HAPPY LEAF~y THANKSGIVING / S411-SSC #150 & EBKCC #21...

In my defense, I figure if LeAnne can make Christmas cards then I can make Thanksgiving cards.... so there!

I'm popping this card back in now that it was published - it made the cover of Cards magazine!

Alex watches a show every morning while I feed Maisie called Pinky Dinky Do, who loves to make up stories. Everyday Pinky will hear or see something that "gives her a BIG idea" and her little brother asks, "Pinky, are you gonna make up a story?" ~ and you know she always does!

I always wait until the last minute to play along with Julie's Easy Breezy Kewl Color Challenge... shame on me, but when I saw it yesterday it reminded me of fall. I had also just used [& obviously fell in love with] the 411 sketch, and between the 2, they gave ME a big idea...

A while back I made this card, with a similar technique, which I really liked. Not to mention it was easy & quick, which I REALLY liked! I'm sorta addicted to embossing folders...can you tell? They're just so cool! I used a die from Papertrey Ink (new realease party tomorrow night - woohoo!) it's the smallest leaf die from the Delightful Dahlia Die Collection. The brads are from Making Memories. All the papers are from Stampin' Up!, as well as the ribbon and the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The tag is also SU!, from the Lots of Tags dies.

Bye for now!

PS - If you have the time, I CHALLNGE YOU to go play along with Julie's challenge, you have until tomorrow night!!! If you do play, come back here & leave me a comment letting me know you played & I'll send you a little treat!

THINGS I LOVE / EBKCC #20 & PPA #38...

I missed the deadline on this sketch challenge, but I loved the sketch & had to use it anyway...

Julie has a super swell color challenge over at Easy Breezy Kewl right now... I just love it! And Margaret's sketch from last week at Pals Paper Arts was awesome, as usual - I just hate I missed the deadline!

I've really been lovin' the houndstooth pattern lately, and have almost used up all my b&w houndstooth paper from the retired Night & Day DSP from Stampin' Up!. (Hoping they bring it back in SOME form....hint, hint) I remembered last week that SU! used to have a houndstooth background stamp, so I tracked one down & bought one that had never even been inked. I got it in the mail on Monday & here it is - I inked it with black & stamped it onto kraft - LOVE IT! Now I can go crazy & have houndstooth in ANY COLOR I want - YAY! The stamps are also from Stampin' Up!, called Things I Love.... aren't they darling?

Bye for now...

DOT SPOT / FTL #82 & EBKCC #17...

New set number three from Papertrey Ink... it would be so cool if I could manage a card using the other two sets tonight! This is gonna be a quick post, I have church in less than an hour!

I used the sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping for this card... I always have a hard time with the "Simple" part - LOL! I also used Julie's colors over at Easy Breezy Kewl Color Challenge... she's a busy lady these days, glad to see her challenges haven't suffered! If you have time, you should definitely play along!

This set is called Dot Spot, I really love dots, so I had to have this set! The sentiment is clear embossed, so it's hard to see in this pic.

Bye for now...

WINTER POSTage / PPA#17 & EBKCC10...

"It's the most wonderful time of the year...." Christmas cards are probably my favorite to make!

Another great sketch from Pals Paper Arts this week... I LOVE IT & I really loved Julie's colors at Easy Breezy Kewl color challenge... both challenges made me find another way to use this beautiful, vintage-y set, Winter Post from Stampin' Up!... the sentiment is frm a set called Christmas Greetings.

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