Happy Holidays!

Can you believe that it is only 4 days until Christmas! I am actually more prepared this year than in past years. I actually got a lot of my wrapping done this weekend which is huge for me. This card that I made is going to one of the friends that I work with. She was saying how much she loves snowmen so I decided this was the perfect card for her. I put little pearls on the scarf to try to match a pink scarf that she has and loves to wear.

I decided that I wanted to do something different than just a traditional color snowman card. I had this beautiful snowflake DP from Magenta and decided to use the colors in it. The snowflake border is something that I got a short time ago at my LSS. It is a Tim Holtz die cut that I have fallen in love with. This border is actually a bit longer but wanted to shorten it up give it a different look than a full border. Also I wanted the look of a wintery sky so I used my cloudmaker and dragged the sponge instead of tapping it.

Here are some fantastic challenges that fit this card

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge 133-This challenge is a Christmas Card. One of my last to be made!

Allsorts Challenge Week 83-This is another great challenge "Free and Easy Anything Goes"

Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #49-This week their challenge is "Bling It On", I love lots of bling and sparkle on my cards.

Alphabet Challenge Blog-This challenge is "H For Hats", what is a snowman without his hat!

Aly's Sunday Challenge ASC31-This challenge is another easy one "Anything Goes". One of my favorite challenges!

Aud Sentiments Challenge #17-This challenge they would like to see "Happy Holidays" somewhere on your creation. Perfect for a Christmas Card!

CES Challenge Blog Challenge #17-"Anything Goes is their challenge this week. A fun and easy challenge!

Copic Creations Challenge No. 41-This time around their challenge is all about "Sparkle". Something I love to add to my creations!

Craft Your Days Away Challenge CYDA #10-This challenge is "Punch It Out", I used a Tim Holtz snowflake die, a loop border punch, a round couple of Nesties and a few different sizes and designs of snowflake punches.

Creative Friday Challenge #33-This is a great challenge this week "Everything Is/ Everything Goes". Great minds thing alike for this theme!

Critter Sketch Challenge #45-This challenge this week is "Anything Christmas". A great way to finish up those last few creations!

Dutch Dare Card Challenge DDCC #93-This week their challenge is all about "Winter". My favorite season.

Freshly Brewed Challenge 27-This week their challenge is "Merry Christmas", a wonderful time of year!

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge-Their challenge is "Show Us Some Snow". I think I have this covered!

Lexi's Creations Challenge 29-This challenge is all about "Glitter and Pearls", two of my most favorite things!

Moving Along With The Times Challenge-This challenge is "Let It Snow", something we are quite use to here in New England!

Paper Playtime Challenge #30-This challenge is all about Christmas! Perfect timing to finish up any creations before it's too late!

Paper Romance Challenge #29-This is a fun challenge, use any color except red and green on your Christmas card! I loved using these different colors!

Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge #53-This week the theme is "Christmas". A great theme to finish the year!

The Corrosive Challenge #95-This week the challenge is "Non-traditional Christmas". I love anything non-traditional.

Creative Inspirations Challenge 49-This week the challenge is "Anything Goes Christmas", a great twist on a Christmas theme!

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along! Lots of wonderful inspiration!

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.

Have a wonderful holiday with family and friends.

Happy Creating,

Mary C

A Flower Cart In Bloom

It is Tuesday and that means another Great Challenge from Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. The challenge this week is to use 3 embellishments on your creation. That was easy for me seeing that I LOVE putting lot of embellishments on my cards. My embellishments are the 2 different ribbons, Dew Drops, Flower Soft, and my tissue paper flower.

We have as fantastic sponsor this week Digital Delights By Louby Loo!

They are offering the winner of this challenge a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in their store. They have super cute images just check out the DT cards this week they are wonderful and all made with Digital Delights images that were graciously given to us by Kate to play with, thanks so much Kate!

I chose the ice cream cart right away but decide that I would make it into a flower cart. i love using my Flower Soft so I drew in some pots on the cart and filled them with the Flower Soft. I also added a separate pot at the bottom to bring in some more flower color. I also wanted to make the cart a bit more playful so I used my MS border punch and and the DP the same as the back round and added it to the bottom of the cart. When I use this digi again I think I will pop up the bottom of the awning to make it look 3D.

I did try something I have never done before. I had Prima flowers in the top corner but they just didn't look right so I made my own flower out of tissue paper. It was a lot easier and quicker to make than I thought. I had a lot of fun making it!

Here are the fabulous creations from the DTs this week. Be sure to let them know how much they inspired you!

Peggy Regan

Kristen Catalano Scrap-Creations

Lorie Ames

Jacki Randolph

We would love to have you come play with us this week so dig out those embellishments and don't forget your Basic Grey paper. Come have some fun at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations!

These are some other challenges that fit my card

Paper Sundaes Challenge 27-This week the challenge is to make your own flowers. This is the first time I tried them and it was a lot of fun!

Stamp Something Challenge-This is a challenge where you have to use a digital image. This cart image is from Digital Delights.

One Stitch At A time Challenge #22-The challenge this week is to use a digital image on your creation!

KL Stampin N' Scrappin Challenge KLSNS #39-This challenge is to use ribbon. I used a pink satin and white flower ribbons on my card.

For Fun Challenge-I love their challenge this week, it is to use what you love to color with, COPICS is my favorite coloring medium!

Stampavie and More Challenge #102-This challenge is "Anything Goes", I love these kinds of challenges!

Frosted Designs Challenge-Their challenge this week is to use a border punch on your creation. I used my MS border punch on the bottom part of the cart to add some detail to the image.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Their challenge this week was a photo inspiration challenge. it is a banner made by Spring Chick. My inspiration from the photo was the way that the banner came to points and when I saw it I used my border punch to recreate the effect of the points as a design.

AI Factory Challenge 44-"Flower Frenzy" is their challenge this week. I made flowers with my Flower Soft and made a tissue paper flower to match my DP. This is my first time playing this challenge, so glad I found them!

One Stop Craft Challenge 89-This is a color challenge this week, pink, blue, green, and a bit of red, also flowers and bling if you like! This was a fun challenge!

Please make sure you stop by to check out all these fantastic challenges, they would love to have you play with them!

Thanks 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

For The Bride

I finally feel like it is summer here in New England! School just finished on Thursday so I now have lots time off before I work at summer school. It is hot and sunny here also so that summer feel is all around New England. I can't wait to get out in the garden and also just create and play making cards.

This card I just finished for my niece's bridal shower. I had a really hard time making a bridal shower card. This is the third different image I stamped for it. I love my Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps so I should have used them first and saved myself s lot of time. Next time I'll remember! I used pegs from 3 different sets to make the heart.

I couldn't find any DP that went well enough to use behind the heart and it was too plain with just the colored CS so I decided to just use an embossed back round. The heart has Stickles dotted randomly on the flowers all around the heart but this time I also added the mini pearls for a little extra something. The funny thing is they show up in the picture but IRL they barely were noticeable because of all the sparkle from the Stickles. It turned out so be what I consider a fairly simple card but that's okay for a change. My niece liked it so that's all that is important.

These are some wonderful challenges that fit my card

By The Cute and Girly June Challenge-This challenge is something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. I used the something old. I have had these peg stamps for many years and still love them as much as when I bought them. I also used my favorite blue (Bliss Blue) that is been gone for a long time from SU.

Charisma Cardz Challenge 24-This challenge is all about the bling. The wreath in my card is covered with Stickles so it really sparkles though it only shows up a bit in the pic.

Crafts and Me Challenge #6-The challenge is to create a card for someone in your family or a friend. I made this card for my niece for her bridal shower.

Crafty Angels Challenge Week 38-The challenge this week is to use your favorite stamp. These Rubber Stamp Tapestry Stamps are definitely my favorite. I own over 24 of the sets.

Crafty Ann's Challenge #17-Emossing of some sort is the challenge. I used my Dotted Swiss embossing folder to dry emboss the back round!

Cuttlebug Challenge-This challenge is to create a bridal card or something related to a bride. I did a bridal shower card.

Lexi's Creations Challenge 16-This week the challenge is to use something old. I used my old Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamp sets and my old but Favorite Bliss Blue CS.

My Time To Craft Challenge 95-"Xtra Special" is the challenge, to create a card for someone special or a special occasion. My card is for both, I made this for my niece for her bridal shower!

Paper Play Challenges Week 24-This week they would like us to use "something old" for their challenge. I used some old Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps and my fav old CS Bliss Blue!

S2G Twisted Thursday Challenge #61-This challenge was to use something old, my old is these RST peg stamps and my retired Bliss Blue CS.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #88-This challenge is to create a wedding or anniversary card.

Sweet Stampin Challenge # 31-This challenge is to create a "clean and simple" card. This card is as clean simple as I make, no sketch used, no DP and not a lot of embellishments like usual!

The Cuttlebug Spot Challenge-The challenge this week is to use embossing on your project. I love my Cuttlebug embossing folders so this was a fun challenge to do.

Res-Q Challenge 50-This is a great challenge this week! They are celebrating their 50th challenge by letting us pick from their fav past challenges. I picked RESQ #41 The Mental Health Break, use pastel colors and your fav image. I love hearts so I created a heart image out of flowers.

WOW lots of great challenges fit my card this time. Be sure to stop by and see all the wonderful creations made by lots of talented people, and be sure to leave them some love!


Supplies
Stamps: Rubber Stamp Tapestry
Paper: SU Pretty in Pink, Bliss Blue CS, Papertrey White CS
Inks: Ass't SU ink colors
Accessories: Heart Nestie, Bow Easy, SU Ticket Corner Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Recollections Sticker Pearls, Stickles, JoAnns Pearl String and SU Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I created. Your wonderful comments mean a lot to me so thank you very much for them, I really appreciate each one of them.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge 13

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. The weather was beautiful here in New England. I gardened a lot of the weekend so I decided to create a card with a garden theme.

Being Tuesday it is time for another great challenge at

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

All the cards were wonderful last week for the sketch challenge, I enjoyed seeing them all very much. This week is challenge #13 and it is a color challenge blue, pink, and yellow. Aren't those great Spring colors! Make those the main colors on your creation and of course don't forget to use Basic Grey paper on your creation also. This is a really fun and easy challenge this week so come play with us. We will be picking 3 cards for the TOP 3 of the week and they will get a blinky to display proudly on their blog. That could be you! I can't wait to see what you create and good luck!

Just in case you need some inspiration the ladies have created some extra special cards this week so check them out and let them know what you think

Peggy Regan

Kim Howard

Crystal Irwin

Kristen Catalano Scrap-Creations

I just love Sugar Nellie stamps so I decided that I would use one for the challenge this week. When I opened up to them I realized that I had never inked up this stamp so it was like having something brand new to play with! I tend to buy even when I don't need anything new I just want something new that I see.

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

Sketch and Stash Challenge 36-This is a great sketch to play with and my new stash is the Sugar Nellie stamp and the yellow swirl ribbon that I got at my LSS this past weekend!

One Stop Craft Challenge #82-This challenge is to use swirls and pearls on your creation. I have swirls behind the image, my ribbon is swirled, and I my swirl punch to make some swirl embellishments, I even swirled the pearl strand. The pearls are all over my card because I love using pearls.

Oh Alice... Challenge Chapter 15-This is a new challenge for me and what a fun one it is. Their challenge this week is "SWIRLS". I love playing along with new challenges!

Stamp Dreams (StempelTräume) Challenge #33-This is also a new challenge for me this week. Their challenge is also to use swirls on your creation. I am playing along with this challenge because my sister Peggy is one of the DTs and I loved her card that she created for "swirls"!

One Stitch At A Time Challenge 15-This challenge is to use something new. I have two new items, my Sugar Nellie stamp and my yellow swirl ribbon (I bought lots of different colors of this pretty ribbon).

Crafty Creations Challenge 69-The challenge this week is to use your Favorite stamp. I don't think I have one favorite stamp but my favorite stamp company is Sugar Nellie. I have so many favs of theseI guess that is why I seem to own so many!

Sweet Stampin Challenge-This is a great challenge "Pimp Your Card" add lots of bling, embellishments, ribbons, the sky's the limit! How much fun is that!!!

Cupcake Craft Challenge 93-This challenge this week is "summer delights". One of my favorite summer enjoyments is working in my garden or creating a garden card!

I hope you stop by these fantastic challenges to see all the wonderful creations!

Supplies
Stamps: Sugar Nellie, Rubber Stamp Tapestry
Paper: SU Bliss Blue, Barely Banana, and Pretty in Pink CS, Papertrey White CS, and Basic Grey DP
Inks: Copics, Memento Black
Accessories: Nesties, MS Lace Border Punch, Whale of a Punch Swirl Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, SU Ticket Punch, Recollection Sticker Pearls, JoAnns Pearl String, Walmart Flowers, CTMH Flowers, Michaels Flowers, LSS Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by todayto see what I have created. Your comments are wonderful to read and very much appreciated.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Creating,
Mary

Gong Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge #10

It has been a bit of time since I have been on my computer. Last week I was busy getting everything ready for the kids in class to make something special for their moms on Mother's Day. They made really cute sunflowers with their faces in the center of the flowers. They loved making them but it was a lot of prep work for me and one on one I showed them how to stamp on the flowers. I was TIRED and happy by Friday afternoon. I'll try to show a picture of the flowers tomorrow.

Today is Tuesday and that means another great challenge at

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations

This week the challenge #10 is a really fun one, it is animals. Any kind of animal you like and of course you need to use Basic Grey paper on your creation! Doesn't this sound like fun, we would love to have you come and play with us.

If you need a little inspiration check out what the other DTs have created this week

Kristen (Scrap Creations)

Peggy Regan

Crystal Irwin

Kim Howard

Be sure to stop by and give these creative ladies some love....

I haven't used this High Hopes stamp, Brutus, in so long but decided he was perfect for this challenge. I also decided to change up some of the BG DP I used by stamping little paws all around the edge of it to go with the little paws in the other new BG paper, with an animal theme, I used on this card.

Here are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card this week

High Hopes Challenge 75-This challenge is a great sketch this week. This is also my first time playing along with them.

Pile It On Challenge #18-This week the challenge is cute and cuddly. How much cuter or cuddly could a puppy be?

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 20-This challenge is distressed. I distressed all the sides in my creation. Lots of fun to do!

Crafty Ann's Challenge #14-This week is a fun challenge because it's "Anything Goes"!

Crazy 4 Challenges, C4C36-This challenge is based on a little poem

What are little boys made of?

Frogs and snails

And puppy-dogs' tails,

That's what little boys are made of.

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #22-This challenge was show us your fancy edge. I used my scalloped edge punch then hand punched the circled on each scallop to change it up a bit!

KL SNS Challenge #29-This challenge this week is a recipe "Easy as 123" 1 type of ribbon, 2 designer papers, and 3 embellishments. I used this cool 2 color ribbon, 2 pieces of BG DP(I stamped little paws on the mustard piece), and my embellishments are the brads I made and 2 small and 2 large flowers to make up the 2 flowers I used.

Lexi's Creations Challenge 13-This challenge is to use an animal on your card. I just love to color animals so I use them a lot on my cards.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #82-This is a recipe challenge this week also. You are to use 3 embellishment, 2 papers,and 1 image. I love to do recipes!

The Crazy Challenge-This challenge this week is cute and cuddly, what a fun theme to use!

These are all wonderful challenges be sure to check them out and maybe even play along with them!

Supplies

Stamps: High Hopes, Rubber Stamp Tapestry(little paws)

Paper: SU Baza Breeze CS,Papertrey White CS, Basic Grey DP

Inks: Copics, SU Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Nesties, SU Scallop Punch, Fiskers Hand Punch, Making Memories Distressing Tool,

Hero Arts Flowers, SU Build-A-Brads, Misc. Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all your wonderful comments you leave for me! Hope to see you again soon.

Happy Creating,

Mary

A Gift For MOM

Good morning it is school vacation week here so I have this week off! Did you ever notice how fast vacation weeks pass by so quickly compared to work weeks. There are only 4 days left before we go back and I haven't even made a dent in my list of things that need to be done this week. I have gotten a lot of coloring finished. This cutie is one of the new releases from Sew Many Stamps that I was lucky enough to win. I love everyone of them especially the little boy and girl, they are so adorable.

I made this card following the sketch for the Sew Many Challenge this week and along with the sketch the theme is mother so I made a Mother's Day card. I used my favorite color blue as the main color. I accented the letters with my Rubber Stamp Tapestry mini flower set. The one thing I couldn't capture was all the sparkle, all the flowers on the image and the letters have Star Dust Stickles on them so the card really sparkles IRL. This card is simple compared to a lot of the cards I do but I am really happy with it.

Here are some other challenges that this card fits

Sew Many Challenge #11-A really cute sketch with a mother theme this week!

Dare You to Digi Stamp Challenge DU2DS35-this challenge is to use metal, I used a metal heart charm on my card.

Practical Scrappers Challenge-This challenge id floss, fiber and ribbon. The first two I hardly ever use but I live for ribbon (especially polka dotted).

ABC Challenge-S is for SPARKLE. Love this because I would sparkle everything if I could!

Totally Gorguss Challenge #26-Charming is the challenge. I love to use charms so I picked a double heart for a child and mother's heart together.

Supplies

Stamps: Sew Many Digi Stamps, Rubber Stamps Tapestry, Just Rite Letter Stamps

Paper: SU Choc. Chop CS, Papertrey White CS, DP Bo Bunny

Inks: Copics, Ass't. SU Inks, Memento Black and Brown

Accessories: SU square punch and ticket punch, Recollection Sticker Pearls, Stickles, Michaels Ribbon, JoAnns Silver Hearts Charm

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

Get Well Soon Wish

If any of you read my post two days ago I was hoping for a snow day to stay home, play and make some cards, it didn't happen. But to my surprise I turned on the tv when I got up yesterday to get ready for school and it was canceled! I guess with all the strong winds and rain many people were without power, so they canceled school! This card is what I played with and finished.

I bought this DP on a whim at Michaels one day a couple of weeks ago. It was a 6x6 pack and all the paper is glittered. Not the normal colors that I would buy but it definitely caught my eye. Turns out it also matched Primas that I bought at one of the stamping conventions that I went to last Spring and had never used. The sketch had a strip down the side and so I wanted to do something different besides just running the ribbon straight down so I used glue dots and made it ripple like ribbon candy. It looks a lot better in real life than in the pic, does add dimension to the card. Where I was making a get well card I wanted a bit of elegance so I used a lot of pearls on it also. It took me most of the day to finish it because I kept changing things on it but in the end I was happy with it.

These are the challenges that it fits

Stampin' For The Weekend-I used the sketch from this challenge on this card, it is a great sketch.
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 101-Ribbon-tastic is the challenge this week, I love using ribbon on cards.
C.R.A.F.T Challenge 39-This challenge is a recipe, use ribbon and have sparkle. I used a shimmery ribbon and all the DP is glittered!
Raise The Bar Challenge #7-Three's Company is their challenge this week. They was use to use three of something our choice. I used 3 of 2 different flowers, 3 different size pearls, and more than 3 punched out leaves.
Pile It On Challenge #7-The challenge they would like us to do this week is a Get Well Soon card.
I hope this card would cheer up someone who is not feeling well.
Creative Card Crew Challenge 45-Their challenge this week is also a get well soon card. It is so nice to know you can someone feel better with a handcrafted card made from the heart.
Spoonful of Sugar Challenge 92-This challenge was to use distress inks(if you have them), pearls and glitter. I have never used distress inks so I used my Copics to color the image but I did use lots of pearls and I used glittered DP.

I hope you liked this card that I created. It was definitely one of the longer times it took to make it. I hope that it has inspired you to create a card for a challenge you like. These were all fantastic ones this week.

Supplies
Stamps- Sugar Nellie Stamps, Rubber Stamp Tapestry Peg Stamps
Papers-SU Sage Shadow, More Mustard CS, Papertrey White Cs, DP My Minds Eye Glitter Pack
Inks-Copics, SU More Mustard and Sage Shadow Inks
Accessories-Nesties, Prima flowers, Prima Mini Roses, Paper Shaper Leaf Punch and Swirl Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Recollection Sticker Pearls, LSS Ribbon, JoAnns Pearl String

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really do love all the comments that you leave for me to read. They are very much appreciated.

Have a wonderful day,
Mary

Snow Much Fun!

We are expecting quite a bit of heavy, wet snow tonight and tomorrow here in our part of New England. I am so sick of it unless it is on a card, like this one. Don't you just love this digi from Mo's Digital Pencil. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it, I think its that cute face.

I also wanted to do the card in blue but couldn't find any DP in the right shades I colored the image so I stamped the back round instead with my Rubber Stamp Tapestry snowflake set. It is definitely one of my favorite sets. Also you can't tell from the pic but the whole back round was dabbed with Stickles and Dazzling Diamonds on the pompoms, snowflakes, and Flower Soft snow on the image.

These are the challenges that this card works for
Mo's Pigital Pencil Challenge #14-this challenge was a really fun sketch to do, it worked perfectly with the image!
Digital Tuesday Challenge #41-This challenge was Emboss it! I embossed the bottom panel on the card with snowflakes.
Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC12-This challenge was a color, 3 different shades of blue. Between the image and the back round I think I came close to all 3 shades in their challenge.
Crafty Creations Challenge #50-This challenge is to use 3 different textures. I used Flower Soft, dry embossing, glitter, and ribbon.
Charisma Cardz Challenge #2-This challenge is Anything New. How is easy that. I used my new digi from Mo's Digital Pencil, new iridescent snowflakes from JoAnns, and new light blue Recollection sticker pearls from Michaels.
Stamp Something Challenge-This challenge was to use two colors blue and white. My most favorite colors for anything! What fun I had.
3 Clovers Thursday Challenge #47-Baby, Its cold outside is the challenge this week. I am definitely trying to play with all my new winter stamps and images before it isn't cold out anymore.
Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential SSHP14-This challenge is to go wild with snowflakes!!
I went wild by stamping my whole back round with snowflakes instead of using a DP. I do love snowflakes.
Crafty Ann's Challenge #6-Embossing! I love using my Cuttlebug embossing folders when I emboss, can't imagine what I did before I had them. The one I used, snowflakes, is one of my favorites.

These were a lot of fun to do this week. I want to thank all these lovely ladies for coming up with new, fun and sometimes challenging challenges for us to play along with.

Supplies
Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil, Rubber Stamp Tapestry
Paper: SU Ballet Blue CS, Papertrey White CS
Inks: Copics, Asst. SU shades of blue inks, Memento Black
accessories: Coluzzle Cutting System, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Flower Soft, Stickles, SU Glitter, Michaels Ribbon, Recollection Sticker Pearls, Iridescent snowflakes from JoAnns

Thank you for stopping by today. It really means a lot to me to have you see what I made and let me know what you think of it.

Have a wonderful week,
Mary

Best Friends Share Everything

The holidays are always such a busy time. I hate when there is so much to do that I can't seem to find time to sit down and create even a card. My weekend was so busy(lots of fun though) that I made some time to do this card just to put some calm and quiet back into my life.

This digi is a freebie that I got from Mo's Digital Pencil. I love all her images and when I saw the MDP challenge this week, #10, was a non-holiday thank you card I knew this would be perfect!

I also made this card to fit for these challenges

Daring Cardmakers- Going Dotty, polka dots on the card and nothing wintery!

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 22- This week it is a wonderful sketch that worked perfectly with this image.

It was nice to make a card that didn't have to do with snow or the holidays right now. I do have a few more cards that I need to post before the holidays are here but I hope you enjoyed seeing one that was made just because it was fun card!

Supplies

Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil, Rubber Stamp Tapestry, Wordsworth Stamps

Paper: SU Night of Navy and Old Olive CS, Papertrey White, DP Bo Bunny and CTMH

Inks: Copics, SU Night of Navy, Old Olive

Accessories: Nesties, MS Leaf Punch, Misc. brads and Craft Button, and Michaels Ribbon

Thanks for taking the time to stop by to see my creation during these busy times. I really do appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me.

Have a wonderful day,

Mary

A Special Thank You

I was asked to make a special you are much appreciated thank you card for our PTO at school from the staff. I wanted to do something different from what everyone usually sees me make. I decided to use some of my most favorite stamps, my Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps. This picture doesn't show the brightness of the fall colors or all the sparkle on the wreath. After I stamped the wreath I dotted all around it with Platinum Stickles. Platinum is perfect for Fall because it doesn't give that yellowish sparkle like gold so it doesn't over power the colors on the image. I didn't have a ribbon that matched so I ran white ribbon over my Old Olive ink pad to dye it to match the Old Olive CS and ink. I decided to add the leaf pins for just that little extra embellishment. I am hoping it meets with every one's approval at school.

Luckily this card also meets some of the requirements for some challenges, so here they are

Creative inspirations Challenge 36- Sparkle on your card

Stamp Something Challenge- A Thank You Card

Your Next Stamp Challenge #4-Be thankful

These are all wonderful challenges and I am so glad they let everyone play along with them. Please take a minute to check them out and maybe play along too.

Supplies

Stamps: Rubber Stamp Tapestry, Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Old Olive, CTMH Textured Rust, Papertrey White, and DP Unknown

Inks: Asst. SU Colors

Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Stickles, Su Corner Punch, Recollections Fall Pearls, Michaels Ribbon, JoAnns Leaf Pins

Thanks for stopping by today today to see what I have created. I would like everyone to know how much I appreciate all the wonderful comments you leave for me to read.

Please stop by again soon,

Mary

A Happy Snowman, Colour Create Challenge 31

Anyone that knows me knows that there are three things that I absolutely love the color blue (I think the whole world should be in shades of blue) and snowmen of all shapes and kinds and glitter, I love to make things sparkle! These three things surround me all year long and make me very happy! When my sister Peggy, Colorful Designs, told me about a challenge that was made for me over on Colour Create Challenge Blog, Challenge 31 I laughed because she was right. The challenge this week is to create a card that's blue, silver and white and has a winter theme that includes glitter, how perfect. This is the card I created for it.

This snowman is new this year and I just love him. I colored around him with Copics and then glittered around him to make him stand out a bit from the back round that I colored with my Copics also. I tried to show a close-up of how the card sparkles all over. The back round isn't quite as solid as it looks in the picture I took my blender to it to give a winter sky look sort of. The snowflake paper on the back round glitter CS I made using my Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps. I couldn't find DP that looked good so I thought why not just make my own! I stickled the flakes after I stamped it. I was lucky enough to find a piece of the silver mirror paper from a project years ago. The only bad thing was if you look a my photo you can see it does act like a mirror and my sweater reflected in the bottom at the icicles when I took the picture. I really had a lot of fun creating this card and I hope it inspires you to pull out a snowman, bring it to life and put a smile on some one's face!

Supplies

Stamps: Great Impressions, Rubber Stamp Tapestry, Savvy Stamps

Paper: CTMH White Textured CS, Glitter Cs and Silver Mirror CS, Papertrey White, and DP Art Impressions

Ink: Copics, SU Ink Ass't blues, Memento Black

Accessories: Nesties, MS Icicle Punch, MS Snowflake Punch, EK Success Snowflake Punches, Hero Arts Jewels, Recollections Sticker Pearls, A-muse Sticker Pearls, Stickles, SU Glitter, Flower Soft, Michaels Ribbon and Snowflake charm(unknown)

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. If you would like to leave a comment I would really appreciate it. I can't thank everyone enough for all their kind words about my cards.

Happy Creating,

Mary

Dear Friend, TSSC94, Basic Grey Challenge Week 7, Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #4 Tag Your It!,RecipeFor Love Somethings Challenge

School has been crazy this week. Everyone, both kids and staff are getting sick from the swine flu it seems and there are a shortage of subs for the staff so everyone is trying to cover for everyone. I am beat by the time I get home but I got my new stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie at the beginning of the week and I couldn't wait to color at least one of them.

I made this card for 4 challenges. The first was Challenge #4, Tag your it on the Kraftin' Kimmie blog. You had to make a card with a tag on it. My tag was made with the SU tag punches and then I stamped the saying and roses on it with my Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg and block stamps. I stickled the roses.

The second challenge was Mary Jo's Monday Lunchtime sketch challenge, TSSC94. I love her sketch challenges and try to do as many as possible. This week's was easy so it let me embellish quite a bit.

The third challenge was Basic Grey's Challenge for week 7, a photo inspiration. I used the colors brown and pink from the picture as my inspiration. I love all the Basic Grey 6x6 paper packs so it was easy to find the perfect papers for this challenge.

The fourth challenge is the Stamp Something Challenge for this week, Recipe For Love Somethings. The recipe for the challenge is 1 Ribbon 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments. I used white ribbon, 2 Basic Grey Papers, and Prima Roses, Punched Branches and White Pearls, all favorites of mine!

I colored the image with Copics and stickled the bouquet of roses in her hand. I also stickled the Prima roses that are beside the image and on the tag. It does not show up very well on the picture.

Supplies
Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, Rubber Stamp TapestryPaper: SU CS Choc. Chip, Regal Rose, Papertrey White CS, Basic Grey DPInk: Memento Black, SU Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Choc Chip, CopicsAccessories: MS Lace Punch and Branch Punch, SU Tag Punches, Stickles, SU ribbon, Recollection Sticker Pearls

I hope your liked what I created. Kimmie's new stamps are really cute and fun to color. You should check them out. I can't wait to place my next order this weekend for her newest stamps!

Thanks for stopping by and letting me know what you think. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments you leave for me.

Have a great weekend,

Mary