Great Pumpkin Week 5

Looking through my stash today I came across this stamp set that I found a couple years ago online. I bought it because of the black cat that looked just our Inky did. Hope you enjoy the whimsy.

Great Pumpkin Blog Hop Wk 4

In addition to our large monthly Demo meeting with my upline and grandmother upline, I get together once a month with a group that includes my upline and sideline Demo's. Our goal is to develope our stamping skills and techniques. Half of the group provides a M&T and the other half provides snacks. This month I am in the M&T group and the card below is my project. I am also going to include it in Terry's Blog Hop for the week. 

As you may have noticed, I am hooked on the Champagne Glimmer and the Howlstooth and Scaringbone papers. They just go together.

Festival of Prints

I like the little DSP stack of Festival of Prints. The combinations are wonderful for the holidays and they work for day to day cards as well.

The colors remind me of Paris and since I had a little Paris stamp I added it to the project. The dots on the ribbon are white and the base of the DSP is vanilla, this just didn't sit right with me, so I reversed the ribbon and like how it turned out.

 I saw a set of tools for paper crafting that are like the tools I use for making fondant flowers so I had to buy them. I like how using a rolling motion on the paper gives it added dimension and interest. I even had to cut around some of the petals. Hope you enjoy.

Great Pumpkin Blog Hop Wk 3

I decided to enter The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop for week three. This is being hosted by Terry Blais, a very talented demo and my upline grandmother. 

Hope you like this weeks entry and that you will play along.

I think Night of Navy and Rich Razzleberry work well together. Here are a couple of cards I made last night. Now that the Olympics are over I have a bit more crafting time.

The Great Pumpkin Blog Hop Wk 2

My upline grandmother, Terry Blais, is doing a 13 week blog hop and I thought I would play along this week. I don't have many Halloween stamps, but I do have Frightening Feline and decided to bring her out to play. I stamped her, put the googlie eyes on, and then decided to use a framelit. It worked just fine and added the extra interest of flattening the whites of the eyes. They don't wiggle anymore but they have a cute little bug to them that I hope you can see in picture 2.

I am now going to try my hand at linking to Terry's blog. If it works you will be able to see more entries. If not, I will be giving Terry a call and will find out how to fix it.

Thanks for looking.

Anniversary Card

I like the Everything Eleanor set and thought it would make a nice anniversary card for my husband. We will celebrate our 43rd anniversary later this month.

I puffed up the hearts and the LOVE to add some additional dimension to the card. 

I think my DH will like it.

I am loving framelits

I am continuing to have a good time with SU! framelits. They add so many options to card making. Today I am sharing three of the cards I made last week. 

I normally don't mix Very Vanilla and Wicker White, but I like it on the first card.

Thanks for stopping by for a look see.

Preserved Just for You

I like cards with moveable parts and I just couldn't resist doing one for this card. The jar and lid just call to me for a brad to open and close the lid. I am enjoying the stamp and framelit bundles that will be available in a few days from the holiday catalog. I actually stamped the jar AFTER I cut the jar out with the framelit.

Clockworks & SWAPS

I just put together my Clockworks stamp set and had to use it today. I think this will be a go to set for me because it is so versatile.

I also want to share more of the cards I got for the 100 card swap that Cricket Thompson coordinated. This card is the creation of Katherine Anderson.

This lovely card was created by Lisa Lange.

Wendy Haynes is the author of this gem.

I'm Back

I am back from the most marvelous vacation. I was in France, Spain, and Portugal on a pilgrimage tour with friends old and new. It was a wonderful two week trip that has enriched my life. The picture below is of  me and the two friends who encouraged me to join them on the trip.

I am the one in the back, Bev is on the left and Colleen is on the right. We are on the plane at DFW getting ready to fly to Paris. I will share some other photos as time goes on.

Just before I left I made 100 cards for a card swap that was coordinated by Cricket Thompson. When I returned home I had a notice the package of return swaps was waiting at the post office. My DH went and picked up the package today. I am thrilled with all the wonderful cards and want to share some of them with you.

This is the card Cricket Thompson shared with all of us.

Rhonda Wilkinson created this one:

Laura Barto is the artist for this creation:

Bon Voyage

I will be away for the next two and a half weeks on a wonderful holiday.

When I return I will have lots to share because I am about to send off 100 swaps for a big group swap I am part of. So come back the middle of July.

Celebrate

I am part of a stamp club of demonstrator who get together each month. Half of the group brings a make-and-take and the other half brings refreshments. We switch each month. It is a good way for us to grow as demonstrator because we ask for feedback from the other demos about our projects. This month I am on the M&T side of the group and this is my card. TFL.

I used the starfish for my star since we don't currently have a star punch. I am enjoying all the framelets we offer because they can add so much to a card.

PPA 135

I made this card to late too enter the challenge, but I liked the sketch so I went for it anyway. For the bow I used Very Vanilla seam binding and ran it across Midnight Muse to dye it. I used my heat gun to gingerly dry the bow. Yes, the ink did color my fingers, but it washed off and I like the result on the ribbon.

MOJO Monday 244

I haven't taken time to participate in challenges for awhile, but I spent time playing today and came up with cards for two of my favorites. This challenge is for MOJO Monday. I had fun coloring the SU! crystals to match my paper. Enjoy.