Hope you Hugged a Veteran Yesterday! 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! I am back today with a Super Quick Post hat I meant to put it up Yesterday!! But have been a bit under the weather, and ended up bundled up on the couch with a big bowl of Home made chili and watched all kinds of military movies with my Darling Hubby, a retired Marine.. And as the saying goes, "Once a Marine, Always a Marine!" lol And completely forgot to do my post for the Card I made for him For Veteran's Day.. 8-) 

I kept it pretty simple, more so than I usually do, but My DH has always advised me that when it comes to cards for Guys, less is more.. lol 8-) And even though I still feel like I need to add something more to this card, He absolutely Loved it.. So as long as it made his day, I am a happy camper! lol 8-)
For my Hubby's card I dug out my Verve American Hero set  and stamped my sentiment focal panel with Memento Tuxedo Black. I cut it out with the help of my Classic Squares Nesties set and added a touch of shading with Antique Linen Distress ink while the die was still in place, colored in the stars with a gold metallic gel pen, ( It actually looks more like gold IRL..lol.) and popped it up with a bit of foam tape.  My mats and BG layers were created with kraft CS from my stash and some Fun Patriotic dp's from K&Co's Americana Stack.  And to finish it all up, I added some hemp twine and a Marine appropriate dimensional sticker from K& Co.  Pretty easy peasy, huh?... 8-)

Hope you all had Terrific Veteran's Day and are having a Super Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by! 8-) 

Go Team! - TT105

Hi all! And a Very Happy Tuesday to you! Hope you all had a Wonderful weekend and are enjoying a Terrific week so far and getting ready to celebrate a Very Happy and Safe 4th of July! 8-) Today I'm back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! 8-) Our Theme this time is"Anything Goes".  How fabulous is that, huh?... 8-) So no reason not to join in the Fun and play along! 8-) Our Wonderful Sponsor is Robyn's Fetish. They have So many Adorable images, 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 Wonderful creations the rest of the Super Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)

I printed out my Fun little Robyn's Fetish Go Team image onto Flourishes Classic White and colored it up with my trusty Copics. I cut it out with the help of my Classic Ovals and Nesties sets and popped it up with a bit of foam tape. For my mats and BG layers, I chose a combination of ivory CS from my stash and some Super Patriotic dp's from K& Co's Americana Stack.  To finish it all up I added an MS zigzag punched border, a punched star and button combo and some Yummy Bakers Twine from MAD Stamper finds... 8-) I must admit, I can't help but feel my card is a bit more spartan than I would normally create, especially as of late, lol But my Darling Hubby said, "Nope! Don't add anything else, it's Perfect for a guys card." lol 8-) Well, okay,  and I left it as is.. But boy it was tough, lol... 8-) 

Hope you all have a Fantastic day & A Very Happy and Safe 4th of July! Thanks so much for dropping in! 

I { Heart } You!

Hi all! And a Very Happy Monday to you! Hope you all enjoyed your Weekend. Well, I'm back with another Fabulous Stamps R Us challenge! Yay! 8-)  Today our Theme is "Just Kidding Around". Lol..In other words, we are making cards with kiddos in mind. Our Wonderful Sponsor is Bugaboo Digi Stamps. And let me tell you, Their images are just So Darned CUTE! the only thing that was difficult, was deciding on which Adorable image to color up! So please do stop by and check them out. Also, Tammy has put together a very generous prize package for one lucky winner, so I sure hope you can play along with us.  And please stop by the Stamps R Us Blog to take a peek at the Darling creations the rest of the Wonderfully Talented Design Team has in store for you! 8-)

I was lucky enough to get to play with Bugaboo's Darling Dino Heart #1 image. Isn't he just the Cutest! 8-)  And I thought he was Absolutely Perfect for a Kid type Valentine! I printed him out onto Flourishes Classic White  & colored it up with my trusty Copics, of course 8-). I cut out my Cute little Dinosaur & matted him up with the help of my Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles Nesties sets. I added a bit of shading with my Victorian Velvet Distress Ink to my image while the die was still in place and then popped it up with a few dimensionals. My BG panels were created with a combination of red CS from my stash and some Darling dp's from K&Co's Lovely stack. My Pink by Design Sentiment was stamped onto a Darling little die cut tag with Memento Tuxedo Black. And to finish it all up I used My Sweet MS Heart Border punch, a bit of ribbon from my stash, a couple of adhesive pearl hearts, and a fun little epoxy chipboard heart button all tide up with three different colors of Yummy Bakers twine from MAD Stamper Finds..8-)

I'm also entering my card in the following challenges: Totally Paper Crafts - Spot & Stripes and Simon Says Stamp - Spots and/or Stripes

Hope you al have a Fabulous day & thanks so much for visiting! 8-)

Be My Valentine...

Hi all! and avery Happy Saturday to you! Hope you have all had a Wonderful week! Mine has kept me busy busy in my crafts room making more Valentines.. 8-)  And today I'm back with the latest  Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge, Yay!  I had been working on coloring ups some Darling Valentine images from Bugaboo Digi Stamps, and thought this little guy would be perfect for Miss Korin's Awesome sketch! He kind of reminds me of the Valentines we used to give out when we were kids, lol, so I just HAD to get him.. 8-)

Isn't he CUTE!..? 8-)... Well, I thought he was, lol.... I printed out my Sweet little Dino heart image onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics. I cut out my image and embossed the edges with the help of my Score Pal for a nice clean look and added a touch of shading with Victorian Velvet Distress ink. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination red CS from my stash and some Darling dp's from K& Co.'s Lovely stack. My Pink by Design Sentiments were stamped directly onto my image and BG with Memento Tuxedo Black. And to finish it all up I just added a Sweet MS heart punched border and some fun polka dot ribbon from my stash.

And 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 this week. And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Fabulousness the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have created 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

I am also entering this card into the Paper Sunday's Challenge # 102 - Saturated Colours

Hope you all have a Fantastic weekend & thanks so much for Stopping by!

American Hero.. 8-)

Hi All! And a Very Happy Friday to you! Just one Question, Have you hugged a Veteran today? 8-) I sure have! Of course I have it pretty easy as My DH is what one might call a "retired" Marine..But, I don't actually think there is such a thing, since the saying goes," Once a Marine, Always a Marine! Semper Fi!"  8-)
Well, I made this card for My DH to first off, wish him Happy 236th Marine Corps Birthday and second,  to thank him for all he has done in service to our Country. And I sure hope you all will go out and Hug a Veteran today too and thank them for all they have done as well... I know they would greatly appreciate being remembered.

I actually got a lot of help on my card today from K&Co. They have some really great Armed forces type embellies.. So glad I picked up a couple of their Marines sets.. 8-) My mats and BG panels were made with a combo of kraft and red CS from my stash, my CB and Stars EF and dp's from K&Co's Americana Stack a well. My Eagle Globe and Anchor is a dimensional CS sticker also from K&Co that I matted up on a few more layers to give it that nice looking Award status and then popped it up with some foam tape. And to finish it all up I matted up a K& Co Marines embossed sentiment sticker and popped that up as well with a bit more foam tape.  Well, I sure hope he likes it, I hid it in his bag for work as a surprise.. Bethcha he thought I forgot.. lol  Can't wait to hear from him when he finds it.. 8-)

Hope you all have a Fabulous Day & Thanks so much for dropping by! 8-)

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Birthday Blog Hop! 8-)

Hi All! And welcome to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Birthday Blog Hop!  We're Celebrating  4 Wonderful years and are so glad to have you join us today! A big Huge Congrats to Miss Korin and the continued success of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I wish you many, many more Anniversaries to come. I'm just so grateful & thrilled to be a Member of this warm wonderful Sweet 'n Sassy family! So sit back everyone and relax, maybe grab your favorite drink or snack and get ready for some Amazing Eye Candy from all of our Amazing designers today! 8-)
Our Fantastic group of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps design team members past and present, along with some special friends, have put together today's Birthday Blog Hop to kick off a whole month of fun. We have 36 stops so the hop will take place over three days - feel free to take your time visiting each blog!  You have until 11:59pm EST November 9th to leave comments on as many blogs as you can.  On Saturday, November 12th Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps will announce FOUR winners (chosen at random from comments on random stops along the hop); each lucky winner will receive a prize pack including stamps, dies, paper & twine valued at $40! 

If you have been following along already you should have come from the Fabulous Blog of  Stephanie Wright.  If you are only starting here, please head back to the SNSS blog and go from there.  You won't want to miss any stops along the way!  Also, don't forget to comment on as many stops as you can....the more comments the better your chance of winning one of the fabulous prize packs! 8-)

Here is what I created for the hop today... 8-)

My first creation was made with the Cocoa's Christmas set. I just thought Cocoa was way too Adorable not to include in our Hop today! 8-)  I colored him up with my trusty Copics and cut him out & matted him up with the help of my Classic Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nesties sets. I shaded my image with a touch of Antique Linen Distress Ink while my die was still in place and then popped it up with a few dimensionals. my BG panels were created with a combination of kraft and red CS from my stash and some Light and Fun Christmas dp's from K&Co.  I also added a bit of texture with the help of my CB and my snowflakes EF.  And to finish it all up,  I added my sentiment from the same set, popped it up as well with a couple more dimensionals, added a touch of stardust stickles, some pretty natural crochet lace, a bit of red velvet ribbon and a sweet vintage brad from my stash to top it all off.  

And my second card was created with the newly released Rhubarb's Stocking digi. Isn't he just the Sweetest little fella ever?.. Just so Cute with his Darling Christmas Stocking... Hmmm seems I have a theme going here.. lol.. Well I printed out my Sweet Rhubarb onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics, of course..  I cut out and matted him up and added a bit of shading to the edges with some Antique Linen Distress Ink and then embossed them for a nice clean look with my Score Pal. For my mats and BG pieces I used a combination of Kraft CS from my stash, a fun MS border punch and Signature Christmas dp's from MME. To finish it all up, I stamped my Sweet 'n Sassy Sentiment with Memento Tuxedo black onto a little hand cut tag, popped up my Darling image panel with a bit of foam tape, added some seam binding ribbon, a couple Die-namic Snowflakes and a few Sweet adhesive pearls.Pretty easy peasy, huh... 8-)  

Here are a couple pics of the inside, as this is a Gift card holder too.. You could also use it to hold Tea bags, or a pack of Cocoa or even Sweet Ghirardelli Chocolate squares as well..

Thanks so much for joining in the fun today! Happy Birthday Sweet 'n Sassy and Happy Hopping Everyone! 8-)... Your next stop is the Very Talented  Janette Olen, but just in case there are any hiccups, here is the whole list of celebrants on this party train:

Korin Sutherland
Holly McMillen

Taylor Usry

Kim Schofield

Monika Davis

Lydia Fiedler

Harriet Skelly

Makiko Jones

Jerusha Borden

Mary Marsh

Lori Craig

Kim O'Connell

Chris Dickinson

Stephanie Wright

Shannon White (you're here)

Janette Olen

Katlyn Traxler

Deb Felts

Stephanie Serrano

Jessica Fick

Kim Singdahlsen

Mary Faus

Sandy Domelle

Bridget Finlay

Ceal Pritchett

Dina Kowal

Margo Smith

Shelby Goolsby

Tami Mayberry

Lorie Souther

Darsie Bruno

Cathy McCauley

Beate Johns

Janice Melton

Jacquie Peifer

Lisa Hjulberg

Haunted Mansion...

Hi All! And a very Happy Saturday to you! Today I am back with another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay!  And continuing on with our Bast from the Past sketches for the Month of October we have Sweet Stop Sketch #129 for you that was originally The Sweet Stop Sketch # 37.. And it's just Awesome!  I can definitely see myself going back to it again & again,it's a fun one for sure. 8-) So without further delay, here's the Sweet Stop Sketch #129 (SSS #37) for this week:

And here's my Spooky little take on it! lol 8-)....

I created my fun little Haunted Mansion with the help of my Cricut, the Pumpkin Carving Cartridge and some Black CS from my stash.  The lit up windows & harvest moon were sponged with Wild Honey and Rusty hinge Distress Ink and the midnight sky was created with Dusty Concord, Stormy Skies Distress Ink. I added a little shading to my Mansion with my white MS chalk marker and a cosmetic sponge and then popped it up with a few dimensionals.. My semi Circle panel was also created with the help of my Cricut and the Elegant Edges Cartridge. My mats and BG panels are a combination of Black CS from my stash and various dp's from K & Co, Making Memories, and Chrissy W. Digital. And to finish it all up I added some Fun polka dot ribbon from my stash and some adhesive gems for a bit of bling.. 8-)

I hope you can play along with us at The Sweet Stop!  Can't wait to see what you all come up with for this weeks sketch.  And as always, please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the Darling creations the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies have cooked up for your inspiration and leave them a little Love... I know it's not a requirement, but it sure is Appreciated.... 8-) 

The Sugar Babies

Cathy

Janice

Kim

Korin

Lorie

Monika

Shelby

Wendy

Hope you are all having a Spectacular weekend & Thanks for stopping by!

For You! 8-)

Hi All! Happy Friday to you! Can't believe I haven't posted a single thing since this past Monday! Just Terrible, I tell ya! 8-) Well, I think since I posted almost every day of last week that I thought I would slow down the pace just a bit this week to balance it out some.. Lol... Today I just have Super quick post to share one of my latest creations and play along with the 2nd week of Cupcake's Creations CR84FN #39, while I was at it....

I created this fun little Fall card for my Mom's Birthday, sure hope she has received it by now.. I usually make her some type of floral card, and thought I would do something a bit more whimsical this time for a change.. She's not really into anything frilly or super girly, so I kept it pretty simple and I kept the Fall colors that she loves so much. I hope she likes it. 

I stamped my Fun little I/O Spooky Cupcake image by Leigh Hannan onto Flourishes Classic White with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it up with my trusty Copics. I cut out and layered my cupcake with the help of my Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles Nesties sets. I shaded my image with a touch of Antique Linen Distress Ink while my die was still in place and then popped my matted Cupcake up with a few dimensionals.  For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of some fun dp's from K & Co., Bo Bunny, and a small strip from MME as well. To finish it all up, I stamped my I/O sentiment directly onto my BG with Memento Tuxedo Black, added a few tiny gold gems, a touch of Stardust Stickles, some cheery yellow ribbon, and a cute little button all tied up with some Yummy bakers twine from  MAD Stamper Finds!.. Pretty easy peasy, huh... 8-)

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

Be Thankful..

Hi All! And a very Happy Tuesday to you! Today I'm Back with another Fabulous Tuesday Throwdown Challenge! Yay! 8-) This week our challenge is Fall Days!  So make up a card/creation with a Fall Days theme and join in the fun! 8-) Our Wonderful Sponsor is Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps,  and Miss Korin has put together a fabulous prize for one lucky winner!  So I sure hope you can play along with us. And please stop by Tuesday Throwdown's Blog to take a peek at the Wonderful creations the rest of the Fabulous Design Team have whipped up for your inspiration! 8-)

I printed out my Sweet Cocoa's Pumpkin onto Flourishes Classic White and then colored him up with my trusty Copics, as always.. lol, and then added a bit of shading with Antique Linen & Vintage Photo Distress inks.  I cut out and matted up my Adorable little Cocoa using my Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles Nesties sets and then popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of dp's from Basic Grey and K & Co.'s Autumn Stack. My Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps sentiment was stamped onto a cute little die cut tag made with the help of my Cricut and the Mother's Day Cartridge using Memento Rich Cocoa. To finish it all up, I added a bit of ribbon from my stash and topped it off with a Sweet button and tied it all up with some Yummy Cappuccino bakers twine from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. Pretty easy peasy huh?..8-)

Hope you all have  Wonderful day & thanks so much for visiting!

Happy Fall Kitty..

Hi All! And a very Happy Monday to you! Today I'm back with another Fabulous Stamps R Us Challenge! Yay! Today our Theme is "Anything Goes".  How fun is that, huh? 8-)  You can make any type of card/creation your little heart desires! Whoo Hoo! 8-) And our Wonderful Sponsor is Color Me Creative Classroom. They have put together a really fabulous prize package for one lucky winner! So I sure hope you can play along with us.  And please stop by the Stamps R Us Blog to take a peek at the rest of the Fabulous Design Team's Darling creations!

Well for my Anything Goes creation, I just had to break out my Sweet little Fall Fun Kitty from Whipper Snapper. he's just so Darned Cute playing in a big pile of autumn leaves! 8-)  I stamped him onto Flourishes Classic White and then colored him up with my trusty Copics of course, lol and sponged my clouds with my favorite template and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I added a touch of Antique Linen Distress ink shading  &  cut out and matted up my adorable little Kitty using my Classic Squares and Scalloped Squares Nesties sets and then popped him up with a few dimensionals. For my Mats and BG layers I chose a combination of Fabulous fall dp's from Bo Bunny, K & Co and The Paper Loft as well. My Sweet 'N Sassy Sentiment was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto a layered little scalloped square that I made up with my Scalloped Squares Nesties set and then popped it up with a couple dimensionals. To finish it all up I just added a bit of satin ribbon from my stash and a button topped off with a Sweet vintage brad. 

Hope you all Have a Fabulous day & thanks so much for stopping in. 8-)

You Light Up My Life!

Hi All! And a very Happy Saturday to you. Today I am back with another Fabulous Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge! Yay! This one was a lot of fun for me, since Christmas is my all time Favorite Holiday and our sketch this week has a Christmas in July theme.  The hard part for me, is once I start my Christmas cards, it's hard to stop and go on to other projects.. lol.. But, I made a deal with myself, that I will just keep making one or two Christmas cards a week..and then by the time the Holidays roll around I should be all set with my Christmas cards, so all around, it's a Good thing.. 8-)  So without further delay, here is the Sweet Stop Sketch #117 for this week:

And here is my take on it, with my very first Christmas card of the year! Yay! 8-)

Well, I printed out my Darling Sweet N Sassy Digi Snowman onto Flourishes Classic White and colored him up with my trusty Copics and a touch of shading with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I matted up my image and created my BG panels with a combination of red CS from my stash and some Fabulous Christmas dp's from K&Co.  I also added a bit of texture with some kraft CS from my stash, my CB and the divine swirls embossing folder. And to finish it all up,  I popped up my Adorable Snowman image and BG panel with some dimensionals, added some pretty natural crochet lace, a bit of red velvet ribbon and a sweet vintage brad from my stash to top it all off.  Pretty easy peasy, huh? 8-)  
Sure hope you will play along with us, can't wait to see what you all come up with.  Not to mention it's a great way to get an ealry start on your Christmas cards.. 8-)  And please, make sure to stop by and take a peek at the rest of the Sweet Stop Sugar Babies Fabulous creations!

The Sugar Babies
Cathy
Janice
Jennipher

Korin
Monika
Shelby

Wendy

Hope you are all enjoying a Wonderful weekend & thanks so much for visiting today! 8-)