Hubby's Bird-day

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a good week. I'm home with a sick little girl today... hopefully this won't last long! I grabbed a moment to post quick! This card was for my husband's birthday on Monday. He was born 2 days after St. Patrick's day, hence the name Patrick : ) That's my super creative in laws, lol! I used Sketchy Thursday #164 for the layout and kept it simple. The image is from Bugaboo and is colored with Copics. The sentiment is Verve. The paper is from a past Key Ingredient kit, and I honestly don't remember which paper pack it is. Just a CTMH swirl and some misc brads and ribbon and I'm done! This card is also my submission for Crazy 4 Challenges #128: to use green on your cards.

Baby's starting to look wound down again so I'm off! Thanks for looking!

ETA: Woo-Hoo I was chosen as Sketchy Thursday's featured Sketch Artist for this card, I'm sooo excited! Thanks so much Tracy!

Lavendar & Lace

Hello! Can you believe it's already the 15th of March? It has flown by for me! That means it's time for another ABC Challenge! We're now on to L for Lavendar and Lace. This was a challenge for me, I immediately thought about a baby card, but out of all the papers I have stashed I could not find 1 piece of lavendar patterned paper! So I scratched that idea and solved my problem by using lavendar cardstock and lacey-looking paper from last month's Key Ingredient kit.


This card will be my mom's birthday card next month, I'm ahead of schedule! I used The Sweet Stop sketch #149 for the layout... love it! The stamps are from Taylored Expressions. I colored the butterfly with my Prismacolor pencils. Just some CTMH brads and misc lace and pearls from my stash to finish it off! Thanks so much for looking, I hope you have a chance to join us at The ABC Challenge, maybe you'll even win one of the great prizes up for grabs!

Scripture Gift Set

Hello! I actually had some time to stamp this past weekend... gasp! It felt so wonderful to create again! I decided to make a gift set to give to my pastor. There has been a lot of sad events going around the congegration lately, I pray these cards will bring comfort! I used February's Key Ingredients kit for all of the cards. I tried to keep them gender neutral, so no flowers : ) I love how they turned out! I used Card Patterns sketches for them all.

The first card uses a scripture stamp from Taylored Expressions. The metal embellie is from CTMH. The sketch I started with is Card Patterns #154.

The second scripture stamp is from Our Daily Bread designs. For this card I used Card Patterns #152.

Lastly... another ODBD scripture stamp. This card started as Card Patterns #155.

Well that was a long post, lol! Thanks for looking!

I'm Back!

Oh my goodness, I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted! February was definately a difficult month for me, the 4 year anniversary of Gabe's death and then it seemed as if there was always someone sick or work was crazy. I'm praying that March will be better! Maybe it was so tough because I didn't get craft time... hmm... and then when I'd get a chance try to create something I'd just be blank.

Ok enough whining, it's time for another challenge at The ABC Challenge. This time it's K for Kraft. I LOVE using kraft paper (especially from GKD) so this was an easy one for me, and I needed easy, lol! This sympathy card was for my former boss after she unexpectantly lost her grandmother. The verse is an ODBD stamp and it's one of my favorites. Thanks for looking and be sure to join us for your chance to win some great prizes!

Other supplies: Prima flowers, CTMH pearls. The ribbon, brads, and Crate Paper Farmhouse paper were all from the October Key Ingredients Kit... I'm gonna use it til it's gone : )

The Perfect Pair

Hello everyone! It's the first of the month already!! Where did January go? Oh well, welcome February by playing along with us at The ABC Challenge. Today's challenge is I for In Pairs and it is sponsored by the super cute Stamp Fairy. I just love this image, is there a cuter pair? This is for my dad to give to my mom for Valentine's Day.... another fabulous pair, lol! The sketch is Sketchbook Saturday #45. A couple pairs of pearls and a pair of pins round out my Perfect Pair card.... wow I need to stop I'm starting to stutter!


The Crate Paper patterned papers, sentiment sticker, ribbon, and pins are all from January's Key Ingredient Kit. The pearls are CTMH. I colored the sweet Stamp Fairy image with Copics.

This card is also my submission for Crazy 4 Challenges #121: lots of layers and Paper Sundaes Valentine challenge.