Greetings Of The Season

Hi friends! Today I was doing a little blog hopping and ended up on the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge blog. It's been a little while since I've inked up any of my Paper Smooches stamps, so I decided to play along and give them a little love.

Since I'm fully committed to creating as many holiday cards as I can for the Caring Hearts Card Drive, I decided that this little penguin and birdy from Chilly Chums would be the lucky contestants. I colored them with my Spectrum Noirs and used a sentiment from Joyful Greetings to complete my card.

I hope you enjoy it! The challenge this week is Anything Goes, so it couldn't be easier to play along. :)

Also, this is the perfect time of year to play along with the Festive Friday Challenge. Their beautiful inspiration photo is where I drew my color palette of red, white, and black. Don't you just love an artfully wrapped package? Or two? Or three? Or ten?

Have an awesome weekend, everybody! Get crafty if you can!

Enjoy This Day

Hey all, today I wanted to share a card I made using the

Paper Smooches "Flap Happy" stamp set along with my Twinkling H2Os.

(Yes, I know, I know, I'm obsessed.)

I ran into some difficulty while using the Butterflies 3 dies,

which turned out to be just consumer error. ;)

I had the die cuts upside down!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video,

which is also the start of my 2014 Spring Card Series.

Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!

I'm fast approaching 2,500 subscribers, 

and when I get there I'll be doing another giveaway, so stay tuned!

I'm also playing along in the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.

It's Anything Goes! You gotta love that!

Have a great day!

Swept Off My Feet

Hello everyone! 

I'm still working hard to make cards for the 

Cards from the Heart Drive that collects handmade 

valentines for the kids at St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

Today I was inspired to play along with the current

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Anything Goes.

I used sets Squeaky Clean and Many Thanks

and colored them in with my Spectrum Noir markers

BG1, BG2, BG3, BG5, BG6, BG7, DR5, DR7 and TB2.

It's also the next installment in my Loads of Love

2014 Valentine Card Series.

I hope you enjoy! 

Please don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!

2013 Christmas Card Series #5

Welcome to card #5 in my 2013 Christmas Card Series!

Today I'm using stamps from Paper Smooches,

and some sneak peek sequins from the brand-new

Pretty Pink Posh online store!

I hope you enjoy the video!

Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. :)

Elephant Hugs

Did you all enjoy the snowy Monday yesterday?

I hope that if you had the day off, you found

a little time to get crafty! :)

I did.

In fact, I think I did the craziest crafty thing

I have ever attempted in my life.

That's right, I participated in the 10 Minute Craft Dash

over at Paulina's blog, Pretty Pink Posh.

That Paulina is one crazy chick, I'll tell ya!

And of course I mean crazy in the sweetest,

quirkiest, most super-fun way. ;)

I mean, you'd have to be crazy to invent a challenge

where you have to complete a card in less than 

10 minutes, right?

That's what I thought!

But then, I'm sort of a crazy chick myself.

And of course, I mean crazy in the sweetest,

quirkiest, most super-fun way.

Could this girl, who normally takes an hour or two

to finish ONE CARD, seriously complete one 

in under 10 minutes?

Here's the card I made:

As for whether or not I got it done in time,

well, all I can say is, watch and find out. ;)

By the way, I will also be sending out this card

to my friend Winter Sims, who is hosting the

Cards For the Heart Drive for the kids at St. Jude's.

AFTER I remove that button -- choking hazard! 

I forgot.

Please head over to her blog and check out the details

to participate in this very worthy cause.

And get your kids involved!

Also linking up over at the amazing

Simon Says Stamp Challenge -- Use Washi!

And if you participate in the 10 Minute Craft Dash,

let me know! 

I'd love to see what you made!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hey There, Soldier

Hello, happy Friday!

Today I wanted to share a card I made a little while ago

for the Heroes Card Drive that Lawnscaping was hosting

through the months of June and July.

I used the stamp set Our Heroes

from the absolutely adorable Deasy Designs,

who by the way, is releasing two brand-new stamp sets!

Be sure to check those out.

I kept the card flat for mailing purposes,

using paper from Simple Stories Awesome 6x6 pad

and a sentiment from Paper Smooches.

I hope you like it!

Have a great weekend!

Hey Gill-friend

Hey there, everyone!

How's your weekend going?

This morning I was stalking the Oozak web store,

my favorite place to buy Copic markers,

because I'm waiting for a couple of re-inkers to come in.

While I was there, I happened to notice that they

have a challenge blog! I don't know how I missed that before.

Anyway, their challenges are month-long

and July's is to use bright colors.

I had to make a card to play along.

I've been doing this new thing --

when I stamp out the images I need for a card,

I go ahead and stamp out a few extra images from the set,

and color them all up on one sheet together.

I make my card as planned,

and if I need another image or two, I've got them ready.

If I don't, the next time I come to my desk,

I have these adorable images already stamped and colored,

just waiting for me to play with.

It makes it so much less intimidating than starting

a whole new card from scratch.

These images were leftovers from this card

and I think it turned out every bit as cute.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!

You're Swell

Hey everyone, how's your Thursday going so far?

Hope you're all doing well.

Today I thought I'd stop in and share a card I made

for the recent Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.

It's been a long, long time since I've played along in

any challenge but it's something I've been wanting to do more of.

And when I saw this color story on Facebook using colors I love --

cool blues and yellow, I thought now would be the perfect time.

I've got a couple Paper Smooches stamp sets that I love,

but were definitely being under-utilized.

Here's the card I made.

The card base is actually a pale kraft color,

though it's washed out in the photo.

I think it came out pretty cute.

Thanks so much for popping in today!

I so appreciate you all!

Plant Smiles

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Hey everyone!

I wanted to stop in and share a 

sweet little card I made recently

using some adorable Paper Smooches stamps

and My Mind's Eye papers.

I hope you like it!

Have a great day!

Grow Giggles

Hey, everybody!

I just wanted to pop in real quick and share a card

I made last night, using my new Paper Smooches stamps.

Paper Smooches are designed by Kim Hughes,

and feature such cute and quirky designs.

Like this little guy from Perky Plants:

I colored him in with Copic markers, 

pulling my colors from these papers by 

My Mind's Eye Lime Twist collection.

Hope you enjoy it!

I've decided to announce my blog candy giveaway

on August first, so keep a look out!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Have a great day!