Mojo Monday 214

It has been ages since I've posted.  Life has been so hectic and I've been working on so many projects here at home.  I saw this adorable sketch on the Mojo Monday Sketch Blog and I needed some inspiration for some of my Christmas card designs.  I've been trying to find a way to use the Merry Christmas stamp from the Easy Events set, and this was the perfect card for it.  The cute Pines & Poinsettias stamp was added in on a whim.  I just received my shipment of Holly Berry Bouquet DSP to use too.  I hope you like it!

Notepad Holder

I bought a bunch of magnetic notepads at AC Moore last night with the idea that I would make a covered set and sell them at the craft fair.  I couldn't find any tutorials anywhere for this size notepad, so I improvised and came up with my own (which I'm rather proud of).  I love the Flirtatious Specialty DSP and it sort-of matched the notepad, so I went with it.  I hope you like it!

Follow My New Team Member!!!

Hi everyone! Things have been so crazy around here.  I have developed a virus on my laptop and all my cards are on there so I'll have to try and transfer what I can onto my desktop.  Hence, the lack of posting.  But, I do have a new team member, Kim, and she is just starting out in the blog world.  So, I was hoping you could take a stop by her blog and show her some SU! love! The above picture is of her demo kit, which we all can vouch to how excited we were when we got ours! Hopefully I'll have a new card up by this evening.  Have a great day!!!

Simply Simple

These cards were made for a co-worker of my Aunt's who was looking for blank cards to send off.  I've been dying to use my new Delicate Doilies stamp set.  The idea of cutting out the top layer of the doily is all over Stampin Connection so I don't have just one person to give the credit to.  I had done a wedding card for this same person in the black and white theme and I really liked it, so I kept going with it on these blank cards.  I added the color on the top layer to make it stand out.  I hope you (and she) like them!

Stamp Set: Delicate Doilies

Ink/Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo

Accessories: Lattice Folder, Border Punch, Dimmensionals

Wedding Card

This is a card that a co-worker of my family ordered for a wedding she'll be attending.  The wedding color theme is black and white.  I thought the Baja Breeze coloring for the sentiment gave the card a splash of color to brighten it up a bit.  The WW CS is embossed with the Manhattan Flower.  I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits and my framed punch to bring out the sentiment.  I hope you like it!

Make a Wish!!! Firday Mashup #16

Happy Birthday to Kim at the Friday Mashup!!! Our challenge for this week was to make a Birthday themed card and use the colors Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobler, Not Quite Navy, and Sahara Sand.

 Other than the 4 main colors, I used the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set, Jolly Holiday DSP (for my pinwheel), Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Antique Brads, and Perfect Polkadots Embossing Folder. My card design is the Center Step Card, which was super easy to make! I hope you like it!!

So, here's the "Mash Up!"challenge:


1. Create a Birthday Card or Project.

2. Create a project using NQN, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, and Sahara Sand.*

3. or "Mashup it Up!" and create a Birthday project using NQN, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, and Sahara Sand*.



*With all of our challenges that have a color combo, you may substitute any colors with similar ones you have on hand.

Then go here to the Mashup Blog to add your link!

Have a great weekend!!!

Birthday ColorLab Color Challenge 49

This card is for my amazing mother.  Since I had my first child 11 years ago, my mother has been such an instrumental part of teaching and guiding me to being the best mother possible.  She takes one of my four children almost every weekend, buys them tons and tons of beautiful outfits, takes them places, and continuously has my back when I need her.  I truly cannot put into words how amazing my mom is.  She is my bestest friend (we talk at least once every day on the phone), and she is such an awesome Memere to my kids (even my dogs).  Her birthday is tomorrow and we're having a huge pool party for her and my uncle (whose birthday is the 19th).  I saw the challenge on the ColorLab Challenge blog and I loved the color combo.  I decided to give it a try with some of my new stamp sets, Pennant Parade and Happiest Birthday Wishes.  This was my first attempt at an easel card and I love how it came out.  I hope you like it!