Happy Birthday …

... to me! I’m sure I will get more cards in the mail today (since I haven’t gotten one from my mom and dad or my mother-in-law, yet!) but I thought I would share the beautiful cards I have received so far. I’m so lucky to have so many wonderful friends and family members. I thank you all for the birthday greetings. I will be enjoying my day today for sure!(EDITED TO ADD: I had to upload a new picture because I received five more cards today!)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Thinking of You

 

We just found out our niece broke her leg.  Her recovery sounds awful!  We wanted to let her know we were thinking of her.

I used the flower and branch stamp from Stampin’ Up!’s Thoughts and Prayers.  I already had the stamped image in my “card parts” pile.  I had used Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive markers to color the stamp.  The Thinking of You stamp is from Stampin’ Up!’s All Year Cheer I and is stamped in Soft Suede.  I matted the image with Rich Razzleberry.  The patterned paper is from a pad of Debbie Mum papers and is also partially matted with Rich Razzleberry.  I took some time yesterday and made a few cards.  It was nice!  We’ll be celebrating Christmas with our daughter and son and their families on Tuesday.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Merry Christmas!!

Just a brief post to wish all my readers who celebrate Christmas a very Merry Christmas!  I think I posted a picture of our tree on my blog last year, so I’ll continue the tradition.

I appreciate all the new friends I’ve made through my blog – both the ones I “know” and those of you who visit but remain anonymous to me:)

I wish you all a very Happy New Year, too!

Penguin Birthday

 

A simple birthday card for my niece.  (Shoot – I just realized this will be her thirtieth.  I wonder if I should make her a little more “special” one.  Something for me to think about.)

Anyway, the skating penguin is a sticker from Recollections.  (Michael’s brand.)  The oval is cut from silver mirror paper with a Petite Oval Nestability.  I embossed the black strip with a Cuttlebug snowflake border folder, then rubbed silver ink on it, embossed it with detail silver embossing powder and added a couple scored lines.  The sentiment is from a clear dollar set from JoAnn’s and is stamped with Versafine Black Onyx ink.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop at my blog, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Three More Christmas Cards

    I’m pretty sure these will be the last three Christmas cards I will share with you this year;)

I saw the sentiment with the dotted circle on another blog and she had a link to the source.  However, since the “source” is a little questionable and the link was removed from that blog, I will not link to anywhere.  I will just say that the sentiment and its surrounding circles were printed from the computer.  I punched scalloped circles for the matting and used either a white gel pen or a glitter pen for the dots on the scallops.  The rest of the cards should be pretty much self-explanatory – Cuttlebug folders, Scor-Pal, patterned paper, corner rounder.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog – today and throughout the year!  I hope you will stop by and visit again soon!

Speedy Recovery

I ran into someone at Target yesterday who I hadn’t seen for a long time, and she told me about someone else I haven’t seen for quite a while who was having surgery later that afternoon. I thought it would nice to let her know I was thinking about her, so I ‘whipped up” (as well as I can “whip up” :) ) a card for her this morning.

The butterfly is from Inkadinkado. I stamped it on shimmery gold with Versafine Black Onyx and embossed it with Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder and cut it out. I also stamped it on white. I stamped the “Wishing You” on the same piece. I embossed it with my Swiss Dots folder. It’s matted on the same shimmery gold paper. The border is black, punched with an EK Success fleur-de-lis border punch and misted with my water and gold Perfect Pearls mixture. I stamped the sentiment directly on the card base and added some Martha Stewart ribbon and a couple scored lines.

EDITED TO ADD: I forgot to mention that the sentiment stamps are by Verve from the Wishing You set.

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Happy Birthday, Sheri!

This card is for a friend in my Yahoo! group.  Her birthday is today.  Happy Birthday, Sheri!!!

I based this card on a card by my good friend, Harriet. You can find her card here. The part I cased was layering cardstock with cutouts separated by Pop Dots.  I used Long rectangle Nestabilities to cut out the rectangles.  The stamps are both from the dollar spot at JoAnn's that I picked up a couple weeks ago. I colored the images with SU! markers. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and I added pearls for the body. The front piece is embossed (de-bossed, actually!) with a Sizzix embossing folder. Then I scored lines with my Scor-Pal.

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Masculine Birthday

This card is for a friend of ours.  It’s so hard for me (and others, from what I hear) to make cards for guys.  But, this is what I came up with, and I’m pleased enough with it.

The image is by Impression Obsession.  I stamped it with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and colored it with Stampin’ Up! chalks.  I misted it with a mini mister filled with water with a little bit of gold Perfect Pearls mixed in, but I could not get that to show up in a photo.  I matted it with a kraft cardstock which I punched with an EK Success border punch.  The background layer is a shimmery off-white paper embossed with a Cuttlebug Fleur-de-lis folder matted on a dark brown.  The card base is Very Vanilla.  The sentiment is from a Verve set and is also stamped with the Vintage Sepia.

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Wishing you …

I made a quick stop at a local paper store near me to pick up some envelopes, and they had their QuicKutz items on sale.  They rarely have anything on sale, so I had to check them out:) I got an embossing folder and used it on this card.  (I also got the envelopes and some Sizzix texture plates which were on clearance.)

So, here are the details on the card.  The background is embossed with my new QuicKutz folder.  I trimmed it down, added a couple lines with my Scor-Pal, and mounted it on shimmery pink paper.  The stamps are from Verve and I used Stampin’ Up!’s Rose Romance ink.  The “Wishing You” has rounded corners, is embossed with a Swiss Dots embossing folder and is mounted on the same pink shimmery paper.  The butterflies are also pink shimmery and are embellished with pearls.  That’s it!  It felt good to make something other than a Christmas card.  Even though I’ve been done with my Christmas cards for quite a while, I still seem to be making more of them!  I have 20 done for next year already.  I will try to upload some of them for tomorrow.

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2RedBananas – A Tree

This week’s 2RedBananas challenge is “What Can You Do With a Tree?”  I first made the red and green card and thought I would improve upon it and made the white and gold card.  I think I like the red and green one better, though.  What do you think?

Both trees started out as a triangle cut into three pieces.  For the top card, I embossed each piece with a different Christmas Cuttlebug folder, then sponged it with gold ink.  For the second one, I just used some older Fiskars patterned paper.  Both have Close to Cocoa cardstock for the trunk and a reflective star on top.  The stars are from a pack of “confetti” I picked up from the dollar section at JoAnn’s.  (I got it for the white and blue snowflakes, but the stars came in handy for this card!) The base of the red card is Very Vanilla and the red is Real Red from Stampin’ Up!  The other card has a white base and has shimmery gold paper on it.  Both of the matting pieces are scored with double lines using my Scor-Pal.  The sentiment is from “Christmas Wishes” from 2RedBananas.  It is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black on the bottom card, and embossed with gold embossing powder on the top card.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Another (Extra!) Christmas Card

Following links from a comment left on my blog (thanks, Mindy!) I found a website called “CuddlyBuddly” that has free digital stamps and papers, among other things.  I printed out this paper just for fun, and then of course I had to make a card out of it.  I guess it will be for next year.  :)

The card base is Real Red.  The next layer is a layer of white, leaving just a sixteenth of an inch border on each side.  The left side snowflakes are embossed directly on that layer and the paper I printed is on that layer, also.  The other embossed strip is mounted on Real Red and added on top.  I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and embossed it with white embossing powder.  The ornament is from my “card parts” pile.  It’s stamped on Real Red and embossed with a glittery white embossing powder, then mounted on Pop Dots.  The stamp is from “Delightful Decorations” by Stampin’ Up!

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We wish you a Merry Christmas

 

I don’t need ANY more Christmas cards, but I had to use this new image from 2RedBananas.  Isn’t it great?  It will be released soon.  The card base is 5.5 inches square.

The main image is “Caroling Jack” and the sentiment is part of a sentiment from “Christmas Wishes.” (The rest of it is “and a happy New Year.”  And it will be released soon, also.)  I paper pieced the wreath and bow with Old Olive and Real Red cardstocks. The berries are red/gold Stickles. I also paper pieced his book with a gold shimmery paper. I added Crystal Stickles to the snowflakes. The snow on the fence and on the ground is an ultra-fine glitter. I colored Jack with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I scored a double line between the sentiment and the image. The matting is Old Olive, and I scored a double line on the bottom of that, too. The card base is 5.5 x 5.5 inch and is a pre-embossed card from DCWV.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Happy Hanukkah

This is the Hanukkah card I made this year.  Simple, but I do like the way it turned out.  I suppose maybe I should have waited until Saturday to post it, but since I haven’t made any new cards recently, it was the only thing I had to post today:)

The light blue textured paper is from a Scrap Pack.  The silver is shimmery. The darker blue with light blue dots is from Die Cuts With a View Holiday Collections Winter Matstack.  The image stamp is a dollar stamp from JoAnn’s.  I stamped it with Versamark and embossed it with silver embossing powder and added two shiny sliver brads.  I scored the light blue trim piece with my Scor-Pal and added some beautiful ribbon (which is available at 2RedBananas.)  Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate it!

Well, it DOES look like winter out there now!  Luckily for us, most of the blizzard stayed south of us, but it’s still snowing here and the temperature is dropping.  I hope everyone is staying warm.

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Wishing You … a Happy 90th Birthday!

I made this card for my husband’s aunt who turns 90 tomorrow. We went to an Open House for her yesterday.

The base size of this card is 5 x 7 inches. I wanted a larger card for such a special occasion. I used Very Vanilla cardstock for the base, Rich Razzleberry for the matting and butterflies, and watercolor paper for the stamped sections. The border is punched with a Stampin’ Up! punch. I used SU!’s Thoughts and Prayers stamp set for the flowers/branch. I colored the stamp with Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive markers, stamped them on a piece of scratch paper, misted the watercolor paper and then stamped the image. I did the same thing with the sentiment. The little trim piece is a leftover scrap from the punched border. The sentiment is from a set that I just ordered from Verve called Wishing You.  The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch.  I added pearls to the butterflies and the flowers.  The image panel is mounted on Pop Dots.

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2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday – Stay Warm

When I saw the theme of this week’s Banana Split Sunday Challenge was to make a card reflecting “warmth” I was a bit stumped. Then when I saw the gingerbread people in the new Journaling Spot set, I knew what I wanted to do. What could be warmer than freshly-baked gingerbread cookies! I hope you will join in the challenge this week. The prize this week is a super-cute House Mouse stamp.

The gingerbread people are done on gingerbread-colored cardstock, cut out and mounted on Pop Dots. I used gel pens to color the icing on them, and a black glaze pen for their eyes and buttons. The embossed snowflakes borders are done with a Cuttlebug folder. There is a piece of Real Red cardstock partially matting the image panel. The striped paper is from an old Fiskars book. The sentiment is from a Stampin’ Up! set called All Year Cheer.

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SCS Limited Supplies Challenge – White Christmas

This card is for SplitCoastStampers Limited Supplies Challenge #249 - to make a white Christmas card. You can use only white with one color of ink. I did not have time to make a card, nor did I need another Christmas card, but there was no way I could resist making a card for this challenge - I love white!!

So here the card I came up with. I used three of my new Cuttlebug Christmas embossing border folders and a snowflake punch. The vertical piece is mounted on Pop Dots. The snowflakes have pearl centers. I used Stampin’ Up!’s Soft Sky ink to sponge lightly around the edges and for the sentiment, which is from a clear dollar set from JoAnn’s.

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Happy Birthday, Bruce!

This card is for the husband of a friend who just turned 60.  Happy Birthday, Bruce!  (And thanks for sending me the picture, Harriet. :) )

The card base is embossed with a Cuttlebug border embossing folder.  I used an olive green cardstock for the background, and misted it with bleach.  The owl is a dollar stamp from Michaels’s and the sentiment is from Stampendous.  They are stamped with Versamagic Vintage Sepia ink.  The image panel is mounted on Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Sorry the infrequency of posts.  I’ve been trying to get ready for Christmas.  I just finished writing the Christmas letter last night, so I’ll check it over today and get it printed out.  The cards without letters already went out.  I took out all the Christmas decorations yesterday and got the boxes put away.  Now we just have to put the tree up (which we’ve had since last Saturday) and decorate.  The shopping is about half done.  I sure hope we can finish everything really soon so we can sit back and enjoy the season.  That’s my goal!

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

December Calendar

I can’t believe it’s December already! 
Here is the December page of my calendar.  I love using embossing on December’s page – it’s so peaceful and lovely, I think.  The stencil I used is from Dreamweavers.  There is a long row of trees.  I did the embossing with my BIGkick and cut them in half for the calendars.  I matted the trees with a shimmery pine green paper and stamped the background.
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2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday – Christmas Card

Today's card is for this week's 2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday. The theme this week is to make a Winter or a Christmas card. Please join us for this challenge! One random participant will be the lucky winner of the Penny's Christmas Tree stamp set that I used on the card.

I stamped the image, then colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. I used some Crystal Stickles on the star and Penny's hair. I paper pieced the tree skirt with some plaid paper. I cut the image and the matting (from the same plaid) using Oval Nestabilities. The background is from my friend, Suzie. (Thanks, Suzie!) The white strip is punched with a Martha Stewart border punch and scored with my Scor-Pal. The beautiful ribbon is from the 2RedBananas store. The sentiment is from Winter Wishes. It's mounted on Dimensionals.

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Happy Anniversary, Andrea!

I made this card for a friend in my Yahoo! group.  Her anniversary isn’t until Wednesday, but she has already received the card, so I can post it. :)

The stamp is from Inkadinkado.  I colored it with markers, cut it with a Nestability, and added some sparkle.  The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View.  I did some scoring with my Scor-Pal and added some thin ribbon between the score lines.  A rather simple, but quite pretty card, if I do say so myself!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Just a short post to wish all my faithful readers a very Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all have something special to do and special friends and family to spend the day with.

We, along with our son and daughter-in-law, will be heading down to my mom and dad’s.  It will just be the six of us this year.  We already celebrated with our daughter, son-in-law and grandson (and son and daughter-in-law) a couple weeks ago.

Sorry I haven’t got a card to share with you.  I worked all day Monday and quite a bit on Tuesday on my calendars.  They are finished!!  (You’ll be seeing them throughout the coming year.)  I hope to be able to make a card some time soon.

So, again, Happy Thanksgiving.  Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon.

Bleach Meets Stencil

Someone in my Yahoo! group mentioned using bleach in a spray bottle with stencils.  So, of course I had to give it a try!

I simply placed a Happy Birthday stencil over a piece of rose colored cardstock.  I filled a mini-mister bottle with bleach, and used it to “spritz” the bleach over the paper.  Voila!  I used my Scor-Pal to make a border on the un-bleached section.  I matted it on a piece of the same cardstock, and added a couple butterflies punched out of the same cardstock – with pearls for the bodies, of course!  (The punch is by Martha Stewart.)  The base of the card is Very Vanilla by Stampin’ Up!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday – Thank You card

These two cards are for this week’s 2RedBananas’ Banana Split Sunday Challenge. The challenge for this week is to make a thank you card or a page with a gratitude theme. Please join us for the challenge!

Both of my cards use the branch with flowers from the set “Wrapped in His Love.” I inked it up with Stampin’ Up!’s Soft Suede ink, then colored the leaves with an Always Artichoke marker. I colored the flowers on the first card with a Dusty Durango marker and I used a Crushed Curry marker on the second card. For the first card, I used the sentiment from the same set. I matted the image and the sentiment with Always Artichoke and used my Scor-Pal to score lines on both sides of the panel. The sentiment on the second card is from the October’s release set called “Winter Wishes.” The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch out of Crushed Curry cardstock and have pearls for their bodies. I drew antennas with a Dusty Durango marker.

The second card is also done using this week’s Clean & Simple blog’s Fall-to Layout #69. Another fun sketch!

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Another Fall-to Layout Card – Happy Birthday, Harriet!

This is another card I made using Natasha Trupp’s Fall-to Layout #68. It’s for my friend, Harriet, whose birthday is on Tuesday.

The flowers are punched using a Stampin’ Up! punch and Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  The centers are cut from a pale yellow with a Cuttlebug die (at the same time as yesterday’s flowers – the flowers were “extras” from this card) and then I put Crystal Stickles on them and spread it out with my finger.  The panel is matted with Rich Razzleberry.  The ribbon tab is Purely Pomegranate ribbon from Stampin’ Up!  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink’s original set Paper Tray.

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Fall-To Layout hello

 

I made this card using Natasha Trupp's Fall-to Layout #68. You can find the sketch here.  (I see I didn’t include the ribbon tab.  Oh well.  I DID include it on another card I made that I will share with you after it has been received.)

Not much too it - the flowers are cut with a Cuttlebug die and they have pearls for their centers. The sentiment is from a Stampendous set. The pale yellow cardstock came from a scrap pack. I tell myself I am not going to buy them anymore – that I have plenty of colors to choose from.  But, quite often, I can’t find just the color I “need” and I am able to find what I’m looking for in my “scrap pack” box.  So, I guess I will just have to keep checking them out. :)

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The Marvelous Magical Marquee Card – By JanTink

I saw this video last week, and I knew I had to give it a try.  It looks so cool.  But I had to show it opening and closing, so I tried my own video:)  It is totally unedited, but I had to upload it anyway!

If you have questions about anything I have used, please just send me an email.  But it’s pretty straightforward, I think.  I used her basic instructions, but my own tools, since I don’t have the punches she used.

Here are a couple still pictures of it. 

 

 

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Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge … and the rest of my news

I made this card using Taylor’s Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge from last week. (Thanks, Harriet, for pointing out my error!)

The patterned papers are all from Die Cuts With a View Holiday Collection – Winter Matstack and the matting is Night of Navy by Stampin’ Up!  The sentiment is by My Sentiments Exactly and is stamped with Night of Navy.  I cut and embossed it with a Petite Oval Nestability and mounted it on Pop Dots.  The butterfly is done using a Martha Stewart punch, and the body is rhinestones this time:)  That’s all there is to it!

Oh, I almost forgot the rest of my news!  The other announcement I’m making on a more personal level is that we are expecting a new grandchild – a girl this time!  She is due to arrive on April 3 – my husband’s birthday!  That would be pretty cool!  Our grandson was born on my mom’s birthday, so she would continue the tradition.  We’re pretty excited, to say the least. :)

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SCS Limited Supplies Challenges – and some news …

I made this card for SplitCoastStampers Limited Supplies Challenge #246.  The challenge was to make a thank you card with birds.

The bird stamps are by Inkadinkado – I picked them up last week from Michael’s with a 50% off coupon.  I just couldn’t resist.  :)  I paper pieced them and matted the image panel with paper from Die Cuts With a View Holiday Collection Winter Matstack. I colored the leaves and flowers with Stampin’ Up! markers.  The sentiment is from Stampin’ Up!’s Thank You Kindly set. The butterfly is done with a Martha Stewart punch and I added pearls for the body, of course:) The corners are punched with a Fiskars corner punch.

Oh yeah – I have a couple things to tell you.  I think I’ll spread them out over a couple days so you have to come back for the rest of it! LOL!!!  The first thing is – Jeanette from 2RedBananas asked me to continue on as a member of her design team!  How awesome is that!!!  I’m a permanent “banana.” :)  And, the other thing is a family thing …  I’ll be back with that one.

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2RedBananas Sketch Challenge

 

I made this card for this week’s 2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday Challenge.  The challenge this week is a sketch.  A random number will be drawn and the lucky winner will get their choice of one of the new 2RedBananas sets which will be released on Monday, November 23.  Please join us, and have some fun!

I used two of my new Cuttlebug embossing folders from Oh My Crafts.  I also added some scoring with my Scor-Pal under the snowflakes.  The matting is all Stampin’ Up!’s retired Soft Sky cardstock.  The sentiment is from 2RedBananas October release in the set called “Winter Wishes.”

EDITED TO ADD:  Sorry – this post should have been published on Sunday and not Saturday.  The 2RedBananas challenge starts on Sunday, November 15.

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Happy Birthday to Ewe

Today’s card was made for my good friend, Lucy.  We’ve been friends for many, many years – since we were in fifth grade, and that was a long time ago!  She likes sheep, hence my choice of stamp and sentiment.  Happy Birthday, Lucy!

The sheep is from Stampin’ Up!’s retired set called “Pasture Birthday.”  I colored it with SU! markers, then cut and embossed it with Oval Nestabilities.  The matting is Bordering Blue.  The image is mounted on Pop Dots.  The sentiment is computer-generated.

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CAS Anniversary

Well, I found a card that I haven’t uploaded here yet.  Good thing, because I have nothing new to share!  Haven’t had time to stamp much at all for a week.  So, here is a very simple anniversary card.

The image is from a Studio G set from JoAnn’s.  I stamped and colored it, then cut it out and matted it using Long Rectangle Nestabilities.  The Always Artichoke border is embossed with a Cuttlebug border folder.  I used my trusty Scor-Pal to score the lines beside the border.  The sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

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Anniversary for Terri

An anniversary card for a good friend and her husband:) This card is for last week's SplitCoastStampers Clean and Simple Challenge #39.

I decided to start with the patterned paper on this one - it's from Die Cuts With a View Fun in the Sun Summer Matstock. I really DO have lots of patterned paper, I just can never figure out how to use it! I matted it with Sage Shadow and a paper from Crayola that I got at a dollar store that I can't describe. It's kind of "holographic." The sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly and is stamped with Sage Shadow. It's matted with the same papers. The butterfly is from the same holographic paper and has two pearls for the body. The base of the card and the sentiment are Very Vanilla.

We had a wonderful day yesterday. It's not often it's in the sixties on our anniversary! Thanks for all the good wishes.

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Simple Sticker Card, and a Happy Anniversary ...

This card is for the SplitCoastStampers Ways to Use It challenge #243 - to use stickers. I made it to let my friend Cheryl know that I was thinking of her.

The paper is from Debbie Mumm - Baby Girl. The sticker is by Mary Englebreit. (It says "Friends are family you choose for yourself.") The sticker is matted on cardstock cut with Nestabilities. I used my Scor-Pal beside the center strip. The sentiment is computer-generated.

And the "Happy Anniversary," you may ask? That is to ME! :) and my husband, Jim. Today is our 35th Anniversary. Amazing!

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2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday Challenge - A Recipe

I made this card for this week's Banana Split Sunday challenge on 2RedBananas. It's a recipe challenge this week - three eyelets, two ribbons or fiber and one or more ovals. We'd love to have you join us!

I embossed the background with a new Cuttlebug snowflake folder and added my three eyelets. I matted it on Ballet Blue. The sentiment is from 2RedBananas' new October/November Journaling Spot and is cut and matted with ovals cut with Petite Oval Nestabilities. I added a sheer white ribbon and blue gingham. I made the snowflake with a punch.

EDITED TO ADD: I have been asked by several people where I got the CB folder. It came from Oh My Crafts. Here is a link to the set I got. If you sign up for their mailing list, you will get a coupon code for 20% off a purchase of $20 or more.

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SCS Sketch Challenge

This card is for SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #253. The challenge states you can replace the triangle with another shape, so my shape is "acorn!"

The sentiment is from 2RedBananas' new October/November Journaling Spot. I masked it off and stamped the background with oak leaves from Stampin' Up!'s Lovely As a Tree in Versafine Vintage Sepia. The kraft panel is embossed with a Victoria Cuttlebug folder. The acorns (from the same 2RedBananas set) are paper pieced and mounted on Pop Dots.

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"wanna play catch?"

I made this card last week, planned on posting it yesterday, but I forgot! So, here it is today.

The images on this card are from 2RedBananas' newest release. This set is called Jack and the Snowman. I colored him with Stampin’ Up! markers mostly – his skin is done with a Copic. I also put Stardust Stickles on the snowman and snowball and then rubbed it around with my finger, to give it just a little sparkle. The sentiment is mounted on Pop Dots. I matted Jack with Real Red cardstock and left extra on the right side to emboss with a Cuttlebug snowflake folder. I also used my Scor-Pal to make a dividing line between the image and the snowflakes. I rubbed some PTI Fresh Snow ink on the snowflakes. The red striped paper is from Die Cuts With a View.

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November Calendar Page

Here is my November calendar page. I can't believe it's November already!! (Although, with the weather we've been having, it's seems like it's been November for a month already.)

The pumpkin image is from Inkadinkado. I colored it with markers and stamped it twice. The sentiment is from Stampendous. I sponged some orange around the edges. The image panel is mounted on shimmery orange paper. That's it!

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2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday Challenge - A Color Challenge

Today's card is for 2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday challenge. The challenge for this week is a color challenge: use red, yellow, orange and brown - or choose just three of the colors. There is a prize this week, too - "fall colors goodie bag" chosen for you by 2RedBananas! I hope you have fun by joining in the challenge:)

For my card, I chose to use Autumn Leaves Penny from October's release. I colored her with Stampin' Up! markers (and a Copic for her skin.) The background paper is from a "Slab" from Michael's. The image and mat are cut with Nestabilities. The mat is Ruby Red from Stampin' Up! The trim piece near the bottom is Soft Suede cardstock and is punched with a Martha Stewart punch and scored with a Scor-Pal. The leaves are done with a Tonic punch.

Tomorrow I will post my November calendar page. :)

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Merry Little Christmas

Another Christmas card for today. I received this Tonic punch from my friend, Anne, so of course I had to use it right away!

I started with the punch. It’s a corner punch, but you can take the guides off and punch them as a border. I decided I wanted to mat with green for the holly leaves and then use Stickles for the berries. Of course, I had to score some lines with my Scor-Pal, too. Hmmm … what to use for an image. I thought candles would be nice so I dug out an old Anita’s stamp. I did the coloring with my Stampin’ Up! markers. I actually used two different colors of red – Real Red for the candles and Ruby Red for the bows – but you can’t tell that from the picture. I colored the pine boughs with Certainly Celery and then went over some areas with Old Olive. I used Barbara Trombley’s Art Institute Ultrafine Crystal glitter around the flames. The sentiment is from a clear Studio G set. I matted with Old Olive cardstock.

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Two More Christmas Cards

Two more Christmas cards for you today. I'd say they are my last ones, but I've already started on another. I just can't stop! :)

I'm not sure who makes this patterned paper - I got it from a friend this summer in Des Moines. (Thanks, Vicki!) I matted it with shimmery gold paper. The ovals on both were cut with Nestabilities. For the first card, I used a dollar stamp from JoAnn's. I inked it up first with Certainly Celery and then inked it around the edges with Ruby Red. The second card contains stickers from the dollar spot at Michael's. The card base on both is Very Vanilla from Stampin' Up!

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2RedBananas Fall Card

Well, I just couldn’t stay away very long! :) I got my January calendars done – only eleven more months to go. I have stamps picked out for some months, but not all of them.

Today’s card features “Falling Leaves Jack” – one of the new sets this month from 2RedBananas. I colored Jack with a water color brush and Stampin’ Up! inks. Well, except for his skin – I used a Copic marker for that. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. The card base is from Die Cuts With a View. The image and sentiment are mounted on More Mustard cardstock from Stampin’ Up! The strip of patterned paper is from a “Slab” I got at Michael's several years ago. The leaves are punched from the same paper. The sentiment and two leaves at the bottom are also mounted on Pop Dots. For the two bottom leaves, I adhered the paper to cardstock before I punched them to give them some “sturdiness.” Have fun checking out the new stamps from 2RedBananas. They are great quality unmounted rubber stamps!

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Christmas Cards

Here are the rest of my Christmas cards - yippee!! (I actually have one more to make and one Hanukkah card, and then I'll be done.) I thought I would just upload them with no explanation, because they are fairly basic and I have other things to get done:)

Also, I may be "gone" for a while because my next project is to get my calendars made. I won't be posting them since I'll post them on the first of each month. So, don't give up on me - I'll be back!

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