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
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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