Happy Fall

Wow time flies. I just looked at my blog and realized I have not posted in almost a week. I have been spending some of the time finishing my XMAS cards. I always get a burst of energy when I start then it fades and they sit there until I work up the modivation to finish them. The sad thing is I really don't have many to make (~25) but they tend to have alot of steps. I will post in a few weeks after I mail them.

I don't know if I like this card. I made this for Mary Jo's sketch challenge #96and PaperPlay challenge #41. Mary Jo's Sketch was a big tag. I thought, no big deal, wrong! The Paper Play Challenge was 2 pieces of DP, Ribbon and 3 buttons. I am not normally a button person but I thought that it would be easy to work them into this sketch, again wrong! It started out great but when all is said and done I don't know if I like it. I like the colors, image, sentiment but I don't seem to love it all put together. I had a tough time finding buttons to match and then remembered I had some leaf buttons which made me happy. I popped up the tag and the oval to try to give the card some dimension. Isn't it funny how some sketches just look so easy and they tend to give you the most headaches.

Well hopefully I will have more time to create and post over the next week. Thanks for stopping by. Let me know if you like my card. I try to tell myself that everyone has different tastes and just because I don't love it doesn't mean other people won't.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Always Artichoke, More Mustard
DP: SU
STAMPS: Just Rite, Rubber Stamp Tapestry,Amuse
MISC: CTMH leave buttons, Michaels Ribbon, MM Brads

Beautiful Autumn, 3CTC35

Happy Tuesday! How is everyone's week going? I hope well. It's been cold here and Sunday we had snow showers again. It is unusual for us to have them this early. Does this mean we are going to have a cold, snowy winter? I hope not. I work from home so I don't have to drive through the snow in rush hour traffic anymore but I still don't like it.

I was looking through some stamps to see what I wanted to use and remembered my Just Rite Autumn stamps. I love this set. They are easy to color and you can do alot with them. It is my favorite set from Just Rite.

This weekend I picked up my gift certificate from a yard sale they had. This is the first one I have done and I didn't sell alot but I did make enough to buy this spellbinders die and an Autumn saying stamp. I guess next time I will need to mark down some stamps I wanted to sell if I want to get rid of them. The good news is that I got rid of a bunch of old stickers, paper etc. that I will never use.

I liked the way this card came out and thought I could use it for Kerry's weekly challenge. This week theme is Nature. I think this fits the category. Right?

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my card. Let me know what you think.


Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Real Red, Garden Green
STAMPS: Just Rite, Amuse
MISC: Spellbinders, Michaels ribbon, Gold Dots

Happy Haunting, TSSC 90

Good Morning. It is chilly here this week. I had to break down and turn on my heat this weekend. I woke up Sunday morning and it was only 31 degrees. I'm still not use to it. I keep running out to do errands not dressed warm enough. Winter is right around the corner. I'll be talking about snow before you know it. I hate the snow but I love making winter cards so I guess I will survive it.

I made this Halloween card for Mary Jo's sketch challenge. I still can't decide if I like it. I thought it looked plain so I added the bats and spiders but now I don't know if I should have. They seem to look out of place.

My special occasions Just Rite set came in handy for this challenge. Most stamps out today are big and I have to dig for smaller stamps. I love the MS spider web punch. I couldn't wait to use it.

I hope everyone is having a good week. Thank you for visiting my blog and looking at my cards.


Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray
DP: SU
STAMPS: Just Rite, CTMH
MISC: MS spider web punch, bat punch, Michaels spider punch, cuttlebug embossing folder, Spellbinders die

Pumpkin Patch, TSSC85

I just received my new Fall Just Rite stamps and couldn't wait to play with them. I decided that this would be a great image to use for Mary Jo's sketch challenge. This weeks sketch looked easy until I tried to think about what to do. The new stamps came just in time and solved my problem.

I'm ready to move on to the new season here. The weather has finally dried out a bit and I can shut off my AC and open the windows. The only bad thing is that it is getting darker much earlier.

I like this set. It has Fall and Thanksgiving stamps. I find myself having a hard time with Fall cards for some reason. This year I have bought some sets that are not just leaves and with the copics I should have an easier time coloring the images that I have so I am looking forward to jumping in and starting the season.

I have one more Summer card that I haven't finished and I have a bunch of Fall Birthday's also so that should help if I find myself in a slump.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like my version of the sketch.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Pumpkin Pie,
DP: Basic Grey (I think)
STAMP: Just Rite
MISC: SU Brads, Michaels Ribbon

Happy Birthday Bryan

This is the last Birthday card I need to make for about 6 weeks. This one is for my Nephew Bryan. I really wanted to make something different but I have so much trouble with cards for men.

I really like the colors I used for this. I wanted to put something in the pocket. I thought money would be good because that is what I always give him but the colors didn't match and, let's face it, it's all about the card looking good. I then put the paper in to look like a hankerchief but it looked too clean so I crumbled it up and then put it in again. I like the touch of red on the card.

I embossed the light blue to give it a little more texture and then put my corners on it to do something other than just brads. The layout was just a fluke. I put the card down and it wasn't taped yet. The bottom square moved and I like it so I kept it that way.

My next birthday card is for a good friend of mine. She will be much easier! Lot's of choices and you can always fill it up with flowers and bling!

I hope everyone is having a great week. It is so hot here but I shouldn't complain when the news is filled with storms.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like my card.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU
DP: SU
STAMPS: Class Act, Just Rite
MISC: Cuttlebug embossing folders, corner die cut, ribbon, brads

More Graduations

This is the Graduation card I made for my Niece. She usually doesn't even acknowledge my cards but she did on this because it had her name on it. Teenagers....you never know what is going make them react.

I love my Just Rite stamps just for this reason. You can personalize your cards. I like doing that for certain occasions especially when doing simple cards.

The hat is from a cheap set I picked up at Jo-Ann's. I didn't want to spend alot of money on graduation stamps because I just don't use them alot.

Thanks for stopping by.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Black and Silver
DP: Don't remember who makes it.
STAMPS: Just Rite
MISC: Prima's, MM Brads

Graduation

It's Friday!!! I have a very busy weekend ahead of me. I have a High School graduation party for my Nephew tomorrow and then my Nieces graduation Sunday (her party is next weekend).

This is the card I made my Nephew. It is so hard to make cards for Males. No bling. Somehow I doubt he would appreciate flowers and such just because I think it would make the card look better. Of course, he will only care about what is in it anyway so..... I thought about ribbon but nothing seemed to look right. The blacks didn't match. Probably because the paper is shiny? Who knows.

Anyway, I can't wait until things settle down and my weekends get back to normal.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks for visiting.

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Black and Silver
STAMPS: Just Rite, $1 AC Moore Stamp

Sending Hugs

Good Morning!

Is everyone having a good Weekend? Mary and I went to the CK convention yesterday. It was surprisingly good. The last few years we have not been impressed. We picked up alot of Basic Gray 6 x 6 packs, copics, punches and a few stamps. The Heirloom convention is coming up in a few weeks. I really enjoy these conventions but I wish they were spread out a little more.

This is another Sugar Nellie card I made while in VT. She is called Pen Pal. I think she looks sweet. My friend Kristen thinks she looks like a rocker girl.

I'm trying not to use the same color on all of the Jeans. I like the Yellow and Green combination on this one. I was happy to see that Just Rite released this set because I thought that Sending Hugs was a cute sentiment to go with her. As usual, I used the cloud template.

Well, I promised myself I would clean the house today but so far I have had my coffee, gotten dressed and worked on a card. What can I say, I have a new Sugar Nellie I really wanted to play with and I wanted to use my new punch. Luckily it's still early.....There is still hope for a cleaner house.

Thanks for stopping by. Let me know what you think.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Chocolate Chip
DP: SEI, CTMH
STAMPS: Sugar Nellie, Just Rite
MISC: Cloud maker template, ribbon, brads, SU & MS punches

Inspired

It's a beautiful sunny day here in the Northeast. Looking outside makes me wish for Spring once more. Enough with the teasing....I want Spring to arrive!

This card is for Kerry's inspiration challenge. Needless to say the colors are what inspired me. They just jumped out when I looked at the picture. I didn't have the neon colors in the picture so I used the brightest colors I had. I couldn't find a stamp that I felt I could color or have the copics to match so I looked for something I just needed to stamp. I thought this Just Rite set was appropriate. These are not colors I ever put together. I only use orange in the fall and usually just use Only Orange at Halloween. It was fun to go way outside of my comfort zone.

I hope everyone is having a good day! Thank you for visiting.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: Just Rite
PAPER: SU Pixie Pink, Only Orange, Green Galore
Misc: no name ribbons and brads

BBB

Here is my card for Kerry's Brown, Blue and Button challenge. I had just received this paper in my Stampin Up order. It is a beautiful package of paper so my biggest decision what which pieces to use!

There is very little stamping involved in this card. I saw a card in a magazine with hearts coming out of an envelope and thought it was cute. This is my take on it. I also lucked out in finding buttons that matched the blue paper.

I hope everyone is having a great Saturday. It's a beautiful, sunny day here but the next 2 are going to be a mess with Snow, Sleet and Ice. I have spent my day washing walls to prepare for painting. I am not having alot of fun. It's beyond me how people can enjoy this stuff. I would rather be stamping any day of the week!!! I thought I would post this before going out and running any errands I need to do before the snow falls.

I hope you enjoy the card.

Peggy

TSSC # 54

Thank you Kristen for asking me to participate in Mary Jo's sketch challenge. I loved the sketch and had alot of fun making the card. I can't wait to see the next one. There are alot of talented ladies participating in these challenges. I suggest you check out Mary Jo's blog to see how everyone else interpreted the sketch. Thanks to Mary Jo for hosting these and letting me participate.

I started this card Wednesday. I was trying to figure out what stamp to use while I was watching it snow outside. I decided that I wanted to Think Spring, not Winter. This is a new Whipper Snapper stamp I had received recently. I thought a Frog dressed in a coat that looked like a ladybug expressed my feelings perfectly. Isn't he cute! My memento ink pad needs to be re-inked and I currently don't have a re-inker for it and I wanted the color to be dark black so I embossed. Unfortunetly this means I could not use copics to color. I colored the Coat with Red and blue shimmerz but didn't have the right colors for the rest. Going through my stash of supplies I found some glitter markers for the frog and shoes.

I went through every piece of Red DP I had and none of it matched the SU Real Red so I went with the simple white background with a cuttlebug folder. I think I need to carry a piece of Real Red CS with me so I can match it up when I go to my LSS.

I hope you enjoy the card as much as I enjoyed making it. Happy Friday everyone!!!

SUPPLIES:
Paper: SU Real Red, GP White
Stamps: Whipper Snapper, Just Rite
Prima Flowers
Shimmerz, Gelly Roll Metallic Markers, Gelly Roll white signo pen
Nesties, Cuttlebug embossing folders