better.

Here's my "Hi" card. I used alphabets to make the sentiment, which is different for me. Ok, maybe I shouldn't tell you all the ways this is different. I mean, I'm sure you can see them. The paper is Basic Grey, Nook and Pantry. The butterfly was actually taken off a package that was sent me to. It's so pretty! I need that punch! The journalling spot is Jillibean Soup.

Also, check out Shaela's awesome blog candy HERE.

Flowering Heart

I made this card for a sketch challenge on Split Coast. I actually had a really hard time making this sketch look nice. I don't really know why. This is actually one of three cards I made with this sketch.

For this sketch, I wanted something really nice and eye catching for the focal point. I traded (on Etsy) for some chipboard a while back and thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to use it. For some reason, I really fell in love with the idea of covering the chipboard in these little flower punches that I have. The only thing that bugs me a little about this is; to make this look more like a heart, I trimmed the middle part. So, a flower or two is missing some petals. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

This is just a piece of white card stock as the base. I covered the front in scrapbook paper. I trimmed the two stripes I guess you would call them in brown card stock and layered on some sheer white ribbon. I put my little flowering heart on top. Pretty simple but the heart did take a long time to make. This is a no stamping card which is pretty different for me these days.