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)

Can you believe that Christmas is 2 1/2 weeks away?!?! And I have literally NO shopping done yet! Looks like I'll be hitting Amazon and other online sites for the bulk of it :) I do love this time of year though!

The sketch for this week's Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge is a round one. It stumped me for a bit - I don't make round cards often - I have trouble with shapes other than rectangles I guess LOL! Then I thought I'd make a round tag in the form of the sketch - perfect! I used the Play Date Cafe's colors for inspiration. I love the colors they chose - simple red and white!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
TTFN,
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Peaceful Poinsettia, Holly jolly -sentiment
Ink: Lady bug (Memento), Tuxedo black (Memento)
Paper: Red and White cardstock from DeNami design
Other: Gold glitter, nesties, swiss dots EF (Cuttlebug), holly IP, Sizzlits tags, pure poppy ribbon, seam binding, Copics

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

Such a good boy! Although, I am a bit biased ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated):
Stamps: Delightful dahlia, Fillable frames 4, Year of Flowers: Sweet peas
Ink: Aqua mist, blue (colorbox), white (colorbox)
Paper: Kraft, vellum, vintage cream
Other: copic markers (B45, BG34), seam binding, waterfall glimmer mist, aqua mist button, fillable frames #4 die, sewing machine

Evening all!

Very quick post - soooo tired :)

I made the Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge deadline!!! Sorry, I get excited when I can keep minor things straight these days :)

I really wanted to use a panel of felt but it looked plain but itself so I decided to sew a diagonal pattern to add a little something-something.

Hope you like it! Off to bed!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TTFN,
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Snowfall, snowfall additions
Ink: Colorbox blue and lilac
Paper: White, lavender moon
Other: white felt, spring rain buttons, twine, sewing machine, nesties

For the first time ever, the World Equestrian games are being held outside of Europe - they're in my backyard...well, practically :) The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY is the venue for this exciting event, and I've had tickets now for over a year! We're heading over today to see the Grand Prix freestyle dressage finals - I can't wait to see the internationally renowned horses and riders!!!!

On the close up of the flowers, you can see I tried to dress up the flowers a little using silver microbeads. Thought they needed just a little something :)

How great is that title?

That's the name of the most recent Play Date Cafe color challenge. The object being to use colors that don't appear to go together. I have to admit, the colors scared me a bit at first... but I went for it. Especially since I have had virtually no crafting time in the past two weeks. Combine that with the fact that I L-O-V-E the Waltzing Mouse Sketches, I absolutely HAD to indulge my habit :)

I really like the On My Couch series from PTI (actually, it's the companion set, Chair-ished) and wanted to ink them up badly.


Whew, these colors were hard for me to put together! I fought the urge to make pretty much everything white with just pops of color, as that's my typical tendency with colors I find more difficult to combine.


I had to "felt piece" the cute little chair - just love the texture it gives the chair.


TTFN,
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Chair-ished
Ink: Raspberry fizz, enchanted evening, sunflower (Colorbox)
Paper: Summer sunrise, enchanted evening, raspberry fizz, white
Other: Raspberry fizz ribbon and felt, nesties, summer sunrise buttons

Whew, the heat wave here in eastern TN just keeps chugging right along... Wow. Thank goodness for AC. Seriously. Is it hot in your neck of the woods?

The hubby and I have been working on getting our covered deck tiled. This is our first attempt at tiling and I'd be lying if I told you that everything has gone smoothly :) Let me put it this way, we're a learn-through-mistakes kinda couple when it comes to home improvement :D I can tell you that you can replace tile once mortar has set (no grout yet) to fix mistakes. How do I know this? My poor, well-meaning hubby laid a bunch of tile a few days ago - by himself. I know, isn't he a trooper?! Towards the end he was getting tired and in his haste, failed to realize that a few tiles had gotten out of line. Opps. So the mortar dried then along comes me to point out his mistakes. I did do it gently, as I realized how hard he hard worked a few days prior. But me, being the obsessive, straight lines, symmetry-loving person I am, couldn't let it go and not mention it. Today, we fixed it though - a hammer, chisel and a few tile later, we're all set and on the right track again. The wayward tile came up quite easily, with no damage to the underlayment or the tile. Just a little more time than we'd planned :) Whew!!! Live and learn, live and learn...

Then I had a bit of time to spend in the craft room. So I made a card for the Play Date Cafe using the Waltzing Mouse Sketch.




Love the WMSC! The sketches are graphically simple but certainly can be dolled up any way you please. I had digital vintage script paper that I printed then distressed with ink and my scissors. I stamped a few butterflies over top. I colored one of the butterflies with my Copic markers. The ribbon is ruffled a la Ashley Cannon Newell - she has a great video tutorial HERE. Mine isn't nearly as pretty as hers but I love the treatment so I'll get a bit more practice :)

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by - I sincerely appreciate each and every one of you :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
 TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Butterflies (Martha Stewart), Daily designs sentiments
Ink: Lady bug (Memento), Ochre (Colorbox), Dark chocolate
Paper: Pure poppy, white, vintage digital paper
Other: nesties, seam binding, Copics, scissors (to distress)

Don't you just love that sparkly patterned paper?

I do. I really love purple. Well, I love color. I don't really have a favorite. Different colors for different circumstances :)

On that note, I have a very purple card to share with y'all.

That's it for me. Thanks so much for stopping by. I really appreciate you taking the time to look around!

TTFN,
 
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Ingredients (all Papertrey Ink unless otherwise stated): 
Stamps: Year of flowers: violets, All about you (sentiment on inside)
Ink: Plum pudding, Tuxedo black (Memento), Fresh green (Colorbox)
Paper: Lavender moon, white, wisteria DP (Basic Grey)
Other: Polka dot impression plate, sewing machine, copics, seam binding