I wanted to stop in really quickly to wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!!!

We're heading to a friends house to ring in the new year. I ask you, is there anything better than ringing in the new year with family and friends? :)

Got a quick card to share for the Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge and the Curtain Call color challenge.


I tried my hand at a fan fold flower - there's a video tutorial HERE. I've seen these beauties cropping up all over the place so it was about time to give it a go :)


Thanks so much for stopping by!

***Addendum - Wendy (at Created by Wendy) has a FANTASTIC Twinery give away! Check it out HERE!!! Today is the final day to enter.***

TTFN,
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Ingredients 
Stamps: Delightful dahlia-sentiment (PTI)
Ink: Dark chocolate
Paper: Spring moss (PTI), Colorbok DP
Other: Apron lace border punch (Fiskars), white button (PTI), Sizzlits tag dies, spring moss ribbon (PTI)

The base cardstock is actually grey but it does look black in the photo. A fun, simple card - I love when a stamp set can be used for so many purposes like this Turning a New Leaf set from PTI :) This card would certainly be easy to mail too giving that it's quite flat. It could also easily be a single layer card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
TTFN,
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Turning a new leaf, Stocking prints, Fillable frames #10
Ink: Bamboo leaf (Memento), Lady bug (Memento), Smokey shadow
Paper: White, pure poppy, smokey shadow
Other: Red craft thread, corner chomper

To distract me while my cold medications kick in, I'll share a bright and cheery card I made this weekend. I'm playing along with the latest lovely Curtain Call Color Challenge using this week's awesome Waltzingmouse Sketch.



This card also qualifies for Little Red Wagon challenge, which is to use 3 of something on your card.

That's it for me. My Nyquil is kicking innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.......... :)

Have a good one! Thanks so much for stopping by!
TTFN,
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Polka dot basics II, Fillable frames #7
Ink: Versamark, staz on jet black
Paper: White, pure poppy, dark chocolate, orange zest
Other: pearl embellies, clear embossing powder, red Spica pen, beautiful blooms III dies

At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, I'm going to say I'm not really a Halloween person. I mean, I like it well enough and I love seeing kids decked out in their costumes, but as for dressing up myself... meh.  I used to love it as a kid and even into my early twenties; not so much anymore. I think if we had children I would really love it all over again, but until that day, I will remain "meh" about Halloween :)

Love that sentiment :)

My folks have headed back to Canada so the hubs and I are alone again :( We had a wonderful visit - it was so great to have them around. If that weren't enough, my vacation is at an end - boo! I drowned my sorrows in paper crafting, which was nice as I haven't been able to spend much time in my little sanctuary in a while.

With my parents headed back home and my vacation ending, I figured I could use some sunshine :)



I've wanted to make a little sunshiny scene for so long and I'm not sure why I haven't gotten around to it until now. I used the kraft to make sandy dunes :) Ohhh, so wish I was at a beach right now :) I stamped the sun on lemon zest cardstock in versarmark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I cut a cloud from white felt. I adhered both of these to white cardsotck that was sponged with blue ink. I used a white gel pen to draw dotted lines on the hills. Overall, I was pretty happy with how it turned out :)

That's all for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Scattered Showers Additions, Scattered Showers
Ink: tuxedo black (Memento), versamark, blue, can't remember which exactly (Colorbox)
Paper: kraft, white, true black, lemon zest, dotted DP (DCWV Autumn)
Other: black ribbon (Offray), dimensionals, white gel pen, white felt, clear embossing powder

I had a few hours of quality time in the craft room today. Even though I've been on vacation, I've managed to stay busy. Spencer's recovery has not gone as smoothly as I'd hoped - his incision has developed an infection and broken down... ugh! So we have to have his bandages changed every day, in addition to more medications, in hopes that we will see some evidence of healing at the surgery site. He's a trooper though and is putting up with all this not-so-fun attention.

I made a card using the latest Clean and Simple FTL sketch and my first attempt at the Curtain Call color challenge!

Hope all is well with all my bloggin' buddies!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,

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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: On my couch, on my couch additions, background basics: retro
Ink: Lady bug (Memento), tuxedo black (Memento), Versamark
Paper: kraft, true black, cream
Other: clear embossing powder, scallop border punch (EK Success), polka dot impression plate