Simply Winter

This card was really quick and easy.  That rarely happens for me.  It took longer to get a good picture than to make the card!

And this simple little card works into 5 challenges!  That's reason for a happy dance!

CAS Colours & Sketches #7.  It's a fairly new challenge and I'm so happy to be able to play this week.  Here's the wonderful sketch they provided.

CASology  which is about to shut the door so I'd better hurry.

Addicted to CAS where there'll be a prize winner

Pixie's Crafty Snippets-Week 55 who is also offering a prize.

My embossed piece and the snowflake strip were both out of my snippet box.  Funny how I keep using the snippets, but the box doesn't get any lighter.

Ways to Use it at SCS is asking for SNOWFLAKES this week.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Other: Kars Snowflake Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Snowflake Punch (recollections), Basic Rhinestones

I hope you are enjoying your weekend and finding some time to stamp.  Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Enjoy!

Just for Fun

Here's a card that I was going to use for a class this week, but decided to go with something else.

I used the Sycamore Street Designer Paper that will be available free with a $50.00 order during Sale-a-bration later this month.

I thought I'd try it with in red too.  So I raided my scrap box.

Since I dug into my snippets, I can go visit Pixie's Crafty Worshop.  It's always fun to visit the Playground.  I hope the boys will let me do some visiting while I'm there.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes,  Holidays and Wishes (retired)

Ink:  Rich Razzleberry, Real Red

Paper:  Whisper White, DSP

Other: Heart Punch (MS), Razzleberry Polka dot Ribbon (retired), Real Red 3/8"  Taffeta Ribbon, Word Window and Modern Label Punches

This week has flown by so fast that it seems like a blur.  I'm looking forward to the weekend. How 'bout you?

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Love is in the Air

It's time to turn to Valentine cards so I guess you could say that love is in the air.

And The Paper Players challenge this week is 

They have some awesome Valentines over there.  You might want to go check it out.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Seasonal Sayings (retired)

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, DSP (retired Festival of Prints)

Other:  Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, Hemp twine (retired),

I'm so glad you could stop by today. 

Enjoy!

Merry Monday 2013

It's the first Merry Monday of 2013.  I'm so honored that Lesley asked me to continue on the Design Team for another year.  I love the other Merry Makers and it's such an honor to be among them.  Now on to my card.

This year Lesley is going to do something a bit different.  Each week of the month will be a different challenge.

This week is a color challenge

Next week will be a sketch challenge.

I played along with Merry Monday last year only missing week 1.  I was so glad I did. Not only did I make some amazing new friends, but my Christmas cards were finished and in the mail early in December.  The year before I was madly trying to finish making cards and some didn't get delivered until after Christmas.  Think about joining us this year.

Don't forget to check out the other Merry Makers designs.  

Lesley Croghan
Allisa Chilton
Bonnie Klass (me)

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce
Sherry Eckblad
Margaret Moody 
Vicki Burdick

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Frosty Friends (retired)

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Pool Party, SU Markers (Island Indigo, Real Red)

Paper:  Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party

Other:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Apothecary Accents Framelits, 1/8" Circle Punch, 

Real Red Ribbon, Dazzling Details

Tip:  To do the noses I swiped the Real Red marker on a piece of plastic and picked up a little color with the Blender Pen.

I see that one of my snowmen has a runny nose.  We've had a cold going around here for over 2 weeks.  Guess he caught it. I'll get a tissue.

Thanks for stopping by.  Stay well.

Enjoy!

January 2013

Happy New Year my friends!  I hope the year has gotten off to a great start for you.  It's been rainy here all day.  A good day to stay inside and take down the Christmas decorations.  Most of them anyway.  I received so many beautiful handcrafted cards this year.  I just had to leave them on display little while longer. I haven't finished enjoying them yet.

I thought I'd share one of the calendars that I made this year.  If I don't forget, I'll share one page on the 1st of each month.  Here's January.

I found the calendar on the Internet and thought I bookmarked it.  I can't find it now or I'd tell you where it came from.  It was too large for what I wanted so I resized all the months.  It was still larger than I'd like.  I made some a couple of years ago and they were quite a bit smaller and much quicker to do the stamping.  Next year's will be back to the smaller size.

All supplies are Stampin' Up unless otherwise noted.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Winter Memories (last day to order is Jan. 2)

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers, Pool Party (for sponged sky)

Paper:  GP cardstock (my printer handles it best)

Other: Simply Scored, Binder Clip (?), Marina Mist Ribbon

I'm not much on New Year's resolutions because I don't seem to ever remember them much less keep them.  Last year I resolved to smile more and grumble less.  I wrote it down in my journal so I wouldn't forget it.  I maybe succeeded a tiny bit so I'm resolving the same for this year.  Already I've broken the grumble part several times.  I'm remembering to smile when I grumble though so maybe there's hope.

My paper crafting goals for this year are to learn to color with Copic Markers and to use more Decorative Paper.  We'll see how that goes.

I look forward to continuing this paper crafting journey with you and to spending time with you here and on your blogs.  I hope to make many new friends too.  I just found where to look for subscribers and saw that I have over 200 email subscribers.  I don't know who you are, but know that I enjoy hearing from you as well as all my loyal followers.  Your comments and your creations are a constant source of inspiration to me.

So here's to you and the new year.  Cheers!

Enjoy!