Flutter by Wednesday and MFT....

Good morning! Yep, it's morning...1:20 a.m. to be exact and Leanne and I are still crafting :o) DH is out with the buds tonight, kids are both having sleepovers at friends houses and we are ALONE...crafting....in my craft room! Yayyyyyy!!

We decided to go through my stamp stash and find ones that we can color. So, I knew right away what I wanted to color...one of my My Favorite Things Pure Innocence stamps. I picked Blooming Good Day and I used the Flutter by Wednesday sketch from Mercy Kerin:

Stamps: Blooming Good Day (MFT); Ink: Basic Black, Versafine Black; Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye; Accessories: markers, butterfly punch, pearls, dimensionals, clear embossing powder

Thanks for stopping in - tomorrow is our stamp club so I might be back tomorrow evening, we'll see. Take care and happy inking!!!

Bright, Sunshiney Day!

Good evening again...yep, it's WAYYYY past my bedtime (especially being as sick as I am) but DH is away tonight and the kids went to Nana and Papa's to have a sleepover - so I decided to chat with my great crafting PEEP, Leanne, online while I made one more card. I saw the new Color Throwdown color challenge and the Inspirational Card Sketch challenge for this week and knew *exactly* what I was gonna do....mwah, ha ha......

This card also qualifies for the Papertake Weekly Challenge of "Cutie Pie" - don'tchya think?!? LOL....

Isn't she cute too?! All these little ones are so adorable...I just love 'em :o)

Stamps: Sunshiney Day - MFT; Paper: Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray, So Saffron DP; Ink: Basic Black, Versafine Black; Accessories: Nestabilities, paper piercer, pearls, markers, dimensionals

Sorry for the short, short post tonight, but my head is about ready to explode off my shoulders and my nose is a runnin' away on me...time to go and take some Benylin night time and crawl into my nice warm bed for the night. I hope to be back sometime tomorrow!! Ciao!

Bailey's, Verve and a Play Date

As you probably figured out from the title of this post.....I am having some Bailey's while crafting...YEP! I sure am - I am enjoying a scrumptious Cadbury's hot chocolate with some caramel-flavored Bailey's - YUMM-O! DH is gone away working for a few days, so I'm totally taking advantage of my craft room tonight!

I found some My Mind's Eye DP (yep, that I've been hoarding - shhhhhh!) to go along with this lovely color challenge from The Play Date Cafe...and....I also dug out a set from Verve that has not seen ink yet (head hung in shame). So, tonight was the night! The gals over at Flutter by Wednesday's wants us to use some "SPARKLE" on our flutterby's...so I added some gems to my butterfly :)

Usually, these colors would pose a slight "setback" on my crafting MOJO, but tonight - they went together just "tickitty-boo!" Hmm...wonder if it's the Bailey's....*eye roll* hahahaha...

Well, PEEPS, I've had an incredibly creative day today. Six cards posted! WOWZA's! I think that just *might* be a record for this girl. That's it for me tonight - time to clean up my craft zone and get things ready for tomorrow. The kids both have 4H and I am going to "attempt" a walk or the gym or SOMETHING tomorrow before I settle in for yet ANOTHER crafting frenzy tomorrow night! Yay!!! Stay tuned.........................

Play Date Cafe Challenge #23 and a CASE

Good afternoon! Today has been a fairly laid back, relaxing kinda day...we got our taxes done, bread is in the bread maker, supper is on the stove, and I actually got some crafting in - yippeee!

I came across a very stunning card over at Kathleen's blog, "My Happy Stamping Place" and I've wanted to CASE it for a while now - with the Play Date Cafe's color challenge of dark blue, light blue and white, I decided now would be a good time to give them a try! I did them in 2 different colors - both using Brilliant Blue, Turquoise and White. I hope you enjoy them. Thanks, Kathleen, for the gorgeous idea for a quick, simple but elegant card!!


Kathleen used the Finial Press embossing folder, turned it over, and brayered on the flat side with color to create her own background paper. I think they are just stunning - and could you imagine what color combinations you could make with it? Kathleen's Razzleberry and plum is beautiful too - make sure you check it out!

Stamps: Short and Sweet; Paper: Whisper White, Brilliant Blue, Tempting Turquoise; Ink: Brilliant Blue, Tempting Turquoise; Accessories: finial press, brayer, beautiful butterflies sizzlits, paper piercer, scallop trim punch, dimensionals, pearls

A Busy Spring Break!

Did you miss me?!? Woweee, it's been a crazy-busy Spring Break for me. My kids are homeschooled this year, so they've had various friends here off and on the whole break. Now we have their 2 cousins here from Lacombe. I've been a cookie-baking, bread-making, meal-plannin' momma and today I decided it's MY day to create some cards :o)

I've done one challenge this morning with Kazan's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You and I used the very interesting color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise. The images are from Little Paper Shop and I feel they fit the layout just PERFECTLY!


...and VOILA! here is my creation.....

I hope to be back a bit later with some more cards. I hope you are all having a super Good Friday - the weather here is beautiful. The kids are having a bite to eat and then they are heading back out to play! Yay! LOL....See you soon!

2 Challenges....2 Cards

Happy Monday! I got up early this morning, started some coffee and got to work on creating another card and well...I made 2! I used the color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise and the sketch challenge from Mojo Monday. I used the same colors/sketch for both cards, but just threw a bit of a different twist on each one...hope you like them!

Here's what the wonderful ladies at Scrapmaster's Paradise had for me to use:


And Julee, once again, posted a very cool sketch...you could do either circular or square or BOTH! I did square for now - maybe I'll make a round one tonight :o) We'll see....
And here is Card #1 with the 2 challenges:

And here is Card #2 using both challenges:

Let me know what you think of them! I think they turned out really well...in between home schooling and crafting, today has gone very well!! My daughter helped me put the butterflies on the 2nd card. I said it needed "something" and she said "How about some butterflies here Mom?" so...there ya have it :)

Hope you all have a fantastic day today...happy stamping!!