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!

PPC - CC#10 - Happy Holidays

Welcome back to another challenge at Picture Perfect Creations! This week, Megan has a bright, cheery color combo for you all to try...I had a lot of fun doing this one. When I saw these colors, they were yellin' CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS!!! Not sure why, but they did.....I used the sketch challenge from Sketch Saturday as it fit my image perfectly:

Stamps: Holiday Lineup, Many Merry Messages; Paper: Whisper White, Bordering Blue, Real Red, Certainly Celery; Ink: Versafine Black, Basic Black; Accessories: markers, cuttlebug folder, pearls, dimensionals, clear embossing powder

I love this stamp set - aren't they hilarious?!? :o) Please be sure to head on over to the main blog (click HERE) to see all the rest of the design team's creations - they are sure to help inspire you! Can't wait to see what y'all come up with! Happy stamping!!

Birthday Stamp-A-Stack Card #3

Happy Saturday! It's another bright, sunshiney day here in central Alberta...temps are supposed to reach 20C again today - time to dig out some shorts and flip flops. Yay! I just wish I felt 100% better and could enjoy the heat, but with a head cold, it's not really a lot of fun.

DH is going into town after a bit to do some errands, go to the chiro, etc., so I am going to get busy and get a few challenges done here in my craft room and I only have one more project to prepare for my monthy club get-together happening next Sunday! Yay me!! I am normally scrambling like crazy to get ready and I've gotten 3 classes ready to go all by myself! Love it!

OK..enough ramblin....here is the 3rd card we will be creating at this month's Stamp-A-Stack. It can be used for a Male, or Teen birthday and you could use it for ANY color combo:

Stamps: Vintage Labels (SAB); Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White; Ink: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Accessories: large circle punch, scallop circle punch, soft suede ribbon, silver brads, embossing folder, dimensionals, clear blocks

This is a nice, clean, simple card that won't take the girls very long to pump out. I like the simplicity of cards like this - that still make a nice, bold statement!

I hope you have a chance to enjoy the wonderful sunshine today, wherever you are. Thanks for poppin' in to enjoy your morning coffee with me - I'll be back in a while! Bye!

Birthday Stamp-A-Stack Card #1

Wow, it's late! LOL...I never realized just *how* late it was...I will post quick and get my butt into bed!

I am hosting a Birthday Stamp-A-Stack on Saturday, April 24th and I wanted to showcase the samples on my blog here for you all to take a peek. I CASE'd this card from somewhere (and for the life of me, cannot remember where) so if you know who came up with this PURRDY idea, please let me know ASAP so I can give credit where it's due.

We are making 4 different cards, 3 of each one. This is the "woman" birthday card that we are doing. I will showcase a different one tomorrow....

Stamps: Upsy Daisy; Paper: Garden Green, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White; Ink: Basic Black; Accessories: embossing folder, scallop trim border punch, markers (pumpkin and garden green), dimensionals, white organza ribbon

Well that is it for me tonight...I will be back tomorrow with another Birthday SAS sample for you. Have a great night - sweet dreams!!

Navy and White Christmas

This card was a lot of fun to make because I got to use my Big Shot a lot :) There were 2 embossing folders, and we used the big snowflake die. Let me know what you think!

Stamps: Grateful Greetings

Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Shimmery Silver

Ink: Night of Navy

Accessories: Snowflake Bigz Die, snowflake punch, snowflake brad, 2 tag punches, organza ribbon, dimensionals, pearls

...more sympathy cards

These are the other 3 cards we made at my Sympathy Stamp-A-Stack on Saturday....

Stamps: Pocket Sillouettes, Thoughts & Prayers
Ink: Eggplant
Paper: Eggplant, Whisper White
Accessories: scallop border punch, eggplant ribbon, swiss dots cuttlebug folder, big shot


Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Warmest Regards (retired)
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Whisper White, Kraft
Accessories: sheer ribbon, black brads


Stamps: Close as a Memory
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray
Accessories: black ribbon, ticket corner punch, pewter brads, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, leaves cuttlebug folder

Artichoke and Chocolate Sympathy

This is one of 4 sympathy cards we will be making on Saturday at my Stamp-A-Stack. I have had a lot of customers ask me to host a Sympathy class because they find them difficult to make. I really enjoy the Thoughts and Prayers stamp set for sympathy cards. Hope you like it!

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Paper: Chocolate chip, Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand, To the Nines DP, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke
Accessories: scallop square punch, 1 1/4" square punch, dimensionals, artichoke ribbon, cuttlebug folder, sponge dauber

Bloom spotlight....

This is another card I will be demonstrating this coming up weekend at my stamp clubs. It's the spotlighting technique using circle punches and waterpens for coloring.

Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful
Ink: Black Staz On, Lavender Lace, Almost Amethyst, Barely Banana
Paper: Almost Amethyst, Lavender Lace, Confetti White
Accessories: waterpen, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" circle punches, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, cream ribbon

Fifth Avenue beauty....

I have had a few new products sitting on my craft room counter waiting to be used and loved....so today I decided to dig 'em out and use them. I made this card with my Fifth Avenue Floral set and used my new Oval All set, scallop oval punch and my new Sizzlits die, Little Leaves. It was a lot of fun making this card, hope you enjoy it!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Oval All
Ink: Basic Black, Real Red
Paper: Basic Black, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: Damask and Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folders, Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Sizzix die Little Leaves, black ribbon, black brads, Scallop oval punch, dimensionals, white gel pen

For You...

My friend, Tamie, and I went shopping today at the local scrapbook store and I bought a few more designer papers...ya, ya...like I need more paper like a hole in the head, but hey - a girl can NEVER have too much paper!!! :) I decided to sit down and make a few cards tonight and then get at some more prep for my classes this month....this is the first card I made tonight:

I CASE'd this layout from Laura at Scrapnextras....be sure to click HERE to see her version. Thanks, Laura!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Eastern Blooms
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, "Dreamy 2" from My Minds Eye
Accessories: round tab punch, gems, riding hood ribbon, ticket corner punch, dimensionals, damask cuttlebug folder

Jen's SFYTT....Urban Garden style

My creative juices were coming to a quick halt earlier this evening, but then I realized (hit myself over the head) that I hadn't had supper yet!!! I was totally on a stamping roll and forgot all about eating. I made sure the kids ate and then snuck back in here to make more cards! LOL..Thanks, Melissa, for reminding me to EAT! HAHAHA...What are friends for hey?!?! I hopped on over to Jen's to see what sketch she had for us to try and ya know, these girls that make sketches for us, never cease to amaze me. How they come up with such great sketches each week is beyond me, but please, please, keep it up! They sure help!! Here is Jen's sketch:
And here is the card I chose to make. I grabbed for my Urban Garden DP scraps that I had in my scrapbox and ran away with the colors. I *heart* that designer paper from SU! Good thing they didn't discontinue that one hey?


Recipe:
Stamps: Pretty Stems, It's Your Birthday
Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze
Paper: Going Gray, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Garden DP
Accessories: blending pen, kiwi kiss ribbon, white taffeta ribbon, cuttlebug folder, sponge dauber, markers

Color Throwdown and Mojo Sketch Challenge

Good afternoon PEEPS!
We are experiencing high winds again today, but NUTHIN' like last night (insert wide eyes here). My good friend, Melissa, and I had to work Bingo last night and when we left the bingo hall, we didn't realize it would be THE MOST dangerous ride home we've ever experienced. We had 100 km/hr winds, along with flurries, and visibility was NEGATIVE. Melissa was my "ditch guide" and told me when I was getting too close to the right-hand ditch and there were a couple times we had to actually STOP right in the middle of the highway cuz I didn't have any bearings at all and couldn't see anything, not even the hood of my van :( What normally takes us about 1/2 hour to get home, took me 1.5 hours! I was never so happy to see my house and the chilled bottle of wine that I had in my fridge!!! LOL...I finally fell asleep around 2 a.m. I think...






















So....onto today! I got up around 10:15 a.m. and started some coffee, and had my breakfast. I then got right to work baking gingersnaps and homemade buns. My son and Melissa's son are quite happy today (Sam spent the night last night) that I have decided to have a hunker-down-and-bake day :o) I am done all the baking for today and decided to sit and power stamp some cards out. I have a big craft sale on Thursday and Friday next week, so I need to pump out some serious cards here in the next few days. I am using my Bella's today along with Stampin' Up! sayings etc. I decided to take a stab at the Color Throwdown this week, and like Melissa, they are not colors I would ever think of trying to put together, but ya know...after I did this card, I don't mind the colors at all. So, it does pay to try a challenge here and there! I hope you enjoy the next few posts I have for you - I'll be crafting for the rest of the day/night....take care and happy stamping!

Recipe:
Stamps: A Little Something, "Daisybella" from Stamping Bella
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Real Red, Brocade Blue, Black, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Brocade Blue
Accessories: cuttlebug folders, unknown ribbon, paper piercer, square scallop punch, 1 1/4" square punch, dimensionals, blender pen, red adhesive gem

Crafting with a friend....

....is always a lot more fun than being alone. Thanks, Melissa, for coming over and doing Taylor's Cupcake Challenge with me. I think we stamped out some pretty rockin' cards! :o) Melissa and I both have to work bingo tonight, so I'm posting this now and then will go hop in the shower.
I made 2 cards today for the challenge. I used my new square scallop nesties for one card and my new labels nesties for the other....enjoy!

















Recipe:

Stamps: Doodle This
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Pretty In Pink
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Assessories: nestabilities, chocolate ribbon, sponge dauber, chocolate, pink and vanilla pearls, chocolate brads, dimensionals, cuttlebug folders, corner punch

Terrific Thursday....

Today has been a good day. The kids only had a 3-day school week, so we all got to sleep in today! YIPEEE! After working at the school for the past week, being able to sleep in was a real treat for me :o) When I got up this morning, we were experiencing some wonderful fat flakes of snow and it lasted all morning into the afternoon - looked soooo pretty! Tonight after running some errands in town, I got to sit down and make some much needed sympathy cards. I bought this cuttlebug folder a while ago and have been really wanting to try it on some sympathy cards. I think it turned out wonderfully. What do you think?

Recipe:

Stamps: Close as a Memory
Ink: Basic Black, Basic Gray
Paper: Going Gray, Basic Gray, Basic Black
Accessories: pewter brads, black grosgrain ribbon, sponge dauber, ticket corner punch, leaf branch cuttlebug folder, martha stewart butterfly punch

SCS Card Sketch Challenge

Today was a super day for me - I *finally* broke my weight loss plateau that I have been sitting at for a month or so and I'm so pumped - feels great to be a LOSER again!! HEE HEE!! I decided to spoil myself tonight and NOT do any household chores and sit in my craft room :o) I decided to go check out the Splitcoaststampers Card Sketch Challenge for this week and give it a whirl....I really liked how my sample turned out...here's the sketch they gave us:















And here is my card:



















Recipe:

Stamps: Zoofari
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Hawaiian Papaya DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: corner punch, prima flowers, vanilla brad, orange gems, markers, tangerine tango ribbon, paper piercer, dimensionals, cuttlebug folder, square scallop nestabilities

Pink Happy Birthday

I had fun making this one tonight! I used a Happy Birthday mini folder and placed it in the middle of my card front...then wasn't sure what to do with the sides! So, I used my Scor-Pal and made some boundary lines and filled those in with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I added my favorite touch to a card with the Ticket Corner Punch and then added some pink gingham and pink gems. Easy peesy! Thanks for stoppin' by....

Strong Enough for a Man...

...but "pretty" enough for a woman?!?! :)

Is this not the most elegant card you've seen?!? I CASE'd it from ncmorgan's gallery on SCS...CLICK HERE for original card. I didn't use the chunky glitter on my card like Nancy did, and I changed the cuttlebug folder to the argylle/dot. I also made mine Thank You cards...I just LOVE this card...very manly, yet pretty too! :) Thanks for stopping by....

Recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Thank You Kindly

Paper: Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: cuttlebug embossing folder, big shot, 1/16" hole punch, black brads, dimensionals, black grosgrain ribbon

Cupcakes, cupcakes...how do I love thee?

Yep....today is Taylor's Cupcake Challenge! She gave this sketch and this is what I came up with....if you click on the image, you will see the glitter more up close:

























Recipe:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Mellow Moss, Berry Bliss DP, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: markers, riding hood red ribbon, swiss dots cuttlebug folder, oval and scalloped oval nestabilities, big shot, dimensionals, glue pen, glitter, brads

Thanks for looking!

Inkingly Yours,

Lori