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Hello again! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Now it's time to get ready for next year, lol. Hopefully you'll join us at the Christmas Card Challenge blog to help you be prepared with cards at least! Our challenge for this week is paint.

I had the perfect card made for this challenge... so cute and painted pretty. Unfortunately, while I was trying to transfer it from my camera to PhotoDraw to be edited, all my pictures were lost and I had already given the card away : ( Luckily I had this card already edited... does Stickles count as paint?? Yeah, I didn't think so either!

I used more of my all time favorite Simple Stories paper. The cute snowman is from CTMH, the sentiment is AmyR stamps. The snowflakes and stars are a mix of Taylored Expressions and Cuttlebug dies. 

Thanks for looking, I hope you have a chance to join us!

I'm playing along with Cute Card Thursday 249: Anything goes, and Chocolate, Coffee & Cards 29: Snowmen

Clear It Out!

Hello! Oh my goodness, where did November go?? Although I can hardly believe it, it's December 1st already. At least that means it's time for another ABC Challenge. We have a good one for you- Clear It Out... use up some of the stash you've been hoarding!

I bought this card kit from Taylored Expressions last winter to make my family's Christmas cards. But after making cards for my mom and grandmas to give out, I ran out of time. I had the paper all cut, but never got the cards together... but not this year!

I used this sweet image from Stamp Fairy (who by the way are sponsoring the challenge, yay) I colored her with Copics and added Stickles to her hat and the string of lights for some bling. The snowflake button, paper, ribbon, and pearls are all from the TE card kit. 

Thanks for looking, I hope you have a chance to play along!

I'm entering this card into Cute Card Thursday #245: Snowflakes and Stampin' Sisters in Christ #167: to make a Christmas card. It's their last challenge which bums me out, but I definitely understand why. Thanks for all the great challenges!

Pumpkin Boo!

Hello! I hope everyone has had a good start of the week.... Mine could be better. Our air conditioner was having some problems with massive condensation over the weekend and we thought we had it mostly taken care of, until Sunday when I realized that my craft room floor had flooded. : ( So hubby and I took everything out of the little office and it's now in stacks on the family room floor. I'm just praying my paper doesn't have a musty smell now!

I had made this card on Saturday before the flood : ) A dear woman at work found me some adorable Halloween tags at a garage sale and this is the card I made for her with a few of them. I used the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges #153 (I'm a sketch addict too Kristine!) The paper is from an old CTMH pack, I honestly don't even remember the name. I added some misc twine and ribbon. The Boo! sentiment is from Amy R Stamps. I'm also entering the card for Cute Card Thursday #233: Autumn Gold.

Thanks for looking! I'm hoping to get enough supplies out to be able to make my card for the next ABC Challenge. I've been looking forward to it, it's going to be a fun one!

Young at Heart

Hello! It's the 15th of the month, which means there's a new challenge over at ABC Challenge! We're on to H is for Happy Birthday! Should be easy enough to play along, right?

My card is for one of my uncles. He is quite the joker and I thought he would find the sentiment very funny! I know I love it! I know it's a bit small in the pic, but it says "Young at Heart slightly older in other places"

I colored the sweet owl with Copics. Unfortunately I made this card prior to my Sugar Nellie hop cards and now I cannot for the life of me find that sweet owl again...I can see the rubber stamp in my head though! So I have no idea what company it is... I need to write those details down! I'll keep looking and hopefully be able to update my post soon. The paper and swirl is CTMH.

This card is also my submission for Cute Card Thursday: have a laugh and Dutch Dare challenges: for the boys.

Thanks for looking! I hope you have a chance to play along with us, don't forget there are prizes involved!

Thinking of You

Hello! This week has been very trying, and I've been making cards to unwind at night. The good side to that is I have a que of cards waiting to be shared! The first is one I made for a friend who lost her pregnancy with twins last week. I pray that this card brings her comfort!


I started with Card Patterns #146, although the final result doesn't reflect it so much! The patterned paper is from Jillybean Soup. I received it, the ribbon, and the journaling card in November's KI kit. The stamp sets are from Taylored Expressions too (they are my something new for Cute Card Thursday's #198... I had a bit of fun with Taylor's Black Friday sale!) I picked up the flower at Micheals, it's from Recollections.

As always, thanks for looking! I'll be seeing you soon! Plus sneak peaks for Sugar Nellie will be coming soon! I'm so excited, it is going to be great!

Sugar Nellie Sneak Peek!!

Hello! I am so excited I get to share a sneak peek of Sugar Nellie's October release! When I received my assigned images I thought, "How did I get so lucky to get the cutest ones?" But now that I've seen them all, let me tell you.... They are all cute! I can't wait to see what the other designers have made with them, I am sure to go shopping for the rest! They will all be revealed at a 2-day blog hop this Sat and Sun, be sure to check it out! All of the stamps will be for sale at Funky Kits on Oct 8!
Today I'm peeking Faye and Freddie. Aren't they sweet? I just LOVE her innocent little face, reminds me of Bailey (before she found her bossy personality, lol!) And her little friend Freddie is sooo cute! Thanks for looking, and I hope you will join us on our blog hop!

DP:CTMH Image: Sugar Nellie colored with Copics

misc sentiment sticker, Prima flowers, CTMH brads, misc ribbon, lace and rhinestones

This card is my submission for Cute Card Thurday-Animal Crackers, and Flutter By Wednesdays #173

You're the Best

Hello! Did everyone else's week drag by? Oh well it's finally Saturday and I had some stamping time! I made this card for my grandma's birthday on Monday. I used Cute Card Thursday's sketch for this week. It came together really fast and I love it, but holy cow, I stepped out of my comfort zone! I tried really hard to mix colors I wouldn't normally and I really liked it, who would have known pink, yellow and green look so nice together? I also used some embellies I've been hoarding. OK maybe not hoarding as much as scared to use... the flowers and pearl sprigs in the corner. I love it when I see them used on other blogs and think I did a pretty nice job without looking like I over did it! Over at Just Magnolia the challenge was a Bingo card- I used gems, flowers, and ribbons. Flowers were also the challenge at Magnolia Stamp Lovers, lucky me! And lastly since this is a birthday card it is also my submission for A Spoon Full of Sugar. Thanks for looking!

Paper: Echo Park

Image: Magnolia

Ribbon, gems, and sentiment sticker from this month's Key Ingredients Kit, misc flowers, pearl sprigs

Sitting Pretty

Yay it's Friday!! I was running out of time to get my Valentine's in the mail, so I had to spend some time last night in my scrap room working away, sigh... This one will be going to Arizona to my grandma. She isn't much for the Iowa winter so she heads south : ) We sure do miss her though and I'm sure this card will make her smile! I used Friday Sketchers #140 (this week's is great too, I'll have to play again later!) All That Scraps has a great Wednesday Challenge: to make a Valentine with no pink or red. There is a tiny bit of red for the roses- but all the other flowers are more orange than they look in the picture. I also used Cute Card Thursday's challenge 151- Hearts & Flowers and Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #104- Button up! I hope you all have a great weekend, thanks for taking the time to look at my card : )

Image: CC Designs

Paper: CTMH Key to my Heart

Copics: sorry I misplaced the paper they were written on...

CTMH button & brads, Prima flowers, misc ribbon, lace and heart sticker

Staying Young

My aunt's 50th birthday is coming up and she is very traumatized by the thought! My mom asked me to make a "classy, black" card for her to give. My husband said that was an oxymoron but I tried my best! I love my Gorjuss girls stamps and think this one's attitude matched Becky's well! I think she will love it. The sentiment says, "The secret to staying young is... to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age- Lucille Ball." I used Card Patterns Sketch 59 for the layout. This is also my submission for Crazy 4 Challenges 32 to use 1 ribbon, 2 brads, and 3 punches on your card. My card is also mostly black, although I did through in a little red on the sweet girl, for Cute Card Thursday Challenge 107 Mono Mania!

Image: Sugar Nellie, sentiment is CTMH

Paper: CTMH

Copics: 0, E000, E00, E11, R20, E21, E31, E33, R39, R85, C1, C3, C5, C7, N0, 110

CTMH brads and eyelets, misc ribbon