In Everything GiveThanks

Good Morning. How is everyone doing? The weather this week has given me a severe case of Spring Fever! The temps have been in the 60's and Sunny. Today is suppose to be cloudy and rain tomorrow but I'm still There is no snow in site!! This is good because Easter is right around the corner.

It's Sunday so that means it is time for the Stempeltraume challenge. They have great themes. For those of you who like challenges you need to check them out. I loved the theme this week. Purple and Green. I decided I wanted to go to the pastel end of the spectrum and it allowed me to use my new Bildmalarna stamp. These are so cute!! I bought mine from Paper Jewels. I couldn't wait to get them. Luckily I got them in less than 2 weeks.

My card fits the following wonderful challenges:

Crafty Creations -Spots & Dots - I love polka dots!! They look good on so many cards.

ABC Challenge - Q for Quotation - Mine is In Everything give Thanks

Creative Card Crew - Going Dotty - I have the spots on the dress and I used my dotted swiss cuttlebug folder on the green paper which has small polka dots on it.

Pile it On - Pastel Colors - I love that I am using lighter pastel colors now!!

Pink Elephant - Spring! - I love that I now am using my Spring stamps with light airy colors.

Everybody Art - Sketch - I loved this sketch and just knew I had to do it!

Fab & Funky - Something new - This was easy because I just got my Bildmalarna stamps.

Little Red Wagon - Copics - I use copics all the time so this was a great theme for me.

Thanks for stopping by. Thank you to everyone who leaves me a comment. I love reading all of them.

Peggy
SUPPLES:
CS: Shimmer paper, SU Lavender Lace, Certain Celery
DP: Basic Grey
STAMPS: Bildmalarna, SU
MISC: Prima's, Recollection Dots, Ribbon from Michael's

Hey Dude!

Wow this weekend went by fast! I can't believe it is Monday already. I managed to get 2 cards done this weekend. My sister, Mary, told me about a great website for some free digi's. It's called SJ's - Little Musings. This woman has some really adorable images and she gives them for free. I really appreciate talented people who are willing to share with others. When I saw this little guy I just knew I had to color him.

I thought this would make a great boy's birthday card. I am always looking for birthday cards for males. I tend to make cards with their sports interest but I'm sure they are sick of getting them by now. This will be a nice change.

The challenges I found for this card are:

Paper Sundays - Distressing. I find myself doing more distressing lately and I thought it fit well on this card.

Polka Doodles - Sketch. I loved this sketch and thought it would work well with this image.

My Time to Craft - Green + one - I liked this theme. One mandatory color and one of my choice. Great idea! I choose yellow.

ABC Challenge - One Paper - I wasn't sure I would do this challenge when I saw it because I am not good about using just one piece of DP but when I layed this out I realized I did only use one piece. I guess you just never know.

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Spring colors - When I saw this theme I immediatly thought Pink, Blue, Lavender but when I put this card together I thought how bright and springy it was and Yellow / Green are spring colors. I like when I can fit a challenge without going to the obvious.

Lots to do - Use a machine - I used my Cuttlebug and spellbinders to cut all 12 circles on this card.

Thanks for stopping by. Do you like my little dude? Thanks to everyone who leaves a comment. I love reading them all.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Always Artichoke, YoYo Yellow
DP: Basic Grey
STAMP: Scrappy Lady
MISC: Star brads (don't know who makes them), Misc brads & Ribbon, Cuttlebug corner die

Doggone it!

Good Morning everyone! I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

This is one of the new Sew Many Stamps I have. I am having a great Sew Many weekend. I received their newsletter Friday night and saw that I was the spotlight blog. It was so exciting. Then I found out I won a stamp during their blog hop!! I never win anything.

I started playing with these stamps and could not figure out how to merge 2 digi's together so I printed them and cut them out. I thought this would be such a cute kids valentine. I went to lunch with a friend of mine a few weeks ago and she was babysitting her 4 year old niece. Her niece loves to stamp and color and sent me a card she made. I think this will be a really cute card to send to her. I had a tough time getting a good picture of this card. I'm not sure why. It looks dull on my computer and IRL it is really bright.

My card fits the following challenges.

Sew Many - Red, Silver, Black Valentine - I was going to use their freebee for this challenge but I saw so many beautiful cards with it and I couldn't come up with something different so I decided to go with the dog.

Totally Gorjuss - Sketch - I thought this sketch was perfect for this image

Raise the Bar - Hearts. I love my little heart punch. You can add to cards without taking up alot of space

Stamping for the Weekend - Valentine - I like making valentines that are not traditional.

Stamp Something - Love - I love kids and I hope my friends niece loves this.

Crazy for Challenges - Valentine - I think this would be the perfect valentine for any kid who loves animals.

C.R.A.F.T. - Love - The little dog looks like he needs some love.

Charisma - Love - If a card puts a smile on someone's face, which I hope this does, then I have sent some love their way.

Paperplay Challenges - Love Notes - Sending a little "love" to a child makes me smile.

Creative Card Crew - Valentine - Kids valentines are the best! I think they appreciate them more than adults.

KL Stamping - Paper Tole - I double printed the doghouse, dog and name plate. I am not the greatest at cutting things out but I like the way this came out. I like challenges that "challenge" me.


Thank you for stopping by. I love reading all your comments. If you like my childs Valentine let me know.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Real Red, Black, Silver
DP: SU
STAMPS: Sew Many
MISC: Dinami Ribbon, MM Brads, Cuttlebug picture corners, Cuttlebug embossing folders

You Warm my Heart

Happy Sunday? I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

I was going through some images trying to figure out what I wanted to play with. I decided on this digi from Sew Many. I knew I wanted to make a valentine and I when I saw his cute heart shaped nose I thought it would be fun.

The challenges this card fits are:

KS Stampin N Scrapping - I thought this was a really cute sketch to use and it was!

Lexi's Creations - Valentine - I liked this Valentine that doesn't say Happy Valentine's Day.

Little Red Wagon - Hearts. What is a Valentine card without hearts?

Dare you to Digi - Hearts/Valentine - I think this would be such a cute valentine for kids.

Sew Many - Love - This is my valentine with Tayla.

Polka Doodles - Non traditional valentine - I think this is not traditional because it has a tiger on it and it doesn't say Happy Valentines Day.

Raise the Bar - Old DP - WOW what a great challenge idea. This is some old paper I had in a pile. I forget who makes it.

Totally Gorjuss - Paper piecing. This was a perfect way to tie in the Tiger with the background.

Secret Crafter - Hearts - I was happy when I found these brads. I forgot I had them.

C.R.A.F.T. - Paper Piecing. This was a perfect way to tie in the image with the card

Thanks for stopping by today. Thanks for letting me know what you think of my Valentine.

Peggy

Young Love

Happy Tuesday! How is everyone doing? We are having nice weather here. It is 41 degrees right now, which is warm considering what it has been and it's not raining or snowing!!

I keep seeing everyone's Valentines day cards and I wondered what I wanted to do. I am not a person who buys alot of "Valentine" things so I went through my stamps and picked this Sugar Nellie image. I won this last year and thought immediately that this would make a cute Valentines Day card. I also have been in the red & pink mood since I got my SU DP last week. This is more paper from the pack. I really love this paper!

It also gave me a chance to use the new buttons from SU and their new punch. I have the corner punch also but I am having a really hard time figuring out the dimensions to use to "punch around the page". If anyone knows a smart person who has figured this out please let me know. I love the punch and would like to use it around images or cards.

The challenges this fits are:

Crafty Cardmakers - Hearts and Romance - I bought this heart punch for $1 from Michaels. It is one of those little things you pick up and use alot. The romance is the kids kissing.

Crafty Catz - Love. Young love is so sweet.

Mojo Monday - Sketch - I keep saying I am going to do one of their sketches and I love this one.

Caardvarks - Red Hearts - I think the little red hearts on this card really makes it.

Practical Scrappers - Designer Paper - All I can say is I love this pack and what would we do without it!

Incy Wincy Designs - Buttons, Bows, Ribbon & Lace - I love all of them so it was easy to work them into this card.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - This is a freestyle challenge. I love this card and wanted this to me my anything for this challenge.

Totally Gorjuss - Add Dimension. I think this card has alot of dimension with the buttons, bows, popped up image.

All Sorts - Hearts and Flowers - I love the little hearts on the side and put the buttons as the middle of the flowers

Thank you for stopping by. I love hearing what you think. Please leave a comment if you like my card!

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Real Red, Pretty in Pink
DP: SU
STAMP: Sugar Nellie
MISC: SU punch, SU buttons, Prima flowers, Ribbon & Heart punch from Michaels

A Happy Hello

Good Morning. How is everyone's week going? Other than all the snow we got here it is nice. Today is bright and sunny for a change.

I got my SU shipment the other day and had to make a card with some new paper and punches I got. I love both of them. I had not used this Sugar Nellie stamp in a while and I really like her so I thought I wanted to make a real girley, feminine card with her. I hope you think I succeeded.

Going though the challenges last night I found the following:

Techno Stamper - Sketch - I really loved Mary Jo's sketch this week. Due to the size of my stamp some of the squares turned into rectangles but I think I stayed true to the sketch.

Spoonful of Sugar - Lots of Layers. Is there such a thing as a card without alot of layers? HA HA

Pile it on - Use 3 ribbons - I have the beige bow, the beige lace ribbon and then I ran pink ribbon through the lace. Great idea for a challenge.

Creative Card Crew - Punch it. I do love my punches! I used the new border from SU and MS snowflake punches on the card

Papertake - PINK - The card had to be mostly pink. When I looked at this card I though wow...lots of pink so I laughed when I saw the challenge.

Quixotic - Use an old stamp or one you have not used in a while. I love this stamp and have not inked it up in months.

All Sorts - Pink and Brown - The paper has brown and I colored her fur the dark beige.

Thanks for stopping by. I love to see my visitors. If you like my card please let me know by leaving a comment. I love to read them.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Pretty in Pink,
DP: Stampin Up
STAMP: Sugar Nellie
MISC: SU Ribbon & border punch, MS Snowflake punch, SU glitter, Michael's gold dots. MISC ribbon.

Think Snow

Actually, I don't want to think Snow. We are getting some tonight and tomorrow. I have tomorrow off of work and I can't (or won't) leave the house. I hate driving in the snow. Other than that my weekend is going well. Yesterday, my sister, niece and I took a road trip. There is a LSS store about 70 minutes away from here that we wanted to go to. There is also a Mall my niece likes so we went to the LSS store, had a nice lunch and then went to the mall. It was fun to spend the day with them and get new goodies. The LSS store was having a sale to prepare for CHA and they have a large selection of Copics cheaper than anywhere around here so what's a gal to do....

While we were in the LSS I saw this circle of snowflakes made by Magnolia. It was expensive even with the sale so I decided not to buy it. When we got in the car my niece opened her purse and pulled out the stamp. She had bought it for me. I love it!!

I don't have a long list of challenges today but this does fit a few.

Stamping for the weekend - I loved this sketch and knew I had to find something to do with it.

Stamp Something - Blue and White - I thought of the new wreath immediately.

Roses on Paper - Winter!! Winter here in the Northeast means SNOW!

Flutter by Wednesday - The theme NEW with butterflies, angels or fairies - My new is my new snowflake stamp and the fairy is my snowflake fairy stamp. I thought this was a really cute theme.

Well this is it for me today! Thank you for stopping by. I hope you like my card. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. I really enjoy reading them.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: Papertrey White, SU Brocade Blue
DP: TPC Studio
STAMPS: Magnolia, SU, Stampland Chicago
MISC: Ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Stickles

Snow Much Fun

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone is having a good after Christmas week. I have been really lazy. I need to get busy if I am going to get everything done this week I promised myself I would do. I have made some time to stamp though. Funny how that works.

This is my first Kraftin Kimmie stamp. I just thought he was so cute and different than my other winter stamps. When I saw the Crazy 4 Challenges sketch I thought this stamp would be perfect for it. I colored it with bright colors but still felt it needed something so I used my white gel pen and put dots on the scarf. I love my gel pen. I also used it on the snowflakes around the card. I didn't think I would like this MS punch when I bought it but noone had the one I wanted and in the past they sell out and then I don't have any. This worked out because I do like it alot. The only problem is that it makes the work area on a 5 x 5 card alot smaller and since so many stamps are large these days it can get a little hard to fit everything in.

The challenges this fits are:

Crafty Calendar - Winter Sparkle

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

Kraftin Kimmie - Sparkle Baby

Kaboodle Doodles - Sparkling Winter

Practical Scrappers - Winter

Crafty Creations - No Rules

Lots To Do - Free Theme


Well, I have alot to get done today and so far I spent most of the morning on the phone with my sister. Tonight I am heading to my LSS store and dinner with her and some stamping friends. I am looking forward to it!!!

I hope you like my card. If you do please let me know. I love reading all the comments!!

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
DP: SU
STAMPS: Kraftin Kimmie
MISC: MS snowflake punch, SU glitter, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Misc Ribbon & Brads

Just Chillin

The weekend is finally here! I am planning to decorate my Xmas tree today. I have been looking at an empty tree for a couple of days now and it's ugly! I had to run all my errands early today because we are expecting about 5-6 inches of snow tonight. I hate driving in the snow.

Isn't this little guy cute? He's from Kraftin Kimmie stamps. He comes with a saying that says Just Chillin'. I thought that was cute with it but I wanted a holiday saying so I typed it out with the rest of my saying on the computer. I liked the Bo Bunny paper I used for the middle squares but it was shiny and didn'tlook good with my CS so I painted the CS with shimmers before I ran it through the cuttlebug. I stamped the snowflakes with a Rubberstamp tapestry set I have. I love the snowflakes in this set.

This card came about when I saw the Color Create challenge of Lilac with Aqua, Black and White. I actually dug into my stash of SU Caribbean. I don't have much so I hoard it. I don't know why but I do.

The sketch is from Friday Sketchers. I always like cards with the squares but I never think to do it so when I saw the sketch I knew I had to try.

There were 3 other challenges that came to mind when I was making this card. Crafty Cardmakers theme is Alternative XMAS, Spoonful of Sugar was Non-Traditional colors and Paperplay was Xmas without Red & Green. I knew I wanted to participate in these but didn't know what colors to use. I like the aqua and purple.

Allsorts posted their theme today and it is to use purple on your card. I like taking a break from Red and Green.

Thank you for visiting today. Let me know what you think. I love reading your comments.


Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Cool Caribbean, Lovely Lilac
DP: Bo Bunny
STAMP Kraftin Kimmie, Rubber Stamp Tapestry
MISC: Michaels Ribbon, Stickles, Polor white Flower Soft, Copics

Thanks a Bunch

Good Afternoon everyone. This week is flying by. I have been incredibly busy at work. So busy in fact that I have not had any time to mount some new stamps I got. I usually fit in some time to do that no matter what is going on.

A couple weeks ago I was in the mood to color XMAS images. This is one of the one's I picked. I always like candles at XMAS. I don't have alot of time to post so...the challenges are:

Friday Sketches - I really loved this weeks sketch and it fit perfectly with this image.

Cupcake Craft - Red & Green

Frosted Design - Same shape different sizes

Stamp Something - Thank you card

Cuttlebug - Glitter & Bling


Got to keep this short. Thank you for stopping by. Let me know what you think of my card.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Real Red, Handsome Hunter
DP: Basic Grey
STAMPS: SU, Amuse
MISC: Prima's, Gold dots, Gold Stickles, Michaels glitter brads

XMAS Wreath

Good Afternoon! I hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend. Mine has been busy. Today I am pulling out all my XMAS stuff. I can't believe it is less than a month away. I do feel good that I have started my shopping.

This wasn't the card I was going to post. I made a card for my Nephews birthday and took a picture before I gave it to him last night but for some reason my camera will not upload the pic's to my computer. I have 2 computers here and it doesn't work on either one. Grrr...Since I gave the card I can't scan it. I did scan this and it looks like I won't have the best pictures of my cards until I decide what to do about the camera.

I was going through challenges this AM and this card fits fits 2 of them.

Color Create - Red, Green and White

Crazy for Challenges - Punches

I hope everyone is enjoying their day. I guess I better get back to unpacking the boxes so I'm not tripping over them all week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Always Artichoke, Riding Hood Red
DP: Basic Grey
STAMPS: SU
MISC: MS & Tonic Punches, MM Brads, CTMH & Hero Arts Flowers

Be Merry

TGIF!!! Don't you love Friday's? The countdown to the weekend is here.

Yesterday I was going through some challenges. I saw that Kerry's challenge was a XMAS card with NO Green and Red. My mind went to snow or snowmen. I decided that I would make a snowflake card with my stencil and paste. When I started this is not what I had in mind but I had trouble finding DP to look good with it so when I decided to stay with strickly CS I just kept refining and this is the end result. I really like the bright blue and white. IRL this card really pops. I like working with the paste and glitter. It is so easy.

I also saw that this card fit 3 other challenges. One was Crafty Calendar. The theme was Weather and snow definetly fits that theme. It won't be long and we will see it falling from the sky here. It is so pretty as it is falling but not so pretty after a couple of days.

The second challenge was Secret Crafter. Their theme was Seasons. Winter is a very long season here in the Northeast. I'm laughing as I am writing this but by February the smile will be gone.

The third was for Daring Cardmakers. This was an interesting challenge. It was to use 3 things on your card that start with the first letter of your name. Mine is Punches, Pearls and Paste.

I was also happy that I got to use my MS punches. I didn't know if I really liked these or not but I do like it on this card. I'm not sure I would have like it as much without the punch. I need to investigate and see what other people are doing with these punches. If you know of anywhere I should check out let me know. I am always looking for new ideas. It's part of what makes this craft so much fun.

Thanks for visiting. Let me know what you think. I love hearing from everyone.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Papertrey White
STAMPS: SU
MISC: Embossing paste, Snowflake stencil. MS snowflake punch, Pearls & Ribbons

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

Give Thanks

Good Afternoon everyone. I hope everyone is having a good week. Mine is busier than I thought it would be. I had hopes of making a couple of cards for challenges but didn't have time until today. I have had a touch of a bug and I have had no energy to do anything after work.

It is time for the Sugar Bowl. In addition to following the sketch, this week we needed to include Thankfulness. I had this image colored and had to use it soon before Fall turned into Winter. I decided this was a good time. The colors looked like they matched better before I put it under the OTT lite to take a picture. After I put together the card I had a piece of paper left on my desk all cut. I looked at the card and realized I forgot to lay down one of the pieces. I didn't dare try to lift the DP knowing that it would rip so you will need to imagine the 3rd layer in the bottom right of the sketch. I will keep it to use on a later card.

The image is tall and thin which made it difficult to fit into one of my spellbinders circles so I used the scalloped which gave me more room. I'm not a person who likes alot of blank white on a card so I filled it with the saying and brads. All in all I like the way it came out.

Thank you for looking at my card. Let me know what you think.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Rose Red
DP: Basic Grey
STAMPS: Sugar Nellie, Stampin UP
MISC: Cuttlebug embossing folder, No Name Brads

Autumn Fun, 3CTC36

Good Afternoon. I made this card for Kerry's Thursday Challenge. This weeks challenge is a sketch. I was happy to see that I could use my High Hopes Scarecrow on it. I ordered this last year but there was a mixup with my LSS order at High Hopes so I didn't get it until after Xmas. This is the 1st time it has been inked up.

Friday night I went to customer appreciation night at another one of my LSS. We are lucky here that there are multiple stores in our area in addition to Michael's and AC Moore. We all got goodie bags. One of the items in the bag was Memory box new polka dot 6 x 6 paper. I love polka dots so I was thrilled to see it in my bag. The colors are beautiful. I loved it so much I bought a 2nd package. I used the brown and green on this card.

I thought the top left corner looked blank so I dug through my embellishments. I found some leaves that I bought when a Art store was going out of business. I like when I make an impulse buy and then actually use it! I can't count how many times I buy things knowing that I will use them and then I never do.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. It is beautiful here today. Nice day to relax and create. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you like my card.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip
DP: Memory Box
STAMPS: High Hopes, SU
MISC: Tonic punch, Black Ink Decorative Accents, Michaels Ribbon, Brads

Let it Snow, Copic Challenge 14

Good afternoon everyone. I hope everyone is having a good weekend. It's getting really cold here in New England. We had snow the other morning. Luckily it rained so it is now gone.

When I saw that the Copic challenge this week was black I thought "Oh No!!". Then I watched Suzanne Dean's video for coloring black hair and thought I would give it a try. I see so many cards made and the hair looks beautiful and I want to try and give my Sugar Nellie gals the same hair. How does this look? Opinions Please!! Too much gray? Too little gray?

This is one of the Sugar Nellie Country Cousins Holiday stamps. She was so much fun to color. I know I will be making another Xmas card with her before the end of the year. Once again I went with the new Basic Grey paper pack. I just love the color combos in this pack.

Thank you for coming by. I appreciate any feedback on my hair coloring.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Tempting Torquois, Bravo Burgandy
DP: Basic Grey
STAMP: Sugar Nellie
MISC: SU label punch, Michaels ribbon, Pearls

Seeds of Friendship

Good Afternoon! I'm back from my mini vacation up North. It was great to get away. Other than all the rain we had Sunday afternoon it was a great weekend. I hope to get alot of creating done with the balance of the week I have off. Today I have spent the AM relaxing and making this card. This afternoon I have to spend unpacking, running some errands and laundry. Tomorrow my sister Mary and I are going on a roadtrip to a scrapbook store that isn't near our houses so we only get there a couple of times a year. The balance of the week is a combo of stamping and other things I have been putting off doing (hopefully more stamping than the other things).

I made this card for Mary Jo's sketch challenge. Sometimes the easy sketches turn out to be the hardest. Luckily this one was easy for me. Since I didn't have a turtle saying I decided to focus on the flowers he is holding. Once I did that the rest came together pretty easily. I also decided not to blend as much as I usually do. A card can look great until I take a picture then you don't see the muliple colors because I blended too much and there isn't enough contrast. I like the result. Do you?

I hope everyone is having a good week. If you like my card let me know.


Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Green Galore, Night of Navy
DP: Basic Grey
STAMPS: Cornish Heritage Farms, Inky Antics
MISC: SU Flower brads, Spellbinders dies, 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

Another Birthday

How's everyone's weekend going? It's a beautiful day here in the Northeast. I have loved that the humidity has left for a few days and I have been able to open my windows. My sister and I spent the day shopping and it was nice that it wasn't hot and humid. This is probably the last day of this perfect weather for a while so I am enjoying it.

The busy time for Birthdays is coming up for me. Everyone one of my sisters, brother, nieces, nephews and my mother, except one, have birthdays starting 7/27 through 1/7. This one is for my brother.

I bought this stamp at the convention in Springfield. I thought it would be good for the guys cards I need to make. I will probably use it for my Nephews card at the end of August also so I will need to think of another layout. Any ideas would be appreciated!

As I was making this card all I could think of is "What am I going to do when I run out of Wild Wasabi?"!!!! I love this color and SU had ran out by the time I was going to place my last in-color order. I really like most of the SU In-Colors but I hate when I can't get them any longer. I then tend to hoard them. I don't know why but I do.

Well I need to go water my plants and then I think I will finish a Sugar Nellie card I have been working on. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Wild Wasabi, Night of Navy
DP: SU
STAMPS: SU, Class Act
MISC: Cuttlebug, brads, ribbon

Watermelon anyone, 3CTC24

It seems like the weeks these days are just flying by. I have not had a chance to participate in Kerry's Thursday challenge in a while and when I saw this weeks theme I thought it sounded fun, especially because of the humid weather we have been having lately. I bought these watermelon stamps from Yvonne Albritton Designs last year and she sent me the saying for free. I think it is great when a company does that. It really says they want their customers to be happy.

I was itching to try my new spellbinders pendant dies so naturally I worked them into this card. The pendant is square so I had to modify it by cutting the smaller die in half and adding them to the sides to make it a rectange to fit my image. These were a little frustrating at 1st to get the paper out of the dies but I found that if you take something thin (I used the spatula that I use for my embossing paste) and slide it under the middle of the big die you can work the paper out. For the smaller die I used the pen I bought to pick up crystals. The pen has a putty in it so stick so it pulls up the paper. I'm probably not explaining it right but at least I won't pass using the dies because they are difficult.

I covered the watermelon's with crystal effects and then I cut out one of the slices and popped it up. I had some white dots from Joannes and added them to the corners instead of brads. Sometimes I find brad bend DP so these worked out better.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I'm off to do a couple of errands and then I will be back to finish another card I have been working on.

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

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Wild Wasabi, GP white
DP: Basic Grey
STAMPS: Yvonne Albritton Designs
MISC: Spellbinders, Joanne Dots, Crystal Effects