Lilac & Lace Challenge

Hey there Bleeps (Blog Peeps!)
Hope you have been doing good!!! My card today is for the challenge over at Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog. We were to use the color lilac and some lace on your card. I will be on the design team for Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog coming up....so you'll be seeing alot of their weekly challenges that I love!!!;)

Hope you like my simple little card, thanks so much for stopping by!!! ;)

Card Recipe:

Card stocks: Vanilla Naturals, Lavender Lace and Almost Amethyst

Inks: Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum

Vintage Vogue Stamps Set

Lace from Stash

Top Note Die

Oval Frame Die

Half Back Pearl

Vintage Vogue Mother Card

Today's card is for the Mother's Day Card challenge over at Late Night Stampers. I hope you like it ....thanks so much for stopping by!

Card Recipe:

1. Card stock: VV,BB and Always Artichoke
2. Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue and Well Scripted
3. Inks: Cherry Cobbler
4. Half Backed Pearls from Stash
5. Wide Oval Punch
6. Decorative Label Punch
7. Bird Punch for leaves
8. Love Letter DSP

OWH Sketch #52 in Reds!

Hey Bleeps!
 Today I made a quick card for the sketch challenge over at Operation Write Home. OK, I just realized this fit into the Unused,Unloved Supplies Challenge over at OWH as well!!! Yippee, I love it when that happens,LOL!!! This paper is too pretty to be unloved.....just didn't use it yet!!! I've hoarded this beautiful patterned paper for awhile now.....but it's a hard red to match, .so I struggled with this card for awhile! This also goes along with my own personal daily challenges for a Monochromatic Monday! I didn't have a scallop circle that was 3"....and I was too lazy to use my cricut expression, LOL! Well....thanks for stopping by and have a great day;)

Card Recipe:

1. Inks: BB and Cherry Cobbler
2. Patterned Paper from stash
3. BB Satin Ribbon
4. 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch
5. 1 3/4" Circle Punch
6. Vintage Vogue Stamp Set
7. Very Vintage Wheel
8. Scallop Trim Border Punch
9. Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch 

Swan Bookmark Card!

Hello Bleeps (Blog Peeps!)
I don't know about you but I'm ready for the weekend!!! I was so excited yesterday....I got a call from Stampin' Up!!!! I won a FREE Stamp Set,YAY ME!!!! I got to pick any current stamp set or decor elements!!! I ended up picking the Chic Boutique on pg76 in the IBC. I know it's not a new set...but I've had my eye on it for a long time ;)

 Well, today's card is for the same lady who I made the swan easel card for the other day. She wanted me to make a swan bookmark....so I came up with this bookmark card. I hope she likes it.....and I hope you do too!!! Sherry from Bits of Cheer drew this image for me....isn't she talented? Please go visit her blog and tell her she needs to start up a digi stamp company....I've been after her to get something going....her talent would be loved by stampers everywhere!!! Well, here's the deets.....have a fabulous weekend and thanks for taking a peek!!!;)

Recipe for card:

•  Card stocks: Pretty in Pink,WW and Regal Rose
• Inks: Tea Stain(distressing Essentials Kit),Regal Rose and Crumb Cake
• Crochet Trim Victoria Ribbon
• Vintage Vogue Stamp Set
• Word Wind Punch
• Brad from Stash

two vintage cards

I made these two vintage cards today. They use the Brocade DSP that is in the clearance section on my Stampin' Up! site. Very beautiful paper....I love vintage,so it's perfect....and a great deal ;)
 I used the new distressing tool kit from SU! too. I used the sanding block....which is what made the 'white' section show thru on the thank you card. Then I used the flat stamp and tea stained ink on the scallop for you card,which gives it that 'molted' old paper look!!! Hope you like them ;) I linked the words , for easy shopping! Let me know if you need help placing a order with me.....
Thanks for stopping by and have a great night! ;)

close up of 'tea stain' background on scallop

close up of sanding done with Distressing Essentials kit

For you card:

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  Card stocks : Close to Cocoa,VV and Old Olive
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  Inks : Chocolate Chip
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  Distressing Essentials Kit using Tea Stain and Mahogany
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  Old Olive Stain Ribbon
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  Scallop Circle Punch
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  Distressing Tool
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  Brocade DSP (retired....clearance SU!)
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  Vintage Labels Stamp Set

Thank You card:

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  Card stocks : Always Artichoke,Chocolate Chip and VV
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  Inks : Chocolate Chip and Early Espresso
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  Brocade DSP (retired....clearance)
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  Curly Label and Large Oval Punches
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  Scallop Border Punch
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  Ribbon Originals 'Theater' (retired....clearance SU!)
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  Distressing Essentials Kit (sanding block)
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  Stamp Sets : Vintage Vogue, Pedaling Past and Vintage Labels

Vintage Challenge!

I made this card for a new blog I found called "Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog". The challenge was to do a vintage theme. This is my first time to participate in one of their challenges. So,I hope I'm doing this right! I love vintage anything....but today I was a little stumped, probably because I've still been trying to fix my blog!!! I can't figure it out...and it's driving me crazy!!! To read more on how you can help me fix my blog,click here!!! So I just started playing around with the new Distressing Essentials Kit from SU! and I literally 'threw' this card together. I didn't really give it a thought, like I normally try to do!! Oh,well....it came out OK enough.

I needed a 'thinking of you card' for a dear sweet lady who just found out she has cancer. Please keep Kathy in your prayers....she's a breast cancer survivor and now just found out she has cancer in her intestines!!! I hate cancer....I know things don't always go our way....God's way is perfect.....but we don't always understand the WHY......but I know that, NO PAIN is Wasted!! So,just please pray for her and her family!!! Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great rest of the weekend.....stay cool!!! ;)

Recipe for card:

• Card stocks: Very Vanilla and Always Artichoke
• Stamps Sets: Vintage Vogue,Thoughts and Prayers
• Inks : Close to Cocoa,Early Espresso,So Saffron,Always Artichoke and Tea Stain
• Lace and Brad from Stash
• Le Jardin DSP (retired)
• Ribbon from Beachfront Ribbon Originals
• Crimper Tool
• Eyelet Border Punch
• Distressing Tool
• Distressing Essentials Kit

Operation Write Home Hardware Challenge

Hey there! I took on the Operation Write Home Hardware Challenge today. You can read more about the challenge here. Here is the deets on the card! Thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe for Card :

• Inks : Bordering Blue,Pretty in Pink,and Chocolate Chip
• Card stocks: Very Vanilla and Pretty in Pink
• Stamp Sets : Vintage Vogue and Wonderful Favorites
• Bella Birds DSP
• Crimper for So Saffron DSP
• Hodgepodge Hardware and Brads
• Very Vanilla Ribbon layered with Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon

Two Cards For Etsy Customer

Hello and thanks for stopping by today! I am sharing two cards that I made over the weekend for a regular Etsy customer of mine. She always has me think outside the box! She will tell me about the person that she needs a card for. She tells me colors,theme and what she wants on the card. Sometimes it takes me awhile to come up with something I think will be good enough. She needed a sunflower card,and wanted the sunflowers to be 3-d to look realistic. I used my cricut to cut the flowers and the spritzer tool to add an interesting touch. The next card she asked me to make is for an accountant. She wanted math signs($,+,=,-,etc.)....I don't have anything like that at all. It still needed to be pretty for a woman ....I was at a loss. I asked my husband for help,he gave me some ledger paper,then I used a digital stamp from MDS and printed it out along with the word 'friend'....I hope she likes it! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Recipe for Office card :

• Card stocks : Sage Shadow,Close to Cocoa,Very Vanilla
• Inks : Chocolate Chip,Close to Cocoa,Sage Shadow
• Stamps : Vintage Vogue and digital MDS stamp Certified
• Punches : Modern Label,Spiral,Round Tab
• Ribbon : retired sage shadow
• Brads,staples, and small binder clip from stash

Recipe for Sunflower card :

• Card stocks : VV,Close to Cocoa,Chocolate Chip,and More Mustard
• Inks : Basic Black,Close to Cocoa,Chocolate Chip
• Sweet Pea DSP
• Scallop Frame Die with Big Shot
• Crimper Tool
• Eyelet Border Punch
• Well Scripted Stamp Set
• DoodleCharms Cricut Cartridge
• Swiss Dots Cuttle Bug Folder
• SVG Flourish using SCAL Program on Cricut
• Color Spritzer Tool using Chocolate Chip Marker

Bookmark/Tag Card

Hello peeps! I hope you are having a great week so far! Today I have another bookmark card to share. I did mess it up in some places....so don't look too carefully!! LOL!!! I wonder if I didn't say anything,if anyone will be able to notice my boo-boos!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Recipe for bookmark/tag card :

• Stamp Sets : Vintage Vogue,Tiny Tags,Well Scripted and Vintage Labels
• Card stocks : Old Olive,Whisper White
• Lovely Flowers DSP (hostess bundle)
• Basic Black Ink
• Lovely Lines Rub-ons (hostess bundle)
• Brad and Ribbon from stash
• Scallop Circle Punch (to make flower embellishment)
• Eyelet border,scallop trim and jewelry tag punches

Two card Tuesday

Hello peeps! I have two cards to share today, for my Two Card Tuesday! I made the turtle one today and the flower one I made this weekend! It took awhile,since I hand cut each flower out!!But I think it made the card look better that way and then added dimensionals to pop them up. Thanks for stopping by! Here's the deets....

Recipe for turtle card :

• Card stocks : WW and Taken with Teal
• Stamp Sets : Fox and Friends and Tiny Tags
• Punches : Pinking Hearts border,1 3/8 circle,scallop circle
• Welcome Neighbor DSP
• Teal Ribbon from stash

Recipe for Vintage Vogue Card :

• Stamp Sets : Thoughts and Prayer and Vintage Vogue
• Cardstocks : Whisper White and Old Olive
• Lovely Flowers DSP
• Punches : large oval and scallop oval
• Frame Oval Scallop Die
• Inks : Close to cocoa,Perfect Plum,VersaMark
• Brads and Ribbon from Stash

Two card Tuesday

Hey peeps! Today I made two simple cards to share. Both don't really have much stamping,but I still like them and I hope you do too!! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Recipe for first card :

• Whimsical Words Stamp Set
• Card stocks : Kraft,WW,and Pretty in Pink
• Welcome Neighbor DSP
• Kraft Taffeta Ribbon
• Curly Label and Scallop Trim Border Punches
• Big Shot Movers and Shapers Curly Label Die
• Pink Bling from stash
• Chocolate Chip Ink

Recipe For Second Card :

• Card stocks : Taken With Teal and WW
• Welcome Neighbor DSP
• Rose Red Stitched Ribbon
• Sweet Pea Felt Flowers
• Scallop Trim Border Punch
• Vintage Vogue Stamp Set
• Blue Bling from stash