PURELY WHIMSICAL / CD #91, CTD #124 & DCBD #210...

I saw something really cool on my sweet friend Krystal's blog the other day - she had made the same card with a bunch of different color challanges and I thought - I WANT TO DO THAT! So thank you Krystal! Of course I finished these cards kinda late last night & forgot I needed to go ahead & post it to make the Color Dare deadline....waaaaah!

Tempting Pear Tangos

So as I said I used what's now last week's ColorDare of Tempting Turquoise, Perfectly Pear and Tangerine Tango - LOVE this combo! The sentiments of all three cards were from last year's Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration, Whimsical Words. The set on this card is called Funky Four. I added a little bling to all three cards, as well.

This card is for Color Throwdown, another awesome color combo! The set used for this is one I used a few days ago called Aviary, by SU!. All the buttons for these cards are Papertrey Ink, except the last card in which I used Basic Grey.

My last card uses SU! set, Growing Green. The ribbon for all three cards is SU!, as well as the patterned paper. This sketch was one I cased as part of a challenge back in May of 2009... I fell in love the that card & it's a sketch that I tend to think of from time to time - sorta a "go-to" sketch for me...

Bye for now,

FULL OF LIFE / USSIS #61 & DCBD #182...

It's time for another Unscripted Sketches ~ Sketch It Saturday!!! Also, starting July 1st, we'll be celebrating "Christmas is July" at Unscripted - EVERYDAY! You'll definitely have to join us!

Since it's been TOO long since I played with the Diva's @ Diva Coffee Break Challenge, I decided to go check them out this week & I'm so glad I did! They had some AWESOME colors!!! So I used them with the Unscripted sketch for this super fun card!

The stamp is from a set called Full of Life from Stampin' Up! ~ the sayings are so funny! I also used the small star punch from SU!. I did some faux stitches, and used my swiss dots Cuttlebug EF for the white panel. For the panel the stars are punched from, I connected the 3 pieces of card stock with a thin sheet of paper adhered to the back of them, which I then punched the stars from. That panel is popped up with dimensionals. A white star brad, a snippet of ribbon & a turquoise brad finish it off!

Hope your Saturday is awesome!!!

ROSETTE (aka: fan fold) FLOWER / DCBD #174 & FTL #88...

I need some help here peeps - I saw this rosette flower on someone's blog with a link to a video tutorial (I think?!?) but now I don't remember who or where... if you made one of these in the last week or so & think I found it on your blog, please leave a comment...

[ETA] - I found the tutorial for this flower, just not the person who led me there.... enjoy!

[ETA] YAY - IT WAS ROBIN!!! She did this super gorgeous card that made me want to try this... her flower is just the BEST... check it out!

Here's a quick card while the kids are napping, I'm at home today since one of the babysitters (my mom ; ) is at the Grand Canyon enjoying the snow - lol! Since I knew I had limited time I went for the ever-so-awesome Fall-to-Layout, and paired it with the Diva's wild colors! I had already made the rosette a few days ago & it just happened to be the right color! YAY!

The swirls are from Stampin' Up!'s set, Priceless. The border punch is the Pinking Hearts from the Occasions Mini - today's the last day to order! The sentiment is also Stampin' Up! - Thank You Kindly.

Thanks for dropping by~

VINTAGE VOGUE / CTD #89 & DCDB #173...

Wow - it sure can take a long time to make something look vintage - lol! But it's worth it...

This card is for a few challenges - Color Throwdown, Diva Coffee Break Designs and Just Add Ink. Three EXCELLENT challenges this week. LeAnne hosted the CTD - and these colors really kicked my booty! This is actually the second card I attempted with these colors, the first will never see the light of day...

It's soooo late, I'm going to bed now...

See you tomorrow/today!

MORE BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS / FTL #86, DCBD #172, & SR #15...

Here's a 10 minute card for a Friday morning ~ I made this before work, because I used up all my stamping time last night on my card for tomorrow's Unscripted Sketch!

And yes, here's that set of dies again ~ I just can't help myself! This card is for 3 challenges today; Clean & Simple's Fall-to Layout, Diva Coffee Break Design's color challenge & Stampin' Royalty's challenge to K*I*S*S... which I think I did.

Let me just say, I'd forgotten that the Diva's prefer only Stampin' Up! products to be used, but this card could easily be made switching out the dies used & the sentiment... I used Papertrey's Beautiful Blooms II #1 dies and the sentiment is also PTI, Signature Greetings. Buttons are PTI, Lemon & Hibiscus (I think?!?) After I cut out the flowers, I ran each one through my Big Shot with a different EF... super easy!

Have a great Friday!

Here's a sneak peek of my card for tomorrow's Unscripted Sketch Challenge, you should join us this week!

THE MORE THE MERRIER / DCBD #154 & SSSC44...

Another card tonight... I didn't realize how late it was...

Probably because I couldn't resist the Diva Coffee Break colors or Karen's SWEET sketch... and I do mean sweet!

I put up two shots of the card, the second full shot shows the Stickles a little better! The set I used is a hostess level 3 set from Stampin' Up!, called the More the Merrier ~ it's so cute!!!

Gotta go, Maisie Grace (my little peanut due in January) is kicking me... think she might be ready for me to go to bed - lol! Thanks for looking!

WREATH OF FALLING LEAVES / CTD #68 & DCBD #153...

Oooh ~ aren't these fall colors cute-sy?!? Sometimes I think kraft is my 'new black'... I've been lovin' it a lot this fall!

I played along with the Divas this evening... they had a great sketch this week! I also used the colors from Color Throwdown... I'm tempted to try them again, though!

Here's a cute little set from Stampin' Up! called Falling Leaves... these leaves are so sweet! I cut out several of each & popped them up with Stampin' Dimensionals & formed them into a wreath. The dsp is Crushed Curry Patterns.

Thanks for stopping by!