Happy Retirement

Hello & Happy Tuesday! So glad you stopped by today! I'm sharing a retirement card I made for one of my regular customers at work:

A closer look:

I used some Basic Grey background paper, MS border & corner punches, circle Nesties, Prima Sprites & a digi from The Cutting Cafe. The image was a bit larger than I pictured & after working with it in so many ways I came to the conclusion to cut out the phrase & put it on this way instead of the entire circle. The lady at work just adored it & said the person she's giving it to will love it too! I love making a customer happy :)

Hope you have a great day!

Stitchy Bear Stamps - SMC Sponsor

Hello & happy Monday another quick weekend I must say. Today I'm sharing a sample made with this week's Sew Many Cards Challenge sponsor: Stitchy Bear Stamps oh so cute image called: Rub-A-Dub-Dub:

A closer view of the pink one:

The blue version:

I couldn't make just a pink girl version without coming up with a boy one... I used the Argyle Cuttlebug Folder, some edge punches from EK Success, some button brads & circle Nesties. What fun these were to make. Thanks for coming by, hope you'll come back this week as I have a retirement card & one of those little cake candles to share.

Fourth of July

Wow, I cannot believe the Fourth of July is just next weekend, can you? Boy how times a flying... This week I decided to do a project for Sketch Saturday using an image from The Character Cafe, called Bang Boom, here's the sketch:

Here's what I've come up with:

A closer look:

I used some paper from my stash, the red is foiled paper, the star punch is a newer one that EK Success has, the silver stars & big blue glitter dots are Dress It Up buttons & of course the image is colored with Copic Markers & is actually popped up on the page, you can kind of see it in this closer view.

Well off to finish things this Sunday & get ready for work on Monday, next weekend I have 4 days off so there's something to look forward to this week :)

Thanks for coming by, tomorrow I'll have a sample made with this week's sponsor Stitchy Stamps so be sure to stop on back. Have a great night!

The Character Cafe Challenge Friday

Thanks for stopping by today if you were looking for my SMC challenge post please refer to my first post for today.

Today is The Character Cafe Friday Challenge & today's challenge is to use "vellum".

For my project I embossed my vellum with the Cuttlebug folder "Leafy Branch", here's a close up of the embossed vellum:

Here's a close up of the entire image called Lazy Day

The entire card:
The rest of the supplies include the Octagon & Long Rectangles Nestabilities, Copic Markers & Glitter brads.

Hope you have a great day I'll be back on Sunday with a challenge card, which challenge this week I'm not sure so stop on back to take a peak...

Sew Many Cards Challenge Friday

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! So glad you could stop by today, another pretty quick week for me, how about you? This week SMC has an Anything Goes challenge which is one of my favorites as you can create whatever you want :) Here's my sample this week:

A close up:

For this project I used the oh so cute digi called Olliver with Flower, some new background paper from my DCWV Summer Matstack along with Labels 9, Copic Markers & some silver bling.

Thanks for stopping by today!

McMahon Five Sponsor

Good Morning & Happy Monday to you. Don't the weekends just go so fast? Too fast for me but oh well life must go on... Today I'm sharing a sample made with an image from this week's Sew Many Cards Challenge sponsor McMahon Five:

A close up:

Isn't she sweet? This digi is called Praying Angel, this one & many other really nice, cute & sweet images can be found, be sure to check them out, you won't be disappointed. I put "Thinking of You" on the inside as you can always write in "Your in my Prayers". I used some old printed vellum from SU, there swirls all ove it in white.

Thanks for coming by today, not sure I'll have anything to share for the next couple days but be sure to come back on Friday for this week's SMC & The Character Cafe's challenges. Have a great week!

WFWC #19

Good evening, Happy Father's Day to those out there that are "Father's"! I'm so glad you stopped by, today I'd like to share my entry for the Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge or
WFWC #19, I haven't been able to join Jen's challenges lately like I would have liked so it was so much fun making this card yesterday. The challenge is a sketch challenge, which if you follow my blog you know I love getting in on sketch challenges :)

A close up:

For this one I used the oh so cute image called: Birthday Ivy, along with paper from last year's Spring Glitter Stack from DCWV, my newest border punch from EK Success, lots of bling too!

Again this one was a fun one to make, thanks for coming by, have a great evening!

Sew Many Cards Challenge Friday

Wow did this week go by fast or what? It did for me... It's challenge Friday at Sew Many Cards & this week the challenge was to create a fancy fold card with a 4th of July, Americana or Military theme. Here's what I came up with:

A side view:

A close up:

For this project I went with the fancy fold Stair Step & used an image from a prior combo pack for Duncan & the flower, I also used Duncan with Owen. I used the fence & grass MS punches & some flag toothpicks, the sentiments are from a clear stamp set. Well I hope you enjoyed my project today, have a nice weekend!

Happy Friday! Post #1

Hello, thanks so much for stopping by this Friday morning! Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for Sketch Saturday Challenge, here's the sketch:

Here's my sample:



A close up:

For this one I used the ever so cute image from The Character Cafe called Sooki Ooblis
I used some background paper from my stash, a MS border punch (one of my current favs), some felt ribbon & bling. Hey if you have a chance be sure to head on over to the Cafe Challenge Blog & check out this week's challenge some of the other DT are doing this week.

Thanks for stopping by today I hope you have a great day!

Happy Anniversary Honey!

Good Morning & Happy Thursday! Today is my 16th wedding anniversary, not that my honey checks in on my blog but Happy Anniversary Honey! Although I'm off to work & such I still hope to have a great day as 16 years ago today I married the love of my life & have no regrets doing so either, well most of the time anyway! Here's the outside of his card, you see his favorite color is "red" & I love Teddy Bears so I thought this was perfect:

A close up:

I used the ever so cute Cuddly Buddly digi stamp they look like they could be celebrating to me, the sentiment is computer generated & the paper is from the new DCWV Summer matstack. Sorry the inside is a bit personal so I'm not going to share, I'm sure you understand. Well have a great day & thanks for stopping by!

It's Hump Day :)

Good morning so glad you stopped by on this Wednesday morning! Today I'd love to share with you a card I made for one of the ladies at work for her grandson birthday . He loves moose's (I think that's said correctly...) so I used the oh so cute Riley stamp:

A close up:

I used some new paper from this year's summer DCWV matstack, I believe Nestabilities labels 10 & an oval, oh & a new star border punch. This was a fun card to make, I hope you enjoyed it too! Have a good day!

The Character Cafe Sample

Good Tuesday to you! Today I'd like to share a card I made using a Character Cafe image called Mums

A close up:

Aren't they so pretty? Fun to color too! Oh so reasonably priced as well so be sure to head on over & pick yours up! Kelly & Kendra make such cute digital stamps, you really need to check them out if you've never done so (The Character Cafe). Have a great day!

The Cutting Cafe Sponsor Card

Good Morning & happy Monday to you! So glad you stopped by :) Today I'd like to share a card I made using this week's Sew Many Cards sponsors images called Cute Critters:

A close up:

For this project I used background paper from the new Summer DCWV matstack, some Prima Sprites & brads, pretty cute isn't it? Hope you enjoyed my sample today, have a great day!