Crabby Christmas

I think this crab is so cute! Now I don't have this set, but a friend let me borrow it while we were on vacation. I had such fun making this card. The bow got a bit mangled while en route home...but you get the idea. I love the sentiment: "Jingle Shells"...just too cute! I added Puffy Paint (sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds glitter) to his little Santa hat, but the picture doesn't show it well.

Oh and by the way, I participate in a blogging group on SCS and we recently had a challenge to make a card using the colors: yellow and orange and flowers. If you have a minute, you can go HERE and vote for your favorite, check it out and vote. There are some beautiful creations and pick one that strikes you as a favorite. Thanks and bunch, we really appreciate it!
Have a great day!

Limelight Sketch Challenge

I made this real quick today for the Limelight Sketch Challenge this week. I picked up this cute scrapbook paper at AC Moore on Friday and thought it would go great with the My Cuppa' Joe stamp set. I paper pieced the mugs using some scrap designer paper and cardstock that I have stashed away. For the red cup, I added the foam to the mug by using Puffy Paint, makes it look so delicious! Now I am off to make a pot of coffee for this cold rainy day.
Have a great Sunday!

Blogger#3 Challenge #1

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and had a good time shopping the Black Friday deals yesterday...I am thankful to say we got a lot accomplished (Christmas gifts bought) and had a good time too! :o))

Okay, here is my challenge card for the Blogging #3 Group. We were to make a card using yellow, orange and flowers. I chose to use the colors So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie. I wasn't sure how these two colors would look together, but they work. The silhouette stamp is from Garden Silhouettes and the sentiment is from Flowers for Daisy. I have lots of decorating to do today...so best get to it.
Have a great weekend!

Christmas Card Stash

I made these two cards using the Little Yellow Bicycle products from Limelight PaperCrafts. I was really tickled to see how well the colors matched my slightly remaining stash of Cranberry Crisp and True Thyme cardstock. I wonder if SU will ever bring these colors back...they are my favorite for Christmas cards. I used the Christmas Magic Clear Stamp Set as well as the matching Christmas Magic - 8x8 Paper & Punch-Out Tablet .



With the scrapbook pack, there are several pages of punch out shapes which make a card a breeze to make. You can see on here with the Merry Christmas sentiment. I just added brads on both sides. I outlined the snowflake using my Stardust pen. The photo just does not catch it well...looks better in person.
I have a full day of cooking and cleaning to get ready for tomorrow. Have a great day!

Technique Challenge

When I saw the Technique Challenge for this week: Pop Up Gift Card I thought I would give it a whirl. I knew the new stamp set from Gina K., My Cuppa' Joe would be perfect for this challenge. Who doesn't love a gift card to Starbucks? (Even for non-coffee drinkers, they have great tea and hot chocolate) I used Cosmo Cricket designer paper and got a bonus because it is double sided :o)) The base of the card is Chocolate Chip and I also used Sage Shadow for the layering.



I paper pieced the coffee bag onto the bag using the other side of the designer paper and stamped coffee in the label box. After the image was stamped and colored, I stamped over it using the Linen BG stamp and Creamy Caramel ink.

Here is what the inside of the card looks like....


As you can see, there is plenty of room to add something to the inside of the card if you wish.
That is all for today. Have a great Tuesday!

Christmas Snowman and SS

I cannot believe how fast the weekend flew by... Can you believe that Thanksgiving is this Thursday? I am so looking forward to cooking a big meal with all of the fixings, looking through the newspaper for the Black Friday deals (and mapping out my plan of attack on shopping), and then in the evening watching a movie. It is our little family tradition to watch Elf Thanksgiving night. That movie is just too cute!

Today I have two cards to share. The first is another card to add to my assorted Christmas cards I will be sending out this year. Just bam, bam and I am done.


The next card is from my Big Sister (through the Divine Secret Sisters on SCS). The reveal is pretty soon and she has been leaving me clues, but I am a bit slow on the uptake I think. :o)) This is just gorgeous and I love all of the cards she has sent me this round. All just amazing. She is super talented and I love her style.

Cuppa' Joe, Anyone?

I am an avid coffee drinker, if there is such a thing. :o) I love coffee first thing in the morning and then love a cup or two of decaf in the evenings. If I am near a Starbucks, I definitely stop in for my favorite: a Grande Vanilla Latte (sometimes Skinny, sometimes not ;o)) and with the holiday season I also enjoy a Gingerbread Latte with a Molasses Chew cookie....Mmmm, will have to go soon!

When Gina K. released this new set designed by Rupa Shevde, My Cuppa' Joe I was just loving it! I love the design of the images and the various sentiments and font of the sentiments. I ordered it first thing the night it was released and have been kicking myself ever since for not ordering another 2 sets to get the free set. Ggrr! I am so wishing I had ordered the Cookie set by Melanie. Sometimes I try to be so frugal, and then I regret it. :o((

For this card, I used the paper piecing technique and used the retired SU Dashing designer paper. The sketch is actually from the sketch challenge on SCS this week. I am pleased with how this turned out. Quite Christmasy.
Have a great weekend!

Ready for Snow?

It sure has gotten seasonably cold here in NC! I love it (from inside near the fireplace) and hope for a good snow this year. This is another snowman card I made using the Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas Magic scrapbook paper. This snowman is nice and whimsical looking. I think it is by Inkadinkadoo.



Tina has awarded me the Kreativ Blogger Award, which is so sweet of her. She is so creative and you should check out her blog: Let's Get Creative .

Rules for the Kreativ Blogger Award are:
1.The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person that sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.

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Now I have to narrow it down to 5 people to give the blog award to...oh, my. I have tried to check to make sure they have not already been chosen...so here are my nominations:

1. Michelle shellpole's snippets
2. Jen Marie Taylor~Made by JenMarie
3. Mandy Limelight Papercrafts!
4. Carmen Stamping Addiction
5. Shelly Jaspere's Little Corner

Two for Tuesday

I have two cards to share today. The first one I made for a sketch challenge on the Gina K. forum on SCS. I outlined the flower and leaf to make it match the beautiful Basic Grey dp. It really ties it together nicely.



This next card uses the Little Yellow Bicycle products from Limelight Paper Crafts. The ornament is actually a punch out from the Christmas Magic scrapbook pack. It makes for a nice quick card and I put this together super fast. The gold on the ornament looks a little wonky in this photo, but it looks better in person. The other snowflakes and sentiment were stamped using the matching clear stamp set.
Have a great Tuesday!

Christmas Snowman

While on vacation I made several different cards using the Penny Black Warm and Cold snowman. He is just the cutest thing!!! I colored him using my ink pads and a AquaPainter. I also used the snowflake stamp from Merry & Bright for around the sentiment as well as the background on the Cranberry Crisp cardstock base. The designer paper is the from Basic Grey...I am having a hard time finding individual sheets of this pattern. :o( I bought it at a discount at a scrapbook store in the mountains of NC and so wish I had purchased more sheets, it is just a favorite!

Well, tomorrow I will have some cards from Gina K. to share...I just need to take pictures and finish one more challenge card. I am excited because my stamp set My Cuppa' Joe arrived today (I just ordered it Thursday night!) So hopefully I will get a chance later this evening to use it. Have a great day!