A Birthday Card and Giving Thanks

Good afternoon!
I've got a couple of cards to show you today, but I gotta make it kinda quick. I am going to the airport in a bit to pick up my oldest son who is flying out to Las Vegas from Syracuse. He will be doing double duty, conference for work and spending some time with his mom and dad! Woot! Woot! These are cards that I made last week and am just getting to posting them. A friend of mine from back east celebrated a birthday this week and here is the card that I made her. I followed a sketch challenge from somewhere, but now I can't find where. This card just seems so yummy to me. Must be the designer paper, colors or the ribbon! Here is the recipe: ( All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted)

Stamps

• Out of the Box
• On Your Birthday

Paper

• Chocolate Chip
• Pretty in Pink
• Whisper White
• Designer Paper by Basic Grey - Pheobe line

Ink

• Chocolate Chip
• Regal Rose
• Green Galore

Accessories

• Circle and Scallop Circle punches
• ribbon (SU! - retired)
• Pink Crystal gems (Michaels)
• Many Marvelous Markers
• dimensionals

The next cards are a bunch of Thanksgiving Day cards that I made to send to my family in New York that I am missing very much this holiday.

Here is the recipe: (All Products are Stampin' Up!)

Stamps

• The More The Merrier

Paper

• Really Rust
• Chocolate Chip
• Sage Shadow
• Whisper White
• retired DSP

Ink

• Chocolate Chip

Accessories

• Circle, scallop circle square, and Scallop edge punches
• 1/4" grosgrain ribbon (C. Chip and M. Mustard)
• Big Shot
• Top Note die
• Dimensionals
• Many Marvelous Markers

I made a dozen of these and they went fairly quick. I love this patchwork look with the Top Note die!

That's it for now! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!

MOJO113 Holiday Love

Good morning!
This is gonna be a quick post. I just wanted to show you my card for this week's Mojo Monday Skecth Challenge, MOJO113. Yet another great layout to work with! Here is the recipe:

Stamps

• Cold & Cuddly (Stampin' Up!)

Paper

• Glorious Green, Regal Rose, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
• Designer paper (fancy pants designs)

Ink

• Glorious Green, Regal Rose, Real Red, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!)

Accessories

• Oval punch, Snowflake punch (Stampin' Up!)
• Ribbon (Michaels)

I just think those little penguins are so stinkin' cute!

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!

TESC91 Alien Greetings

Good morning,
I almost forgot to post this cute card I made for my nephew's birthday using Friday's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge - TESC91. I used Stampin' Up! colors that matched perfectly with this fun designer paper from DCWV, the Citrus collection matstack. I love those little packs of paper because the patterns are scaled-down perfectly for card making! This was such a quick card to put together that I decided to do a 2nd one to keep in my stash. Here is the recipe (all products are by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamps

• Greetings, Earthling
• On Your Birthday

Paper

• Only Orange
• Tempting Turquoise
• Whisper White
• Designer paper - DCWV

Ink

• Tempting Turqoise
• Basic Black
• Kiwi Kiss

Accessories

• Jumbo Eyelets
• Silver Brads
• Circle punches
• Circle cutter - Creative Memories
• Many Marvelous Markers
• 1/4" Tempting Turquoise grosgrain ribbon
• Dimensionals
• Blender pens

Thanks a bunch for stopping by! If you like what see, I would love to hear from you! Just leave a quick comment!

Enjoy your day!

OSW Template as Promised

Hi all! So, I worked hard today and made my One Sheet Wonder template all nice-nice so I could post a pic. I also took some more pics of the cards and labelled them so you can match up the cut pieces to the cards.

If you have yet to try a 'One Sheet Wonder' card set, this is the perfect time to give it a whirl. With just a few sheets of designer paper you can get your Christmas cards made in a flash! I am half way finished with my SUO OSW card set and I will post pics when I am done!

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!

One Sheet Wonder Card Sets

Okay, I finally have pics of my first OSW card sets. There is a slight learning curve as I took several samples that I found on SCS and created my own from them to suit my card designs. You can either use one 12" x 12" double sided designer paper to make one set or two coordinating 12" x 12" single sided designer papers cut exactly the same to make 2 sets, as I did. I could have made 12 cards for each set, but wanted to add some layers so my sets have 10 cards each.
I have to re-draw my 12 x 12 template so that I can post it tomorrow.
I used several different companies'

products, so let me list my recipe like this:

Stampin' Up!

• Stamp Sets (Trendy Trees, Great Friend, Animal Stories, Forest Friends, Crazy For Cupcakes, Heard From The Heart, Short & Sweet, On Your Birthday, Teeny Tiny Wishes)
• Paper (Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, Really Rust, Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery)
• Inks (Really Rust, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Close To Cocoa, Crushed Curry)
• Accessories (Brads, Punches, Ribbon, Buttons, Linen Thread, Blender pens)

Designer Paper - Complete Boy paper pack by My Mind's Eye

Cuttlebug - Provo Craft

Sizzix Dies

Nestibilities Dies

Ribbon, Brads, Gems - Michaels

Along with my template, I will post some close up pics tomorrow. I am also planning on doing a Christmas set next using a sheet of Merry Moments DSP and all SU! products for all my SU! followers!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

CC244 and SC254 Season's Greetings

Good afternoon,
My card for today was created for 2 challenges over at SCS. I chose to use this week's Color Challenge CC244 and Sketch Challenge SC254. The colors we were to use were Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgandy and Kraft. This week's sketch was alot of fun to work with and I thought the colors were perfect for this image. I must explain my deep disappointment with my card, as I went to take a pic I dropped my card face down and I had crystal stickles on the berries. Needless to say, the stickles were still wet and, well you can see what happened-boohoo. You would think that I would know better by now...anywho, other than that I think it looks pretty good!
Here is the recipe:

Stamps

• A Cardinal Christmas (SU!)
• Snow Swirled (SU!)

Paper

• Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgandy, Kraft (SU!)
• Figgy Pudding (Basic Grey)

Ink

• Black Stazon
• Bravo Burgandy, Mellow Moss, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede (SU!)

Accessories

• Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon (SU!)
• Blender pens (SU!)
• Crystal Stickles(haha) (Ranger)

I colored the image using my SU! ink pads and blender pens.

I am still working on those card sets. My time has been split in many directions as my husband and I are in the process of selling a house, buying a house and living in an apartment in Las Vegas were we are moving to from Upstate NY. All the while still trying to keep up with my 4 kids and all they have going on back in NY and in Florida, where my oldest daughter just recently moved to. It's been very crazy, but in a good way!

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

MOJO112 Thinking of You

Good afternoon,

Well, it's Monday, again! One of my fave days cuz I get to play along with the Mojo Monday sketch challenge! My post have been a little sparse this past week, but I am working on some card sets for gifts and I don't want to post until I have completed each set. They will be coming I promise. So, I do have a card for this week's Mojo Monday #112.

I needed to make a sympathy card today, and it is for someone who is very dear to me. I wanted it to be extra pretty and special. I really like this sketch because I could let the soft designer paper express my feelings with a simple sentiment as the focal point.
Here is the recipe:

Stamps

• Thoughts & Prayers (Stampin' Up)

Paper

• Chocolate chip, Old olive, Whisper white (Stampin' Up)
• Infuse designer paper (Basic Grey)

Ink

• Close to Cocoa, Old olive, Regal rose (Stampin' Up)

Accessories

• Nestibilities dies (Spellbinders)
• Crop-a-dile (We are Memory Keepers)
• large eyelet (We are Memory Keepers)
• satin ribbon (Michaels)
• Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest)
• dimensionals (Stampin' Up)
• Cuttlebug (Provo Craft)

I used the Old Olive and Regal Rose ink to sponge around my sentiment. The rest is pretty straight forward. I really like how this turned out even though I hate it when I need to make a sympathy card.

I am half way done with my first 2 sets of cards, so look for the pics soon! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by!

MOJO111 Live, Laugh & Love

Good morning,

I have returned from my trip back east. I was able to catch up with lots of my family and friends. Here's a Shout Out to my "Hearts In Harmony Stampers!" So glad I got to see some of you! I gotta say though, I missed my Nevada sunshine! It has taken me a couple of days to get my internal clock to match the one hanging on my wall, but it's all good now! So, once again I have a card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge #111.

Here is what I came up with. I added a ribbon and omitted the 3 brads. I just adore this SU! designer series paper, Cottage Wall. The colors are fantastic together, don'tcha think?

My recipe goes like this (All products are from Stampin' Up!):

Stamps

• On Your Birthday

Paper

• Rich Razzleberry
• Old Olive
• Whisper White
• Orchid Opulence
• Cottage Wall designer series paper

Ink

• Old Olive

Accessories

• Scallop Edge punch
• Ribbon Originals - Mistletoe (from the Holiday mini)
• 5/16" whisper white jumbo brad
• Big Shot
• Birds & Blooms sizzlits
• Dimensionals

I really like how clean and simple this looks.

Okay, now that Halloween is over it is time for me to buckle down and really start my holiday crafting and card making. I only have a handful of my stampin' supplies with me here in Las Vegas. We are working on buying a house here and can't wait to be settled some where again!

Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by! See you all soon!