Merry Monday Elf

It's Merry Monday time.

Delightful Katie is our hostess this week and she picked a fun challenge

These cute elf shoes were very popular a couple of years ago.

I always thought they were so cute and this seemed the perfect time to try them.

I found some snippets of polka dots and stripes in my hoard.

I love this fun sparkly paper!

Since I used some sparkly snippets, I'm going to visit

Pixies Snippet Playground

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Paper:  Real Red, Whisper White, DSP

Other:  Top Note Bigz Die, Snow Burst EF (retired), Jingle Bells (retired)

All supplies are Stampin' Up'! unless otherwise noted

Black Eyed Susan Winner

Woops! I forgot to post this earlier this week.

I was so excited to see that my Black Eyed Susan card was a winner 

at Cuttlebug Mania.

Thanks so much ladies!

Bloom with Hope for Fall

I'm busily preparing for a Christmas Stamp Stack

but I wanted to share this little flower.

The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored

with the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive Blendabilities.

The Spellbinder ovals were a birthday present.

Aren't they pretty?

I love how one fits so perfectly into the other.

The sassy bow was going to go at the bottom of the flower

but a smudge changed my mind.

LOL, I hope you don't mind asymmetrical placement!

It seems like I do a lot more smudges lately!

Addicted to Stamps

has a CAS challenge this week.

Simon Says Wednesday

says Anything Goes

Splitcoast Stampers CAS

is honoring Brenda (aka tessaduck)

This is the card I CASEd.

That's all for today.  I need to finish setting up.

Here's a peek at the Stamp Stack cards.

One of these cards is a CASE of this card by Sue Joyce.

I'm glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Whisper White, Blackberry Bliss

Other: Blendabilites (Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive), Vintage Wallpaper EF (retired), Opulent Ovals Dies (Spellbinders), Blackberry Bliss Ribbon

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

In Everything Give Thanks

Recently I bought some alcohol inks

and I've been playing with them a bit.

I used a NBUS die from Impression Obsession to cut out some little leaves.

I used just one on this card. More seemed to be too much.

Addicted to Stamps
is looking for Holiday cards.



This will be sent for Thanksgiving.

Cuttlebug Mania
is looking for die cuts done on a manual machine.



I used my Big Shot to cut the leaf.

The Mixed Media Challenge
is looking for Fall Colors with the option of metal or leaves.



I have used stamp and ink, Alcohol Ink Background, Die Cut, Dry Embossing & twine.

Darnell's NBUS Challenge



The Leaf was in my NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) box.

Word Art Wednesday
Says Anything Goes



Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Harmony 

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Alcohol Inks (Adirondack)

Paper:  Crumb Cake, Solar White (Neena)

Other:  Stitched Mats Squares (Lil' Inkers), Little Leaves Die (Impression Obsession), Linen Thread

All supplies are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted

Beauty of the Season for Merry Monday

It's Merry Monday time again.
We're chugging fast toward Christmas.
How are you doing on your Christmas card stash?

This week we're playing Christmas Bingo.
The lovely Kathy is our hostess and has fixed up a fantastic Bingo card to play with.



I went diagonally with Red, Ribbon or Twine and Embossing.

I colored this beautiful cardinal with the Cherry Cobbler set of Blendabilities.

Looks like I missed one leg.  I'll have to go back and fix that.

I love this new Filigree Frame Embossing Folder.

And cardinals and Christmas seem to go together.

Now it's your turn.

The Design Team has some wonderful inspiration to get you started.

Bingo is so much fun!

I'm glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Beauty of the Season

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Marker (Basic Black)

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Other: Blendabilities (Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake sets), Filigree Frame Embossing Folder, Burlap Thread (pulled from wide burlap ribbon)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

I Like You

My computer is finally back to normal thanks to Sean at the Geek Squad.

It's amazing that we ever got along without computers.

It was a struggle to go a few days without one!

I think I'm nearly caught up and wanted to share some things I've been working on.

Here's one...

I've been enjoying my Blendabilities and this Hostess set is perfect for coloring with them.

Addicted to Stamps

is looking for holiday cards.

This will be sent for Thanksgiving.

Since this is the first time these flowers have been inked,

I'm off to join

Darnell's NBUS Challenge

celebrating her 600th follower.

She's gone beyond 600 and is well on her way to 700.

She has awesome prizes but I think most of us would participate 

just because we love her.

I've used option #4 - None of the Above

Simon Says Monday Challenge

Rock the Technique

I'm hoping using Alcohol Markers is considered a technique.

I'm glad you could stop by for a visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  I Like You (Hostess Set), Hand Penned

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, 110# Solar White (Neena)

Other: Blendabilities (Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive), Simply Scored

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Peace

It's Merry Monday time.

And I'm so happy to be able to use this wonderful stamp that 

I won early in the year at Pixies Snippet Playground.

The lovely Karren is our hostess this week.

Here's her choice.

That little snippet of Decorative Paper will get me into 

Pixies Snippet Playground

I hope you'll pull out a Christmas sentiment and share a card with us at

Merry Monday.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Peace and Joy (Unity)

Ink:  Garden Green

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Garden Green, DSP

Other:  Bakers Twine (Michaels $bin), Red Rhinestones (stash)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! Unless otherwise noted

Computer Problems

Hello Blogging Friends.

I haven't been around to visit much the past week because my computer is going so slow!  It was in the shop for a few days last week and it's still slow.  I mean it takes 2 minutes or more for a page to load.  Then to comment it takes another 2 minutes to get the comment box to come up.  ARGH!!!!!

It will have to go back to the shop and hopefully they can fix it this time.

I miss visiting all of you.  I did manage to schedule my Merry Monday card for tomorrow.

See you soon.

Merry Monday One Horse Open Sleigh

Good Merry Monday morning to you.

Debbie is our hostess this week and this is the fantastic challenge she's chosen for us.

Isn't this an amazing graphic?

I can't wait for you to see what the rest of the Design Team has done.

Hope you see your vehicles in the 

Merry Monday gallery.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  In the Meadow (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White Craft, Jet Black StazOn

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Whisper White, Glossy Paper (Adirondack)

Other:  Alcohol Inks, Dazzling Details, In the Meadow Silhouette Die Collection (Papertrey Ink)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Black Eyed Susans

I always loved the Black Eyed Susans

that grew in the meadow behind our house

when I was growing up.

This is a shameless CASE of this card by Sanketi

I used a different butterfly and sentiment but that's about it.

I used the Large Daisy Embossing folder by Darice, a NBUS,

to emboss on watercolor paper.

Then I colored with watercolor paints and my Aqua Painter.

It was really easy to follow the embossing.

Addicted to Stamps Challenge
is ANYTHING GOES FOR MARIE
Marie is one of the fantastic Design Team members over there
and she has been under the weather.
We all know how discouraging that can be.



I'm going to toot my horn again as they chose my 
Butterfly Card 
as an honorable mention for last week's challenge.



Thanks again ladies.

Darnell is having another NBUS challenge 
to celebrate passing her 600 follower mark!

Wow, Darnell, way to go!

The snippet that became a butterfly will open up the Playground gates
at Pixies Snippet Playground.



Cuttlebug Mania
has returned from their Summer vacation with an
ANYTHING EMBOSSED challenge.
I use a Big Shot for my embossing.

I'm so glad you could stop by today.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Papaya Collage (retired), Pursuit of Happiness (retired)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Tangerine Tango, Basic Black)

Paper:  140# Cold Press (Strathmore)

Other:  Large Daisy EF (Darice), Watercolors (Koi), Aquapainter, Basic Pearls

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Forever Florals Mambo

I'm still enjoying the Forever Florals set.

There are so many pretty flowers in this set

and they are perfect for coloring 

with the Blendabilities.

I used the Melon Mambo set to color this flower.

Then I masked it and stamped

with leaves from the retired Peaceful Petals set.

The leaves were colored the the Medium and Light Old Olive Blendies.

Addicted to CAS

has the code word

Having beautiful flowers to enjoy is a luxury.

And this flower would bring hummingbirds 

that are a delight to watch.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

where we're celebrating their birthday
and need to  use a stamp (stamps) on a card.
These stamps are rubber.

Happy Birthday Simon Says!

Queen for the Day at Splitcoaststampers

is Jenn (aka fattire7)

She has several gorgeous cards with big flowers.

I especially liked this one.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Forever Florals

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray

Paper:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Other: Blendabilities (Melon Mambo, Old Olive), Scallop Trim Border Punch (retired), Needlepoint Border EF (retired), Simply Scored, Corner Rounder Punch (retired)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Merry Monday Wrapped Up

Good morning and a happy
Merry Monday
to you.

Can you believe it's September already?

How's that Christmas card stash coming?

Lovely Deanne is our hostess this week and what a fun theme.

Who doesn't like a present?

I opted to make the whole card the present!

It gave me an excuse to use some of that ribbon I've been hoarding.

Check out the other fantastic Design Team cards,

wrap up a present or two 

and join us at

Merry Monday.

Thanks for your visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Joyous Celebrations (retired)

Ink:  SU Markers (Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow)

Paper:  Whisper White

Other:  Powdered Sugar EF (Cuttlebug), Extra Large Tag Punch (retired), Cherry Cobbler Ribbon (Clearance Rack)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted