Freshly Made Birthday!

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Sharon! Please email me with your shipping address so that your delightful package can be on it's way!!! 

 

We got to celebrate my nephew's birthday last night. I used some of our Zoe line to create a card for all the cash his Uncle and I gave him! When they get his age, cash is the gift of choice. 

 Have I mentioned that Zoe has both a masculine and feminine side? I love how you can just flip the paper over and its perfect! 

I was inspired by this sketch at Freshly Made. 

Also, pulled out the Framed August Stamp of the Month and used second generation stamping with sorbet ink to create the sentiment. It was cut with the NEW Artistry cartridge. 

 Another peek at the wonderful, Zoe line of papers. 

Get yours today! You can click the Shop with Me link at the right sidebar to place your orders today. 

Happy Scrapping,

 

Happy Birthday....

Have you been over to the Rose Blossom Garden yet to check out our first challenge? You are challenged to use the Happy Birthday key and create using just that! Here is my take on the challenge....

Supplies: All CTMH--Chantilly papers, Juniper ink, sparkles, Chantilly dimensional elements, Celebration stamps, and Artiste cartridge. I cut my card and my envelope on 4 inches,  my envelope on 4.5 inches, the sentiment is cut at 1 inch.

 

Sisterhood and CR84FN

Today is Wednesday, which means that The Sisterhood is announcing a new challenge! Micki, my lovely sister, is hosting this week. She has chosen birthday as a theme. My best friend and co worker has a birthday in just a couple weeks, so I'm ready now! I used the color challenge at CR84FN3 to inpire this card.

I used all scraps on this one. The cardstock was already embossed with this shimmery leaf pattern, such a pretty base to a feminine card. I dug through the patterned paper box to find this sweet pink print paper. I wanted a big loose sprial flower to be the focal point. I know you probably can't tell, but I put a little bling in the center of the flower. The sentiment is a clear sticker from my stash, as is the cute ribbon.

Now, hop on over to the Sisterhood to see what the Sisters have for you birhtday inspiration this week! Hope you play along!
Blessings,

fun at 6...

Good Morning,

I'm so sorry that I've not visited much this week...I've been so pooped by the time I get home in the evening. It is all I can do to eat, do a load of laundry and get my posts scheduled....I should be back into my school/blog routine by next week! I really miss seeing all your wonderful layouts and cards.

This is a layout for Jon-Christopher's birthday this year. I did this one for our weekend online crop at Practical Scrappers.


All papers and inks are CTMH, the 'fun' is from a stash of chipboard, the @ and the 6 are from Cherry Limeade. This was a super fun layout to create! Enjoy your Friday!!!

Blessings,

Punching at Practical Scrappers and a Sweet Birthday....

Good Morning,

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day! Today is Monday and that brings a new challenge for you from Practical Scrappers. This week our stash supply is to pull out your punches and get punching! But first, here are our winners from the sticker challenge, Leah, Yukkie Jenny, Carrie Ann, and the grand prize winner....Kiser B. Congrats, and thanks everyone for joining us this past week. As always, your projects rocked!

I tried to make my flower from punched circles. This was fun and I think it turned out pretty good. I also used a square punch for the background, added a small scalloped punch to that and then finished it off with the dainty border punch. I had so much fun on this card. It was my MIL's card for Mother's Day. I finished it off with some stickles, Kaiser pearls, and clear embossed the mom. Be sure to visit my dts sisters this week, as they all have some incredible inspiration for you and leave them some love.

On to the birthday card, today is also my Honeybee's birthday. It is going to be a crazy day. We begin testing today and he usually works until 8:30. So, I'm cooking his favorite dinner and we'll celebrate at home. I love you, Ben, you are my everything!

Have a marvy Monday!
Blessings,

Happy Birthday Hunter!

Good Morning,

No scrappy post from me today or tomorrow. I'm at the lake house for my nephew, Hunter's, birthday. He turns six today! My little guy is having a birthday at the park. I'll be back later with some birthday pics for you to see.

This photo is on our way to Myrtle Beach. Isn't he just a cutie pie?

Happy Birthday, Hunkie, Nee Nee loves you like bees love honey!

Blessings,

Happy Birthday Dawn....

Good Morning,
I'm coming to you this morning to wish another of my super talented and best blogging friends, Dawn, a Happy Birthday! Dawn, you are always there to inspire, encourage me, and share your love of family with me! Your friendship is a blessing to me! Brenda, this yummy cake is for you too! I just wish the three of us were sitting somewhere together, sipping coffee and sharing celebrating together! Love you both!!!!
I hope you'll take a moment to visit Dawn and share some birthday love with her!

I'll be back a little later today with a big announcement!
Blessings,

Happy Birthday, Sister...

Good Morning,

Such an exciting day! Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope you celebrate in a scrappy way today! :-)

Penny has a new challenge up this week at Penny's Challenges. This go around we want to see some birthday projects. I made a mini tag album to celebrate the love I have for my middle sister, Teresa. All of the paper used in this book is Chatterbox. The ribbon, buttons, and brads, and clips are all stash. The flowers are Prima. You can tell I really let loose on the distressing inks, you all know I love to ink. The stamps are from CTMH.

Now it is you turn to pull some birthday goodies out and get scrapping. Don't forget to visit my super talented dt sisters, I have them linked up in the sidebar. Leave them a bit of love today!

***Be sure to check back later today, our first challenge is revealed today at The Sisterhood****

Blessings,

Party On!

Good Morning,

I don't even want to talk about the snow we are getting this week! Go Away!!!!!! The good thing about that is that I have the Little Kids with me! Of course, we're scrappin'!

Today is a new challenge over at Penny's Challenges, remember, this challenge is bi-weekly now. We want to see birthday projects this go around. I wanted to use this sketch from Midnight Madness:

and I'm really into using up my scraps right now, so I pulled out some Emporium papers for this one. I always need masculine cards and this one works! It was rather simple, but I love simple! So head on over to Penny's Challenges and show us your birthday projects. Be sure to visit my dt sister's links, you'll be inspired to get creating those birthday projects! Until tomorrow, stay warm and happy scrapping!

Recipe:

all papers, stamps, and inks-CTMH

buttons-stash

cupcake-Doodlecharms

stickles

swiss dots embossing folder

floss-Karen Foster

Blessings,

Make a Wish...

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Yahoo, I got some time this morning to play with the Dollies! I combined all three challenges for this week. First I loved that wonderful sketch by Kristy, then the colors were monochromatic blue, and the element was birthday! This just came together!
Here's the sketch:

and here's my card:


Recipe:
dps-The Paper Studio So-So Sweet
stamps and ink-CTMH
ribbon and brads-stash
flowers-Prima
Blessings,

Happy Birthday

Good Morning,

I finally have something to share with you. Whew,,,, what a week at school!

I used the challenge at Practical Scrappers this week for this card. We are asking you to use patterned papers. I needed a birthday card, so I pulled out my Basic Grey Cupcake papers for this one. I cut the cupcake from the Doodlecharms cart. All inks and stamps are CTMH and ribbon is from stash.

Be sure to check back tomorrow as I have some fun things to share!!!!!

Blessings,

Two Cards, One Post....

Good Wednesday Morning,
Today I'm sharing two cards with you. This first card is for Creations By Penny. Penny has her new digi shop up and running. Click here for all the details. This fun gumball machine is one of her latest additions. I knew immediately that I wanted to use my CTMH Animal Cookies paper with it. My idea was to have one red gumball, I know it is kind of difficult to tell, but there is just one in there, hence the sentiment, "You're One of a Kind". I also painted some liquid glass over the image. That was hard to photograph, but it looks great irl...
I love this fun card. What do you think? Check out the inspiration of my DT sisters here. These ladies have some fabby cards to share.

Next up is my bi-weekly challenge card for Penny's Challenges. On this challenge, you need to use chalk. Now there is a technique I've not touched in a while. I printed out this fabulous fire heart from Creations by Penny and chalked it up. I blended red and two lighter shades of pink to achieve this look. I think it is soft and perfect for this card. My dps and sentiment are My Mind's Eye, brads and ink are CTMH, and ribbon is from stash. Are you ready to pull out your chalk and get busy? I hope so, here is some amazing inspiration from my DT sisters. I love what they came up with, you will not want to miss it!

Blessings,

Ashlea's Cupcake Card...

Good Afternoon!
Today I am sharing one of Ashlea's creations. This was the birthday card she made for her Auntie Teresa. The cupcake is one of Penny's designs from Creations by Penny. She colored it with her Bic markers, used some fine white glitter on the frosting, and cut the sentiment from the Alphalicious cart.

She worked so diligently for at least an hour or so on it.

Isn't she so very proud of her final "masterpiece"? I tried to have her make a normal size card and she insisted on the 12 X 12 size. She said her Auntie might want to "frame it!"

Happy Birthday Recipe:
dps-Cosmo Cricket
image-Creations by Penny
markers-Bic
glitter-Martha Stewart
scalloped cs-Bazzill
Alphaliciuos cartridge

Blessings,

Winter Greetings...

Good Morning,
It is Monday and there is a new challenge up at Practical Scrappers. This week we want to see anything winter! My sister celebrates her birthday on New Year's Eve and I made this card for her. My paper is left overs from the AC Bailey kit I used two weeks ago. The rub-ons are Fancy Pants and the ribbon is stash. I love the way this card came out. You can check out Practical Scrappers for daily inspiration this week. I know that many of you are still spending time with families, if you do find time to create, share with us! Have a terrific Monday!


Blessings,

Happy Birthday...

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This completes the challenges of the Digital Ink Co Blog Hop. The sketch is from Sewn Together and the image is Sue's Beary Dust. Her challenge is to make a birthday card using one of her images. This little cutie pie is a freebie that you can get right on Sue's blog.

Here is the sketch:

Happy Birthday Recipe:
cardstock, dps, and ink-CTMH (Life Delights)
flowers-Prima
pearls- K&Co.
ribbon-stash
watercolor pencils
blending pen
Glimmer Mist
glitter-Martha Stewart

Blessings,

You're a Hoot...

Good Morning,

I hope you all have had a restful and relaxing weekend. I was supposed to help my sister move my oldest niece, Megan, into her apartment at UK yesterday. It's a new construction and well, not finished yet. The complex has arranged for them to stay in the Hyatt until construction is over. So, I stayed home and deep cleaned my house. The washer was non-stop all day. I was able to get one crafty project accomplished. Here is my post this week for Creations by Penny. This digi is one of faves. When I first saw this circle tree, I knew I wanted it to have an owl and that's just what I did. My Uncle Gary has a birthday on Tuesday and this is his card. I made the circle card for Paper Addicts Anonymous shape challenge by Emma.

You're a Hoot Recipe:

dp-Sassafras

cardstock-CTMH White Daisy & Bamboo

image-Creations by Penny

ink-Walnut Tim Holtz

ribbon-CTMH

owl-Cricut Storybook

title-Cuttin' Up Cricut

brads-Basic Grey

watercolor pencils

Blessings,

Do you LOVE Animal Cookies? I DO!!

I love the sketch over at Sweet Stop Sketches this week. Go on over and check it out!


I thought that Animal Cookies would be the perfect paper for this challenge. My little nephew Jon-Christopher, will have his fifth birthday next month. So, this card will be for him. He is my little monkey and I love him to pieces! The paper and cardstock are from level two Animal Cookies. I used Star Spangled Blue and Clover Meadow inks, level two sickease, and the ribbon is from KI Memories. Hope you enjoy it!