Happy Thanksgiving! 8-)

Hi All! Just wanted to pop in real quick today before all the Food, Festivities & Football commence to wish all my Crafty Friends out there in Blogland Celebrating today, a Very Happy, Blessed and Super Yummy Thanksgiving! ;-)  I will be heading out to the Fire Station in just a bit as my Sweet Hubby had to work today! So I am bringing lots of Yummy pies and the Fellas at the station are doing the rest of the cooking! Whoo Hoo! Ya gotta Love that! lol..;-)  Though I do have all the fixin's for my Hubby and I to have our own little mini Thanksgiving tomorrow on his day off.. ;-)

I sure Love how these turned out! I ended up needing a few more cards this year to send out to extended Family & Friends & whipped them up a few days ago. I thought they'd be especially Perfect to share with you all today! ;-)

These were pretty quick and easy.. My main BG panels were created with TE's Choice Kraft kraft CS painted with my SnowCap paint dauber, ran through my CB with the Harvest Blessing EF, and then sanded a bit so the words would show through.  The remaining BG panels were made up with a combination of various old scraps of Fall dp I've had in my stash for years now, ( I believe I got it from Michael's.) along with TE's Choice Butter Cream CS and the help of an MS border punch. My Lovely fall leaf sentiment panel's were created with the help of my trusty Cricut & the Paper Trimmings Cartridge. The My Craft Spot, Happy Thanksgiving Stamp set sentiments were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa. And to finish them all up I inked all my edges & did some shading with Vintage Photo Distress ink and added some Pretty Vintagey seam binding bows created with My Craft Spot's Gorgeous Crinkle Ribbon in Maple Leaf... 8-)  See, pretty easy peasy, huh...8-)

Hope you all have a Wonderful Holiday filled with the Blessings of Love, Laughter, Friends, Family, and lots of Yummy Turkey too! ;-)

Thanks so much for visiting!

Diving Leah - Whimsie Doodles - DS105

Hi All! Hope you've all been having a Super week so far... Today I'm back to share my latest Whimsie Doodles, Doodlelicious Diva creation featuring the Super Cute Diving Leah image!...8-) Isn't she just the Cutest!...;-)

I Colored up my Sweet little Diving Leah with my trusty Copics, Fussy cut her out, and popped her up with a bit of foam tape.

I paired her up with Crate Paper's The Pier dp's and used Taylored Expression dies for the Banner and waves and a Cricut die cut for the sun.  The Fab sketch is my variation of Jen Shults's DS105.  I switched out Leah for the Focal Circle and the Sun for the tag at the top...8-)

You can find the Super SWEET Diving Leah along with a bunch more Darling images in the shop's People Digi's section.. ;-)

Here's Jen's Awesome Sketch...

Hope you all have a Fabulous day & Thanks so much for stopping in! 8-)

You're SUN-sational - SSSC162

Hi all! And a Very Happy Thursday to you!  Thought I would sneak in a super quick post to share my latest  creation! I've been attempting to work ahead as much as possible So I can have a few days off to have some fun with my Darling Hubby! We are going to see Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw this Saturday and then to the Sawdust festival on Sunday! Yay! Can't wait! 8-)  Anyway, among all the projects I've been working on, I thought I'd  squeeze in at least one project that was just for fun!  And just cause I Love Miss Karen's Sketch challenges Hee Hee, I had to play along with Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #162! I just chose to flip mine around to accommodate the Beachy Vibe of my Sweet Whimsie Doodle Image.. 8-)

I printed out my Adorable Whimsie Doodles Sunsational Rodney onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics. I cut him out with the help of my Classic Circles Large and Small Nesties sets and popped him up with a bit of foam tape. My Big fluffy clouds were created with my favorite cloud template, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and a small stenciling brush while the die was still in place.

For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of kraft CS from my stash and some Fun Summery dp's from Echo Parks Paradise Beach collection. To finish it all up I added some layered waves created with my TE Wave Border Die, a few die cut clouds created with TE's Cloud Duo Dies that were embossed with TE's Waves and Bubbles Impression Plate and lastly a Cheery little Sun created with the help of my Cricut and the Life's a Beach cartridge... 8-)

Here's Miss Karen's Awesome Sketch:

Hope you all have a Wonderful day & thanks so much for dropping by! 8-)

You're a Hoot! - TT103

Hi all! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! Hope you all had a Wonderful weekend and are enjoying a Terrific week so far! 8-) Today I'm back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! 8-) Our Theme this time is"Windows to the World".  So make a card/project with a cut out window and come join in the Fun! Our Wonderful Sponsor is My Grafico. They have So many Wonderful images and digital kits to choose from, So I sure hope you will stop by and check them out!... 8-) And they have put together a very generous prize package for One lucky winner, so I sure hope you can play along with us.  Also, please do stop by the Tuesday Throwdown Blog to take a peek at the Darling creations the rest of the Terrificly Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)

I was a bit apprehensive with our project for today, as I have never tried a window card before, but I think it turned out pretty good... lol I printed out my Adorable Owl from My Grafico's Woodland Animals images collection onto  Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics. I fussy cut him out and popped him up with a a bit of foam tape onto a Fun little die cut tree I created with the help of my Cricut and the Serenade cartridge that I added to an Ivory panel I adhered to the inside of my card after printing my computer generated sentiment on it and adding a touch of shading with both Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress inks. I cut my window with the help of my Classic Ovals Nesties set. My mats and BG layers were created with a combination of brown CS from my stash and dp's from We R Memory Keepers' Autumn Splendor collection. And Voila! there you have it, my very first window card ever, lol 

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, lol here's a pic of the inside..

Hope you all have a Super day! & thanks so much for dropping in today! 

Happy Anniversary - CR84FN53

Hi All! And a Very  Happy Sunday to you! Hope you've all been enjoying a Wonderful weekend! Today we start a Brand New CR84FN Color Challenge! Yay! 8-)  And for the next two weeks we will be working with CR84FN53's Beautiful color palette of  Pink, Aqua & Neutral. 8-)

Okay, yes, it's yet another Anniversary card, lol but I do believe it will be my last one for quite a while..8-)  My Mats, BG & Die cut Layers were created using a combination of kraft and pink CS from my stash and various dp's from Melissa Frances's 5th Avenue Collection. My Pretty flower was created with the help of my Cricut and the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge, Graphic 45's Baby 2 Bride dp's and a vintage gem brad. I layered my lovely flower onto SB Classic Ovals and Open Scallop Ovals die cuts that I popped up with a bit of foam tape. To finish it all up. I stamped my Hero Arts Sentiment with Memento Rich Cocoa directly onto my main panel and added a fun scalloped border... 8-)

Here are the Beautiful CR84FN colors..

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN Blog. And Of course, please do go and check out the Wonderful creations the rest of the Fabulously talented DT has whipped up for your inspiration..l Sure hope you can join us!

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville

Mona Pendleton
Pauline Pollington

Sue Lelli

Suzanne Czosek

Hope you all have a Wonderful day & thanks so much for stopping by! 8-)

Happy Anniversary - CR84FN51 Week 2

Hi all! And a Very Happy Easter Sunday to you! Sure hope you've all been enjoying your weekend and Enjoying the Holiday with Friends and Family..8-)  Well today I'm back with a real quick post for Week 2 of the CR84FN Color Challenge! So you guys still have one more weeks to play along with Heather's Pretty Color Combo! Yay! 8-)

As promised, I've made yet another Anniversary card, lol and I still need one or two more and one for a dear friend as well. So you still may be seeing a couple more in the near future. 8-) My Mats, BG & Die cut Layers were created using a combination of kraft and pink CS from my stash and various dp's from Graphic 45's Beautiful Baby 2 Bide Collection. My Pretty flowers and leafy flourishes were created with the help of my Cricut and the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge, a couple vintage pearl brads and PTI's Turning a New Leaf dies.  My PTI sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto a SB Ribbon Tag die cut. And to finish it all up I added Sweet MS Punched Borders and some Pretty ribbon from my stash. 8-)

Here are the Beautiful CR84FN colors..

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN Blog. And Of course, please do go and check out the Wonderful creations the rest of the Super talented DT has cooked up for your inspiration..l Sure hope you can join us!

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville

Mona Pendleton
Pauline Pollington

Sue Lelli

Suzanne Czosek

Hope you all have a Wonderful Easter Sunday & thanks so much for Stopping by! 8-)

Sweet Bunny Cards - CR84FN51 DT!!8-)

Hi all! And a Very  Happy Sunday to you! Today I'm back with some really Super Exciting news to share with everyone!! I don't know if you recall the exciting news I mentioned a while back, that I couldn't quite share all of it yet, well This is the rest of it! 8-) The Amazingly Talented Mona Pendleton asked me to continue on as an official member of the Fabulously talented DT over at CR84FN Color Challenge!!!  Hurray!! I am Soooo Excited and Honored to have been asked to join such a Warm, Wonderful and Terrificly Talented group of Ladies!  I am So doing my Happy Dance right now! Yay!! 8-)   Well today we start a Brand New color challenge, and for the next two weeks we will be working with CR84FN51's Beautiful color palette of Pink, Peach & Light Blue, picked out by my Wonderful Teamie Heather Jensen. 8-)

For my first official DT creation, I thought I would make some Sweet Bunny shaped cards to send to friends and family for Easter this year.  To create these little Sweeties, I used the help of my Cricut and the Birthday Bash cartridge and my dp's are all from Graphic 45's Beautiful Baby 2 Bride collection. After cutting out and assembling my cards, I did a bit of paper piercing and inked all my edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink. My Pretty flowers were created also with the help of my Cricut, the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge and a few Pearl and Sparkly brads to top them off. And to finish them all up, I added some seam binding ribbon from my stash and cute little cotton ball tails. Pretty easy peasy, huh?.. 8-)


Here are a couple of pics of the individual cards:

And here are the Beautiful CR84FN colors:

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN Blog. Also please give a very warm welcome to another new addition to the DT Miss Pauline Pollington! 8-) I just know yo are going to Love all of her Wonderful creations!  And Of course, please do go and check out the Gorgeous creations the rest of the Super talented DT has whipped up for your inspiration..l Sure hope you can join us!

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville

Mona Pendleton
Pauline Pollington

Sue Lelli

Suzanne Czosek

Hope you all have a Fantastic Sunday & thanks so much for Stopping by! 8-)

Gone Fishin' - TT89

Hi all! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! Hope you all had a Super Weekend and are enjoying a Terrific week so far! 8-) Today I'm back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! 8-) Our Theme this time is "Clipped Together", so use some sort of clips on your creation and join in the fun! 8-) Our Wonderful Sponsor is Sweet N Sassy Stamps. Their images are just So Darned Adorable!  So please do stop by and check them out. Also, Miss Korin has put together a very generous prize package for one lucky winner, so I sure hope you can play along with us.  And please do stop by the Tuesday Throwdown Blog to take a peek at the Fabulous creations the rest of the Wonderfully Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)

I printed out my Adorable SNSS Let's Go Fishing Puppy image onto onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics. I cut him out and scored the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look and popped my Sweet little Pup up with a bit of foam tape. All my mats and BG pieces were created with a combination of Teal CS from my stash and MME's Darling Miss Caroline Dilly-Dally collection. For my clipped together part of my card, I created my own fun fishy paper clip. I just used a regular old paperclip and attached a cute little fishy I made with my Cricut, the Life's a Beach cartridge and a bit of glossy accents. And to finish it all up I just added some Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds...Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)

Hope you all have a Fabulous day & thanks so much for dropping in! 

Happy Anniversary! - CR84FN50

Hi all! Hope you are having a Very Happy Sunday! Today I'm back with a New Fabulous CR84FN color challenge! Yay! 8-) I Have to tell you all I am having So much fun being this Months GD, I've been just grinning from ear! 8-)  And for the next two weeks we will be working with CR84FN50's Pretty Pretty color palette of Pink, Orange & Yellow. 8-)

I've been needing to replenish my stash of Anniversary cards for a while now, so you may be seeing a few more in the near future. 8-) This time I thought I would start off my card with Mojo Monday's Fun Sketch# 231... My Mats, BG & Die cut Layers were created using a combination of various dp's from Echo Park's Victorian Gardens, Pink Paslee's Sweetness collection and MME's Sweet Caroline Howdy-Doody collection as well. I added a bit of distressing to  some of my layers with my snowcap paint dauber and a bit of Victorian Velvet Distress ink. I created my fun little tag with my Cricut and the Plantan Schoolbook cartridge & my Sweet flower with the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge and a pink sparkly brad. For my leaves, I got to use my New MFT Upsy-Daisy die-namics. My PTI sentiment was stamped with Victorian Velvet Distress ink onto a SB Classic Circles die cut and layered on top of a die cut doily. And to finish it all up I added a few Sweet adhesive pearls and some Fun ribbon from my stash. 8-)

Here are the Wonderful CR84FN colors and the Mojo Sketch too:

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN Blog. And Please do go and check out the Gorgeous creations the Wonderfully talented DT has cooked up for your inspiration.. Sure hope you can join us!

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville

Mona Pendleton
Stephanie Kraft

Sue Lelli

Suzanne Czosek

Hope you all have a Fantastic Sunday & thanks so much for Stopping by! 8-)

With Deepest Sympathy... - CR84FN GD!

Hi all! Hop you have been having a Super weekend! Well today I'm back with some of the 'News" I mentioned the other day! The rest is still forthcoming.. 8-) It's been So hard to keep this all to myself, but I can finally share with you all that the Wonderfully Talented Mona Pendleton of CR84FN asked me to be their Guest Designer for the Month of March! Yay! 8-)  I am So doing my Happy Dance Right now! Whoo Hoo! 8-)  I can't even tell you how thrilled I am to get to work with this Amazing group of Warm and Fabulously Talented Ladies! Not to mention, CR84FN is also one of my all time Favorite color challenge blogs too Boot! 8-)
Well, for the next two weeks we will be working with CR84FN49's Lovely color palette of Yellow, Kraft & Grey. 8-)

Sorry to say, I had the need to create a sympathy card, my dear Sweet Friend's BIL passed away, and she asked if I would make a card for her to give to her BIL's family.. My Mats and BG & Die cut  Layers were created using a combination of grey CS from my stash and MME's Lost And Found Sunshine collection, all edges inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink. I created my Sweet flower with the help of my Cricut and the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge and a vintage peal brad. For my leaves, I got to use my New PTI Turning a New Leaf die set. And to finish it up, my I/O sentiment was stamped with Pumice Stone Distress ink onto a SB Tag die cut and layered on top of two SB Labels 14 die cuts and a kraft doily from my stash. 8-)

Here are the Wonderful CR84FN colors ( Lovely photos's courtesy of Leslie at Creative Mint ):

For all the CR84FN Challenge details, please be sure to visit the CR84FN blog HERE. And Please do go and check out the Gorgeous creations the Wonderfully talented DT has whipped up for your inspiration.. Sure hope you can join us!

Andrea Matthews

Deborah Frings

Heather Jensen

Lisa Somerville

Mona Pendleton
Stephanie Kraft

Sue Lelli

Suzanne Czosek

Hope you all have a Fantastic Sunday & thanks so much for Stopping by! 8-)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! - SSS147

Hi all! Hope you had a Terrific week!  Mines been a bit Crazy and interesting to say the least.. Luckily more ups than downs, So all things considered, I call that a Pretty Good week!  But it definitely Flew by lol.. 8-) I can't believe it's already Saturday again! And you know what that means... It's time for another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay! 8-)  This weeks sketch was really quite the challenge for me, as it seemed to require less image and more elements.. And lately I've been a bit image happy, lol, so I really had to pull myself out of that rut, which is always a good thing to do, and think a little differently to come up with my interpretation of Korin's Fabulous Sketch! A bit of a different style for me, but I think it came out pretty well, all & all... 8-)  So without further delay, Here's is my take on Miss Korin's Fabulous Sketch...

My Mats and BG Layers and Shamrocks were created using a combination of MaryAnn Wise's Great Outdoors digi dp's and digi dp's from Anita Richards One Day at a Time collection. I created my fun little Shamrocks with the help of my Cricut and the Celebrate with Flourishes Cartridge, definitely a great one to have for Holidays..8-)  My I/O Sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black directly onto my BG after I added a touch of distressing with my Snowcap paint dauber so the polkadots would not overpower it. And to finish it all up I added some cute little buttons all tied up with some Yummy Baker's twine from MAD Stamper Finds. 8-)

Here's Miss Korin's Awesome Sketch!

I Sure hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop! Can't wait to see what you all come up with for this week's Sketch! And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Fabulous creations the rest of the Terrifically Talented Sugar Babies have whipped up for your inspiration. Leave them a little Love too, it's always greatly Appreciated...8-)    

The Sugar Babies

                                                                              Cathy

Chrissy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you all have a Wonderful weekend & thanks so much for Visiting! 8-)