JOY / 10MCD #28...

Hello! I couldn't resist when I saw this gorgeous card by Caryn at the 10 Minute Craft Dash - I used it as inspiration for my own Craft Dash Card. (I hope she doesn't mind!) I used one of he Delicate Doilies by The Alley Way Stamps. Armed with tons of enamel dots, you could quickly crank out a lot of these for your Christmas cards this year!

  

Love & hugs,

SUPER STAR / RS #71 & 10MCD #21...

Here's my card (finally!) for this past week's RetroSketch! We had Vacation Bible School all week and I have been swamped! I had a bunch of scraps next to my paper trimmer, so I decided just to use those - the ribbon, the border punched paper - all scraps!  I used the new set, Iconic, which is free this month with a $40 purchase, and also Reel Time!

I also played along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash!

Hugs!

DIRECTION / 10MCD #20...

Here's a quick little card using Good Point - it only took about 8 minutes! I love one layer cards, they are so fun!

I also played along with the Craft Dash...

Hugs!

BEST FRIEND EVER / DS #98 & 10MCD #16...

Happy Thursday! I woke up late~ish with a headache this morning, so I am running behind... For today's new Deconstructed Sketch {love}, I decided to play along with the funky colors over at the 10 Minute Craft Dash - LOL! Doesn't the combination of the 2 make for a HAPPY card?!?

I used my FAVE set form TAWS - Talk to Me and Tag~Alongs. I also used washi & stick on rhinestones  - a MUST of you're trying to make a card really quickly!

Here's the colors...

I would love for you to check out the sketch and everyone's amazing cards...

Cresta Woodruff Dawn Easton Donna Wardle Jen Shults Joni Wilson Judy Rozema Kadie Ensley Lori Boyd Sandra MacLean Sheri Gilson Tobi Crawford Tracey Pickersgill

Bye for now!

LET'S CELEBRATE / 10MCD #15 & a Case File...

Hello hello! I played again with the 10 Minute Craft Dash... these colors were neat! I actually made this card last week, but it took longer than the 10 minutes, so I made another one that I posted the other day. I used a sentiment from the new set Wish Big and also the cute onesie image from Tiny Treasures, both by The Alley Way Stamps.

 

Sometimes I see a card I just HAVE to CASE, and last October I had hoped to do that once a week and started with this card. But then I didn't - hah! Soooo, when I saw this colourQ winning card by Meghan last week & wanted to CASE it, I decided to revive my old goal. I can totally do that, right? Thanks for the inspiration Meghan!

Bye for now...

YOU NEVER KNOW / DS #96 & 10MCD #15...

I had a great day with my mom! My cousin is getting married and we are co-hosting the shower so we spent the day filling favor boxes and making cheese straws (yum!). Tomorrow I get to make a half ton of chicken salad for little phyllo cups- woohoo! Then I went to the gym and walked 3 miles on the treadmill (YAY ME!) then home to cook and take care of babies!

So now that the kiddies are in bed, I am FINALLY getting to posting my card for today's new Deconstructed Sketch... we had some internet problems this morning - the result of bad weather overnight. I had to leave the house before I could get it uploaded... my sincere apologies!

For this card I used Life is Short, Framed and Reel Time by The Alley Way Stamps!

      

Please be sure to come play along with us and check out the other ladies fantastic inspiration!

Amber Hight Cresta Woodruff Dawn Easton Donna Wardle Jen Shults Joni Wilson Judy Rozema Kadie Ensley Lori Boyd Sandra MacLean Sheri Gilson Tobi Crawford Tracey Pickersgill

I also played along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash! This is my second attempt - my first was WAY over 10 minutes - LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

FOR YOU / 10MCD #14 & TAWS Sneak Peek...

WOOHOO - it's time for sneak peeks of the new April sets for The Alley Way Stamps. This new set is called Tag-Alongs, and if you head over to the TAWS blog today and comment, you could win one for yourself! The tag stamp is a little longer than a certain tag punch sold by a major stamp manufacturer... so that's cool! I just inserted my paper in the punch on one side, then after stamping, trimmed the end.

I played along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash, who could resist these colors?!? I did go lighter with my pink... but I didn't do too bad with the time!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

OH SNAP / ISSC #42 & 10CD #6...

Hello again! We started a new sketch challenge this week over at iSpy Sketches, I love how versatile it is! I decided to use this fun and funky set from The Alley Way Stamps called Framed. And when I saw the colors over at the 10 Minute Craft Dash, WOOHOO - they are perfect!

To get the embossing in the middle of the white layer, I sandwiched it in the embossing folder and clear plates and placed it directly under the roller of my Big Shot without the base plate thing~y (sorry I don't know the right terminology.) Then I wedged the base plate thing~y under it a little and rolled it just a few smidges... clear as mud, right? One of these days I'll figure out how to video that!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I LONG 2 SEE YA / CFC #75, 10MCD #5, CCC #16...

Well, the kids are in bed, I'm watching re-runs of Castle and I have a quick little card to share! It's my pleasure to play along with the 10 Minute Craft Dash! I didn't time this card, but it didn't take long, since I had some pre-cut pieces laying around. You can also tell I was in a hurry since my coloring is a little crude - LOL!

I used Party Animal, from the The Alley Way Stamps! I love love love giraffes! And who wouldn't want a pink and orange giraffe for a pet? I also used TAWS sentiments from various sets.... to many to list!

So for this card I combined three challenge; CAS-ual Fridays, 10 Minute Craft Dash & CASology! Nothing better to get your mojo going than playing along with great challenges!

 

I made soup tonight, Turkey Vegetable.... looks yummy, huh? 

ARIELLE'S TURKEY VEGGIE SOUP

Ingrdients:

1 onion, diced

3 - 5 garlic cloves, minced

1 tbsp olive oil

1 lb. ground turkey

1/2 tsp Italian herbs

1 tsp ground pepper

1 lg can of Veg-all, juice included

1 sm can of chili beans, drained & rinsed

1 lg can of petite diced tomatoes, juice included

6 cups of chicken stock

1 cup water

1 beef bouillon cube

couple dashes of Worcestershire

couple dashes of hot sauce

dash of cumin 

dash of ground chipotle 

1/2 bag of spinach

salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Saute the onion and garlic in olive oil. When the garlic starts to brown, add your turkey. As you cook the turkey, break it up with a spatula and add your ground pepper and herbs. Once the turkey is no longer pink, add the rest of the ingredients. Let simmer 20 minutes and you're ready to eat! 

I add dashes of things like chipotle and cumin just to give a little extra  dimension of flavor. If you left them out, you probably wouldn't notice much!

Have a great night!