Ready for the Season!

Hello, Happy Tuesday! I can not believe how warm it still is here in southern New England. We should be all bundled up by now with a bit of snow on the ground, instead we are in sweatshirts and some of my plants outside have buds on them because they are so messed up with this weather. The weathermen claim it will all change in a few days and be more seasonable.

It is also time for another fantastic challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.
This week theme theme is presents. You can interpret it different ways like all the creative and talented ladies did to inspire you this week, you can include a present as part of your image or create a present. I can't wait to see what you come up with. I decided to use this cute snowman from LOTV with his presents in hand and all ready to celebrate.
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I love to create snowflakes using all different sizes, shapes and materials. When I realized this year I could color my snowflakes with Copics, felt and plastic especially, so they matched perfectly with my cards I started going nuts I love all the color and sparkle together. These snowflakes have 5 layers of different sizes and styles of flakes stacked to make one. The plastic snowflakes I used this time are also iridescent so I only gave it one coat of coloring so it would look marbled and the iridescence would still show through.I hope you now want to pull out some snowflakes and start making some one of a kind flakes of your own!

Here are some other fabulous challenges that fit my card

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #139-snowmen, candy canes and hearts for Christmas cupcake inspiration
2 Sisters Challenge #68-Punches and/or Dies
Bearly Mine Challenge #25-Non-Traditional Christmas colors
By The Cute And Girly December Challenge-Let It Snow
Card Cupids New Challenge Sunday-Winter Theme
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #34-Sentiments
Cooking It Up With Kate Challenge #86-Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Challenge-Snowflakes
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C116-Favorite Christmas Movie-Jack Frost
Creative Card Crew Challenge-Tis The Season
Fun With Shapes and More Challenge #97-Cold as ice
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #123-Non-Traditional Christmas Colors
Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge #49-Snowflakes and Sparkle
One Stop Craft Challenge Week 160-Let It Snow
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes
Simon Says Challenge-Anything Goes
Rainbow Lady's Challenge #181-Christmas Carols, Let It Snow
Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge-Winter Fun for kids
Stamps & Fun=Creativity Challenge #76-Pearls
Stamps R Us Challenge-Emboss It
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-It is snowin'
The Craft Garden December Challenge-Recipe, turquoise, ribbon, snowflakes, purple
The Paper Shelter Challenge #42-Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge-Let It Snow
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #95-Let It Snow
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #77-Celebrate the Season
Shelly's Thrilling Thursday Challenge-On The First Day Of Christmas Challenge-There is No Business Like Snow Business!
Come and Get It Challenge-Anything Christmas Challenge
Crafty Boots Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge #55-Christmas Bingo, Glitter, Presents, Ribbon or Bow or both
Dream Valley Challenge #21-Sparkle
Crafty Calendar December Challenge-Cold and Frosty
OLLCB Challenge #94-Lots of Sparkle
Christmas Cards All Year Round Dec. Challenge-Anything Goes

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

A Letter For Santa

Hello, It has been so long since I have posted here on my blog. This year at school is beyond busy. There aren't enough hours in the day. By the time I would get home I would be so tired my creative mojo wasn't working so well and I just never seemed to be able to finish anything I started. Finally I got together with my stamping friends Pia, Michelle and Donna and my sister Peggy (Kristen we missed you!) on Saturday and boy was it great to have fun just creating and having fun! I have been dying to use this stamp since I got it and boy do I love it. It worked perfectly with these cranberry and aqua colors. I tried coloring my felt snowflakes with my Copics and it works great. I love that I can now match my snowflakes to the colors on my cards. I made this card for my neighbor because this reminds me of her little girl always wanting to get the mail. Well enough rambling for now, it's great to be back amongst the creative friends!

Here are some wonderful challenges that fit my card

Alphabet Challenge Blog -V for Very Vibrant
Aud Sentiments Challenge #42-Holiday or winter sentiment
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #34-Sentiments
Christmas Cards All Year Round Dec. Challenge-Anything goes
Clearly I Stamp Challenge #41-Christmas
Cooking It Up with Katie Challenge #86-Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #34-Buttons or Bows, I have both, the pearl snowflake is a button and a bow
Craft Your Passion Challenge #87-Anything Goes with Glitter
Crafty Ann's Challenge #55-Christmas Bingo, Glitter, Tree, Silver
Crafty Calendar December Challenge-Cold and Frosty
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #111-Colours of Christmas with Sparkle
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge-For Someone Special
Creatalicious Challenge #28-Christmas with lots of Sparkle
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #85-Lots of Sparkle
Divas By Design Challenge #16-Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenge #21-Sparkle
DYSU Challenge #48-Ribbon
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #51-Photo Inspiration
Gingerloft Challenge #30-Christmas and Winter
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #96-Colours of Christmas
Mami Doodles Challenge #39-Make It Shine
Speedy's The Cats Friends Challenge Week 84-Use your favorite Embellie, Mine is snowflakes-so much you can do with them!
Ooh La La Challenge #94-Lots of Sparkle
One Stitch At A Time Challenge #91-Be Square
Paper Creations Ink Challenge #14-Bling It Up
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge-Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Craftty Challenge #67-Tie One On, I tied on my charm
Pile In On Challenge #49-Bling It Up!
Raise The Bar Challenge #86-It's beginning to look alot like Christmas
Ribbon Carousel Challenge RCC32-Peppermint Twist with Wendy
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #163-Photo Inspiration
Simon Says Challenge-Simon Says...Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Challenge #1-All about Christmas
Southern Girls Challenge #33-Ribbon Madness
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge-Holiday Card
The Crazy Challenge #96-Anything Goes
The Pixie Cottage Challenge #98-Card with wonderful sketch
The Poodles Parlour Challenge-Christmas
The Ribbon Reel Challenge #16-Anything Goes
Through The Classroom Door Challenge #15-Happy Holidays, use at least 3 embellishments-snowflake, ribbon and charm
Inky Impressions Challenge #35-Peppermint Twist
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #34-Christmas

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

A Few Simple Words

Hello Happy Tuesday! What a different a week makes. The snow is all gone everyone once again has power and it is in the 60's here right now, a beautiful start to this week. I also went to my first large Holiday craft fair in Boston this past Saturday with my two sister and my daughter. I officially started my Christmas shopping there. Is was a lot of fun though exhausting. It was mobbed there, so many more people buying compared to previous years so you were dodging lots of packages that people were carrying.

It is also time for another fun challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. This week the challenge is all about the sentiment as the main focus. The ladies have created some awesome inspiration for you so be sure to stop by and show them some love. I went with a Fall sentiment because I have this wonderful digi from Shelly's Images Digital Stamps and I really wanted to use it for this challenge. I hope you come play along with us and show us your favorite sentiments.

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

2 Sister Challenge #64-Ribbon

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #32-Cut It Out

Clear It Out Challenge-Your holiday-My favorite is Thanksgiving

Come and Get It Challenge-Autumn Blessing

Craft Your Days Away Challenge #32-Autumn

Craft Your Passion Challenge #83-Anything Goes plus Brown

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #13-Texture

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #107-Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Challenge-Thankful

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #40-Let's Be Thankful!

Digi Design Challenge-Ribbon and Bows

Digital Tuesday Challenge #136-Anything Goes

Divas By Design Challenge #14-Use Metal

Dream Valley Challenge #19-Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge-Be Thankful and feature a sentiment

ICopic Weekly Challenge #55-Thankful

Jen's Digi Stamp Challenge #8-Autumn/Fall

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #92-Colors of Fall

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #56-Thanksgiving/Fall

Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge Week 80-Fall or Winter Theme

My Craft Spot Challenge #32-Gobble 'til you wabble!

One Stitch At A time Challenge #87- Use A Digi

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #22-Use a Digi

Pile It On Challenge #45-Thanksgiving or Give Thanks

Through The Classroom Door Challenge #13-"Fall" in Love

Sparkles Forum Challenge #24-Autumn

Color It Mondays Challenge-Orange, Green, Yellow, Brown

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read. I really makes my day!

Happy Creating,

Mary

Enjoying the Season

                                                     A pic of the sparkle on this card

Hello, Happy Wednesday from snowy New England!
We have had a crazy number of days here in eastern MA. Last Thursday night we went from pouring rain to an inch of snow, luckily it melted right away. Then on Saturday afternoon a Nor'Easter started and we ended up with 6 inches of wet, heavy snow. We still have all the leaves on our trees because of the late Fall we were having so tons of large limbs fell off the trees and onto the power lines. Lots lost power, 80% of the town. The town looks like a war zone and it has canceled school and work for at least 3 days, probably more. Nothing around us was open except for a gas station and the wait for gas is 45 min. minimum. I never lost power but we were the only ones on a small stretch of road that didn't. My house has been the go to place for these days so that our family and friends can be warm, have a place to sleep and a hot meal. My poor sister Peggy has been running between Panera's in NH and my house trying to get some reports that needed to be done finished in a somewhat quiet place.  I am exhausted from the nonstop people here. I haven't had a minute to myself until now. Even Halloween was pushed out a week because it was too dangerous with the downed lines and weakened trees. It seems like we went from a beautiful late summer to an early winter, so much for our crisp, beautiful Fall. I hate when the seasons collide on top of us!!!!!!

It is time for another fun challenge over at
                                      Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.
The theme this week is PUMPKINS. We would like you create a card or project with pumpkins as the main focal point. How easy and fun so we hope you come play along with us! The ladies have some fabulous inspiration for you so be sure to stop by and check out what they have created!

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #70-Recipe-1 ribbon, 2 stamped images, 3 same embellishments, I used 3 leaf buttons
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #37-Fall with a pumpkin
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #134-A beautiful Fall inspiration cake
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #32-Cut It Out
Color Me Creative Copic Challenge #30-Boys, Boys, Boys
Craft Your Passion Challenge #82-Bingo, buttons-free(flourishes)-sentiment
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge #27-Sparkle, all the leaves are glittered
Come and Get It Challenge-Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #32-Autumn
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #5-Bingo, glitter-buttons,3 leaves on the side-handmade embellishment, raffia cornstalk
Cutie Sunday Challenge #152-Autumn's colors
Cupcake Crafts Challenge #166-Take a LEAF out of my book
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #80-Anything Goes
Diva By Design Challenge #14-Use Metal
Gingerloft Challenge #28-Bingo, Buttons, leaves on the side-decorative paper-glitter
Hanna and Friends Challenge #117-Glitter, all the leaves are glittered
Heart Song Inspirations Challenge #22-Embossing and/or 3 or more layers
Mo's Digital Challenge #166-Any holiday or celebration
Dream Valley Challenges #19-Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #118-Dots and Stripes
Inky Impressions Challenge #30-Fall inspiration photo
Lexi's Creations Challenge #52-Charming
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #55-Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times Challenge #122-"No Girls Allowed"
Paper Playtime Challenge #59-Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #22-Use A Digi
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes plus bling (if you want)
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #32-Autumn colors or Halloween
Ribbon Carousel Challenge RCC27-Anything Goes
The Sweet Stop Challenge #SSS132-Fantastic sketch I used!
Simon Says Challenge-Simon says...BUTTONS, the leaves on the side of my card
Simply Create Challenge #55-Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins!
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #113-Fall Colours
Stamps R Us Challenge-Masculine Theme
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge #136-With A Flourish
The Poodles Parlour Challenge-Lets hear it for the boys
The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Week #86-Homespun Fall Photo
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #104-I remember-pumpkin picking with my 2 children when they were small
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #90-Glitter It! All the leaves are glittered

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them, great inspiration to see!

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I have created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me read, they mean a lot to me!

Happy Creating,
Mary

A Magical Ride

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I got together with some good friends Peggy, Kristen, Pia, Michelle and Donna. We spent all day Saturday making cards or scrapbooking, eating, laughing and just having a great time together. You know when they say great minds think alike. When we were all there and talking about this week's challenge for
                                    Going Grey with Scrap-Creations
and what we were going to create for it. OOPS I guess I should tell you now that the theme this week is to create something using both a digi image and digi DP. We all pulled out a Halloween image and then our digi paper and started laughing, all three of us Kristen, Peggy and myself all had the same Halloween DP from Bearly Mine (one of last year's freebies). We could not believe it! We did all still create a wonderful creation and each so different even though all 3 are cards so be sure to check out what they made as well as all the other ladies wonderful creations. Now I hope you are inspired enough to play along with us!

One more bit of excitement. Kristen is giving one lucky commenter a prize this week. Leave a comment on the Going Grey with Scrap-Creations blog telling her what your Top 3 digi companies are #1 being your most  favorite. From all that comment Kristen will pick on lucky commenter and they will get a $10 GC to their favorite digi company, how great is that!

Here are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #133-A wonderful Halloween cake
Allsorts Challenge Week 126-Halloween
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #31-Halloween
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #31-Halloween Colours
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #12-Halloween
Crafty Boots Challenge-Autumn or Fall
Crop Stop Challenge #42-Halloween
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #45-Halloween
Die Cut Dreams Challenge #101-So Charming
Delicious Doodles Challenge #4-Halloween with no orange
Digi Designs Challenge Blog-Halloween
Divas By Design Challenge #13-Something Spooky
Dream Valley Challenge #18-Halloween
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge-3 B's-Black, Border Punch and Bling, I gave all the bats yellow rhinestone eyes and stars around the broom (a bit hard to see in the pic)
I Brake For Challenges #12-Halloween
Fashionista Friday Challenge #94-Spooky Fall!
Just Some Lines Saturday Challenge-Halloween Theme
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #90-Halloween/ Fall
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #54-Embellish It! Rhinestones, ribbon and a charm
Magical Monday Challenges-Halloween!
One Stitch At A Time Challenge #85-Emboss It! I embossed and sanded the vertical panel
Paperplay Challenge Week 42-Use Black
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #78-Halloween
Shelly's Images Terrifiic Thursday Challenge-Show Us What you Got
Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #19-Spooky!
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Trick or Treat
The Corrosive Challenge #135-Flying Things
The Crafty Pad Challenge #144-Halloween
The Crazy Challenge #90-Scary Ladies
The Pixie Cottage Challenge #92-Sweet as candy and a sketch. I used the wonderful sketch
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #1-Halloween
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #57-Trick of Treat inspired
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge-Layer upon layer

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read, it really makes my day!

Happy Creating,
Mary

Beauty, Halloween Style!

Hello and Happy Tuesday! It is finally Fall here in New England and it is wonderful! The foliage isn't real bright but there are hints of color on a few trees scattered about. I am ready for cozy sweaters and the smell of wood burning in the fireplace. Halloween is also starting to pop up everywhere. Don't you just love it!

This week at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations the challenge is one that is going to be fun. We would like you to create a tag this week. It can be any kind of tag you choose. I was in the Halloween mood so I created this Halloween tag. I just love the DP I used. It was free from Bearly Mine last year, I love the aged look of it. I also thought I would have a little fun and have the bats fly off the tag with the help of acetate strips. All the ladies did a fabulous job this week creating tags to inspire you so be sure to stop by and see what they created for you.

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my creation

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #132-Halloween Creature Cupcakes
Alphabet Challenge Blog-S for Soon be Halloween
Card Cupids Sunday Challenge-Use the color orange
Color Me Creative Copic's Challenge-Halloween or Fall with the color orange
Through The Classroom Door Challenge #12-Happy Halloween
Crafty Boots Challenge-Autumn or Halloween
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #31-Halloween Colours
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #4-Ribbon and Lace, I used lots of Halloween colored ribbon and black crocheted lace
Creatalicious Challenge #27-Distress your edges
Digital Tuesday Challenge #133-Happy Halloween
Dream Valley Challenge #18-Halloween
Gingerloft Challenge #GL27-Halloween or Fall
Hanna and Friends Challenge #115-Halloween
My time To Craft Challenge #161-Orange and Black
One Stitch At A time Challenge #84-Shape Up
One Stop Craft Challenge #153-Halloween
Paper Creations Ink Challenge #11-Halloween Theme
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge-Halloween
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Spoooky Hues
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #21-Color Challenge, black, white and orange
Shelley's Thrilling Thursday Challenge-Show us your layers
Simon Says Challenge-Simon says...Halloween/Goth
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #134-You Choose!
The Crazy Challenge #89-Halloween
The Ribbon Carousel Challenge #RCC25-Picture this with Laurel Seabrook
The Pixie Cottage Challenge #91-Dark and Spooky
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge #88-Use Acetate, Acetate is what is allowing my bats to fly off the tag
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #71-A Shaped Card

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I have created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Dreaming of A White Christmas

Hello and Happy Tuesday! This is the end of a wonderful long weekend and now a back to school day for me. We are having summer like weather the last few days and got a lot done around the house, spent time craft shopping with my sister, and spent most of today with my hubby taking a day trip up into NH. A perfect long weekend only to realize that back to reality. I guess I need some way to pay for all my crafting goodys!

I had started this card last week and put it aside because I couldn't decide what DP I wanted to use. I bought some really snowflake paper on Sat. and thought I would use that but decided I loved the Bearly Mine more for with her. I really like blue so making a monochromatic card was easy once I picked it up again. I am pretty happy with the end result, I am glad I didn't finish it last week. I probably wouldn't have liked it as much.

Here are some fabulous challenges that fit my card

Anything Goes Challenge #51-Die Cuts/ Punches or both
Bee Crafty Downloads Challenge #55-Bling
By The Cute and Girly 2nd B'Day Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge #51-Inspired by a Christmas Song
Dream Valley Challenge #17-Monochrome
Hanna and Friends Challenge #114-Bingo- Glimmer, buttons(the pearl snowflake on the top of the large snowflake is a button), pins
Fashionista Friday Challenge #93-Where my GIRLS at???
Just Some Lines Challenge-Reminds me of a song, White Christmas
LOTV Challenge #115-Let it Snow
One Stop Craft Challenge #152-Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #20-Die Cuts and/or Punches
Pink Ink Sketch Challenge #7-Erica's Wonderful Sketch
Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge #63-Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Get in shape(3 different shapes square, circle, rectangle)
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #155-Anything Goes as long as it Sparkles
Simon Says Stamp Challenge-Simon Says... Sparkle and Bling
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #76-Anything Goes
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #110-Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge Sept./Oct. Christmas Challenge-No red or green
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge-Lets Do Christmas
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #58-Monochromatic
Bah! Humbug! Challenge #40-Glitz and Glitter
Bizzy Becs Store Blog Oct. Challenge-Girls and Pearls

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary C

Do You Smell Something?

Hello, Happy Tuesday! I have been loving this long weekend. The weather is beautiful and Saturday my sister and I went to a LSS that is about an hour away and we go to about 3 times a year. We had a lot of fun, bought some great stuff (could have bought a lot more!) I spent the day with my DH on Monday. A perfect weekend!

It is Tuesday and that means it is time for Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Tuesday challenge. This week we are having a theme of Halloween, cute, spooky or anything Halloween! The ladies did a Spooktacular job on their creations hoping to inspire you so be sure to stop by and check out what they created.

My card was made from an older Sassy Cheryl digi that I love. I just love this witch! This card is real sparkly though it didn't show up a lot in the picture. I also decided that I wanted to do the inside of this card to tie the whole card together.

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card.

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #131-Spooky Halloween cupcake
2 Sisters Challenge #60-Halloween
Card Cupids New Challenge Sunday-Use a decorative punch, I used a spider, bat and corner web
Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #54-Halloween
Clear It Out Challenge-Halloween
Come and Get It Challenge-Color theme, orange, purple and black
Cooking It Up with Katie Challenge #78-F Words-Mine are feet and freaky
Crafts and Me Challenge #55-Use A Digi
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge-Lots of Layers
Creative Card Crew Challenge-Spooky Fun
Cupcake Craft Challenge-Halloween
Cutie Sunday Challenge #151-Halloween
Drunken Stampers Challenge #76-Halloween
Everybody Art Challenge #163-Halloween
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge-Fall or Halloween
I Did It Creations Challenge #76-Anything Goes
Little Darlings Challenge #8-Fall or Halloween
One Stitch At A time Challenge #83-Anything Goes
One Stop Craft Challenge Week #152-Anything Goes
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #1-Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #33-Halloween Theme
Ribbon Carousel Challenge # RCC24-Sparkle and Bling with ribbon
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #76-Anything goes
Sparkles forum Challenge #22-Halloween
Stamps & Fun =Creativity Challenge #68-Halloween
The Beary Sweet Challenge #35-Free For All!
The Paper Shelter Challenge #34-Halloween
Woodware USA Challenge #47-Anything goes

These are all fantastic challenge so be sure to stop by and play along with them!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,

Mary

The Beauty of Fall

Hello, Happy Tuesday! It is pouring here so it is not exactly a perfect Fall day but I am hoping for some sun tomorrow. Being Tuesday it is time for another fantastic challenge over at
                                               Going Grey with Scrap-Creations
This week we have a fun and easy challenge for you to play along with. The theme this week is FALL!
I am sure everyone is having fun already making their Fall creations so why not come play with us? We also have a wonderful sponsor this week    Designed 2 Delight Digital Stamps. They have so many beautiful images and they are giving the winner of this challenge a GC to their store! The ladies all used their beautiful images this week on their creations so be sure to stop by and be inspired.

Here are some other great challenges that fit my card

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #130-Beautiful Fall inspired cupcake
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge # 68-Fruits
Anything Goes Challenge #51-Punches and/or Die cuts or both
Bearly Mine Challenge #20-3 or more designer papers
Copic Creations Challenge #59-Saturated Colors
Craft Your Days Away Challenge #30-Tag It!
Craft Your Passion Challenge #78-Anything Goes with ribbon
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C107-Donate your created card(mine is going to an elementary school to be sold at the handcrafted holiday fundraiser)
Creative Stamp Friends Challenge #35-Autumn Colors
Creatalicious Challenge #26-Anything Goes
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges #43-Fall Colors or Giving Thanks
DYSU Challenge #39-Swirls
Gingerloft Challenge #GL26-the Color Orange
iCopic Weekly Challenge #50-All About Fall
Just Some Lines Challenge-Fall color challenge
Little Darlings Challenge #8-Fall or Halloween
Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge Week 75-Use Polka Dots
One Stitch At A Time Challenge #82-Use A Digi
Paper Creations Ink Challenge #10-Use the colors black and/or orange
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge #20-Die Cuts and/or Punches
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes with something Punched
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #63-Anything Goes
Phindy's Place Challenge #75-Autumn /Fall
Rainbow Lady's Challenge #172-Autumn/ Fall Flowers
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #75-Sewing or Stitching
Simon Says Stamp Challenge-Anything Goes
Simply Create Challenge #53-Use something older than 6 months, my swirl punch, I use so many swirl dies now instead.
Sketch and Stash Challenge #71-Fantastic sketch and 3 new Fall flowers!
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #109-Include Fruit in your creation
Stamps R Us Challenge-Autumn/Fall
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #132-Photo Inspiration
The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Week #82-A Shabby Autumn
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #86-Autumn
Woodware USA Challenge #46-Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge #39-Random Recipe- Anything Goes

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

A Fun Filled Halloween!

Happy Tuesday! It is another warm and beautiful Tuesday here in New England. No sign of Fall yet though the they say by the weekend it will feel like Fall finally. I think I am glad because with running the AC at home to compensate for the heat everywhere else I am now battling one whopper of a head cold, way too early for it I think. Oh well what can you do but let it run it's course.

Being Tuesday it is time for another great challenge over at
                                       Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.
This week our challenge is all about the girls. So create a card or project with "It's A Girl Thing" as the theme. The ladies this week went all out on their creations to inspire you, so be sure to check them out. We also have a fabulous sponsor this week The Digi Garden. Their cute digis are so much fun to work with. I chose Maise as the cutie for my card. Be sure to stop by and check out all their other cuties in their store!

One more shout out, my sister Peggy and I have been panicking over the loss of some of our favorite colors of SU CS being retired and never to be seen again. We were especially sick over Lavender Lace and Lovely Lilac. On the hunt to find new purples that we would love we found  Mark's Finest Papers purples and yeah we love them!!!! As well as some other great colors like the aqua that I also used on this card. It matches perfectly with the free Halloween DP the Donna at Bearly Mine Designs is giving away right now. So if you miss the perfect purples like I did check them out!

Here are some other challenges that fit my card

Crazy 4 Challenges Challenge #C4C106-Halloween
Critter Sketch Challenge #84-Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #183-Fabulous Sketch
Hanna and Friends Challenge #112-Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #86-Use a doily, I used a doily punch to make one
Lexi's Creations Challenge #49-A card for a child
KB Cute Monday Challenge #29-Halloween
Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #28-Anything Goes
Digi Makeover Challenge #4-Size Matters
One Stitch At A Time Challenge #81-favorite, mine are die cuts, cute images and lots of color
Paper Playtime Challenge #56-Halloween
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #1-Halloween
Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #35-Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge-Simon says... Use dies and/or punches
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #1-Anything Goes
Stampin' B's Design Team Challenge #129-Use 2 or more different Spellbinders
Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #17-What A Cutie!
Stamps & Fun= Creativity Challenge #66-Anything Goes
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Challenge-Favorite Colour, Shades of Aqua
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge #133-Punches and/or dies
The Paper Shelter Challenge #32-Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #53-2 or more ribbons, I used spider web and creepy crawlers Halloween ribbons
Delightful Inspiration Saturday Die Cut Divas Challenge-Use 2 or more die cuts
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #2-Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge #28-Anything Goes
Ellephantastic September Challenge-Here Comes The girls

These are all fantastic Challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I have created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Falling For Fall

Hello and Happy Sunday! It is still feeling like the middle of summer here in New England. The weatherman says that it is only a day or 2 more but I have to say I'll believe it when I see it! At least I am still wearing flip flops which makes me happy.
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This is my last week as a guest DT at StempelTräume Challenge Bog. I have really enjoyed playing along with them this month so thank you very much for inviting me. I am sure I will be popping over to play along for more of their fun challenges. This week their challenge is STRIPES.
I used some new DP that I had just bought because of the colors. I also attempted to make a leaf swag like I saw at my local Michaels. My pic looks like I need more color on the swag but IRL the Creamy Caramel and Pear Pizzazz inks are darker and brighter so it looks more colorful than in the pic. Sometimes the camera just won't cooperate with me! Also the whole think is sprinkled with Stickles for lots of sparkle on the swag.

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

Craft Us Crazy Challenge #17-Good-bye to summer
Clearly Inspired Challenge #36-Glitter
Crafts and ME Challenge #53-Stripes
Craty Catz Weekly Challenge #101-Autumn
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #76-Autumn Colors
Dream Valley Challenge #16-Buttons
Just Some Lines Challenge-A Fall colour challenge
Ooh La La Challenge #89-Punches and/ or Dies
Paper Cutz Challenge #110-Button up for Fall
Paper Play Challenges Week 38-Autumn Leaves
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #62-Fall
Simon Says Challenge-Simon Says...Use Dies or Punches
Stamps & Fun=Creativity Challenge #65-Use shapes and/or die cuts
The Pixie Cottage Challenge #88-A fabulous Sketch
Sparkles Forum Challenge #21-Something the sparkles, my leaf swag
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge-Autumn/Fall
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge #38-Autumn Days
Stempelsonne Challenge #46-Autumn is Here
Crafting for All Seasons Challenge #10-Fall Colors
I Brake For Challenges #10-Falling for you!

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I created . I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary C

Everything Autumn

Hello! Happy Tuesday! I am posting a bit late today, I don't know where the hours and even days go but I don't seem to have enough hours in the day this past week. I was in a workshop today at school and with the lights off during the presentation I found myself wanting to doze off, how embarrassing would that be. Thank goodness the fresh air outside was enough to wake me up.

This week the challenge over at
                                                   Going Grey with Scrap-Creations
is one that everyone loves Anything Goes! I love to see what everyone creates with no limits. We also have a fantastic sponsor this week
                                                              Digi Doodle Shop

Their digis are so wonderful and they definitely have something for every one's style and taste. I used 3 different images of theirs on my card. I have to say thank you for them giving us an image of our choice to play with this week. Be sure to check out all the other ladies creations they are so inspiring! So make sure you come play with us this week for your chance to win this great prize.

I wanted to create a Fall card that was more masculine so the wagon caught my eye. I then thought what I could fill it with, should I leave it empty. I decided on pumpkins because at a local farm I noticed they had a cart pulled by a tractor that was full of pumpkins that must have been just picked. I came home and looked at the stack of pumpkins that Digi Doodle had and decided I could cut them apart to fill the wagon. I then thought that the corn stalks would be a good final touch to say Autumn. What do you think I should put in the wagon next time? Don't you just love the fun Fall buttons I found at my Michaels. I used the sparkle sunflower this time but the bag also has gourds, leaves, and pumpkins. I wish that I had bought a lot more packages of them.

Here are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

Craft Us Crazy Challenge #17-Good-Bye To Summer
Anything Goes Challenge #50-Anything Goes
Card Cupids New Challenge Sunday-Anything goes
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge-Fall into Fall
Crazy 4 Challenge C4C105-Use a pumpkin on your creation
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #76-Autumn Colours
Dream Valley Challenge #16-Buttons, my button is the sparkly sunflower.
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #85-Lots of Layers
My Partner in Crafting Crime Challenge #31-Planes, Trains and Automobiles
My Time to Craft Challenge #158-"L" is for...Leaves
Paper Creations Ink Challenge #9-Buttons or Bows
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #62-Fall
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #2-Anything Goes
Pile It On Challenge #38-Colours of Fall
Always Something Creative Challenge #14-Autumn
CardMadFairy's Digi Day Challenge #17-Lots of Layers
Delicious Doodles Challenge #2-Cute as a Button, mine is the sunflower button in the corner
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #32-Autumn Theme
Raise The Bar Challenge #75-Leave Summer
Stamp with Fun Challenge #129-Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Flowers, flowers, flowers and a fabulous sketch!
The Beary Sweet Challenge #34-Happy Fall, Y'All
Try It On Tuesdays Challenge-Wonderful World
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #67-Fall
Get Hippity with Ippity Challenge-Buttons or bows or bling Oh My!
My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #26-Fall Leaves

These are all wonderful challenges so be sure to stop by and play along!

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary C