Lord Have Mercy, SPCC#55 and Chocolate at Totally Stampalicious....

Happy Thursday evening! Today has been such an "awesome and productive" day. Tamie brought the kids out and she made sure to bring all her crafting supplies that she needs to get ahead on some of our design team work since they are leaving this weekend for holidays. That inspired me also to get my butt in gear and do up some cards ahead of the game :) We did very well today - we EVEN got her laundry done for her! Now she won't have to panic as much getting all the packing done for camping - we rock girl, thanks for comin' out to play!

After Tamie left, I decided to finish up this card I made for the challenge this week over at Scrapmaster's. I am officially a SP Diva, but I didn't get my card done in time to hand in to Samantha after being accepted to the group. So...I decided to play along anyways as I really, really enjoyed this color combination that Sam picked this week...I also used the sketch from Lord Have Mercy and the challenge over at Totally Stampalicious this week was to incorporate "FOOD" in our card somewhere, even if it's in the sentiment.


...and here is my card incorporating all 3 challenges:

Stamps: Love's Flower (Verve); Paper: Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive DP; Ink: Cajun Craze; Accessories: nestabilities, cuttlebug folders, paper flowers, olive brad, dimensionals, paper piercer

Isn't that sentiment the "best?" I just love it...a little chocolate now and then *IS* therapeutic, don'tchya think?!? Giggle....be sure to link your creation using these colors to the Scrapmaster's Challenge Blog using InLinkz. Entries are due on Sunday, July 11th at 3PM EST. Next Monday, we will showcase the winner and the SP Top Five.

Thanks for stopping in - have a super night and happy crafting!

Happy Birthday, Peggy!

Happy Hump Day! I got DH out the door and came to sit in my craft zone and get a challenge (or 7) done *wink* My card qualifies for the following challenges today:

• Paper Works - "to use cupcakes anywhere on your card or project."
• Stacey's Stamping Stage - color combo - Act 27
• Lord Have Mercy - sketch challenge
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge Blog - make a birthday card with some type of "sweet treat" on it
• Pile It On! - "Make it Sweet"
• Stamp With Us - "Birthday"
• Stamping Royalty - "Use Your Punches"

...here is my cutie patootie birthday girl:

Stamps: Short & Sweet, Mimosa - Cupcake (Bildmalarna); Paper: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White; Ink: Versafine Black, Basic Black; Accessories: celery satin ribbon, button, linen thread, markers, white gel pen, dimensionals, oval punches, oval scallop punch, cuttlebug border embossers

The weather man says we are in a "winter storm warning" for our area and we can expect 12-15 cm of snow and/or rain today and tomorrow. I am hunkered down with candles lit, great tasting coffee and laundry has been started. I am hoping to be back later on today with more installments! My workshop has been postponed so I don't have to run out tonight...more time for stamping :) Yay me!! See you soon - stay warm!

SPCC# 43 and a Mercy Sketch - Feel Better Soon

My daughter, Kim, and I worked on this card together this afternoon. I was having some difficulty with the colors and she put in some advice here and there and we came up with a real CUTIE PATOOTIE card together :) Thanks, girlie!! xoxoxoxo

We used the color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise - and I must say, it was definitely a CHALLENGE! I was thinking there was no way I'd be able to pull those colors off, but Kim and I did ok. We also used Mercy's sketch from Lord Have Mercy! challenge blog. The sketch was perfect for me to ink up one of my new sets from My Favorite Things....a cutie patootie from the new Pure Innocence line:

.........and VOILA!! Here is our collective creation:

Stamps: My Umbrella - MFT; Paper: Brocade Blue, Glorious Green, Yo-Yo Yellow, Whisper White; Ink: Basic Black, Versafine Black; Accessories: cuttlebug embossing folder, sizzix embossing folder, nestabilities, pearls, markers (Brocade Blue, Yo-Yo Yellow, Glorious Green, Basic Black), dimensionals, Martha Stewart border punch, oval punch, scallop oval punch, paper piercer

I really love this new line - they are sooooo adorable! I just took some more Benylin and will go make a bowl of soup for supper and *maybe* I'll be back with another installment tonight! I will see how I'm feeling - today has been a pretty rough day with this nasty head cold. I hope you all have had a chance to craft and it's brought a smile to your face! Ciao!