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I made this card for my friend Heather's birthday. I love the look of the flowers in the jar. I fussy cut out 3 flowers and I think it looks really good in real life. The Panel 3 is using the current Hostess Designer Paper Pad. I am really liking the new patterns! I used the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder on the base layer and I think that just makes it pop.

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: All Wrapped Up, Sweet Birthday;

Paper: Pear Pizzazz DP, Old Olive, Whisper White, Rose Red,

Pretty in Pink, Window Sheets Medium,

Ink: Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink

So as you can tell I am almost done with my year of Sketch Challenges. I have 2 more sketches to complete and am hoping to get them done on Friday...it is a lot harder to get inky with the kids home from school. 8^)

As Always, thanks for stopping by!

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Our neighbors birthday was Thanksgiving weekend, so I made her this card for her birthday party. I am not sure what colors she likes, so I went with the some colors I like. ;)

This was my first time breaking out buttons from my

stash and I like the way this turned out.

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes;

Paper: Watercolor Paper, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi DP, Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink;

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Basic Black;

Other: Perfect Polka Dots, Button Latte

As Always, Thanks for stopping by.

(And Jodi, how do you like you button card?)

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And here is the card:

I got an email from a friend saying that her friend was in need of some happy mail.

I hope this lifts her spirits and she feels better soon!

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Loads of Love;

Paper: Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, Pretty In Pink, Watercolor Paper, Certainly Celery DP;

Ink: Rose Red, Going Gray, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black

As Always, thanks for stopping by!

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I *LOVE* the way this card turned out.

As you may know, I am a big fan of Snowmen-especially if I am not the one

out in the cold making them. ;) I think the outlining helps the guys to pop!

I used the Petals-A-Plenty on Cherry Cobbler paper for the blue panel and some Certainly Celery DP I had in my stash for the red panel. I used the Wild Wasabi to border all the panels and I think it is just a subtle little something that brings it all together.

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Holiday Lineup, Four the Holidays;

Paper: Wild Wasabi DP, Whisper White, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler;

Ink: Basic Gray, Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Crumb Cake,

Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango,

Riding Hood Red, Bravo Burgundy, Cherry Cobbler;

Other: Petals A Plenty

As Always, Thanks for stopping by! And Happy Holidays to you all!!!

SC306- A Cupcake for Cupcake ;-)

Here is the sketch:And here is my card:

Well, the year is almost over and I am actually caught up on my challenges! :~) Yippee for me.

A few weeks ago, my friend cupcake had a birthday and I had to send her a cupcake card! I actually dusted off my embossing tool and used clear embossing powder over the Pretty in Pink craft ink on panel 3. I hope she liked it.

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Darling Dots;

Paper: Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi;

Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink;

Other: Perfect Polka Dots, Clear embossing powder.

As always, thanks for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment.

SC 308- Magdalena's Birthday

Here is the sketch:Here is the card:
And the inside:

So Believe it or not, my sweet baby girl is 10 years old today!!!

I remember when my 'tiny' little girl was born. (Yes she did weight 9lbs 7oz and at least her brothers weighed less! - In her defence she was 9 days late and had they all been born on their due date Ethan would have been the biggest. ;) )

Ten years later, she is growing into a fine young person,

even though her favorite color is orange. ;-)

I am really proud of her and hope she continues to live up to her principles.

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes;

Paper: Only Orange, Pacific Point, Whisper White;

Ink: Going Gray, Only Orange, Pacific Point;

Other: Color Spritzer Tool

As Always, Thanks for stopping by!

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My friends daughter turned 9 the other day so I made her this sparkalie cupcake card. Since her favorite color is turquoise blue, I used Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point. I used Perfect Polka dots on panel 2 and was very excited to use the Jewels Basic Rhinestones for the first time. I am loving these and I think the little Lady who got this for her birthday might agree. :-)

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Think Happy Thoughts, Stampin' Around Cupcakes, Cause for Celebration;

Paper: Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point;

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight;

Other: Perfect Polka Dots, Jewels Basic Rhinestone.

As Always, thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment

so I know I am not talking to myself. ;-)

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So, my baby sister *finally* turned 29 last week. Since she is such a purple fanatic, I made her this card. I used the Concord Grape DP for layer 3. I love the new patterns on the designer paper block... and best of all it is a level 1 hostess gift!!! I used the Elegant Eggplant to frame the Concord Grape DP and Lovely Lilac Layer. I dusted off the Heartfelt Thanks flower and used the markers and used it on one layer of the flower. I used the Basic Brown for the outline layer.

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks

Paper: Lovely Lilac, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Concord Grape DP

Ink: Lovely Lilac, Always Artichoke, Basic Brown

As always, thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment so that I know I am not alone here. :-)

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Two of my friends we lucky enough to celebrate birthdays this week. So I made them the same pretty little card. I used my markers to color in the flowers from the Close as a Memory set. I stamped the happy birthday in Rose Red and the flower from the 'Think Happy Thoughts' in Pink Pirouette. Finally, I added a rhinestone from my new package of Basic Rhinestone Jewel accents- can I just say I am in love with them. :-)

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Close as a Memory, Think Happy Thoughts;

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Rose Red, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Garden Green, Early Espresso, Rose Red;

As always, thanks for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment so I know

I am not typing to myself. ;)

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I made this card for my friends birthday. I really like the way it turned out. I used I used my markers to ink the flower image and used the Big Shot on panels 1 & 3. This is a pretty straight forward card, so if you have any questions just ask.

The inside:

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Close as a Memory, Sweet Birthday

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Rose Red, Early Espresso, Garden Green

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Garden Green, Rose Red

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I think this is the least amount of stamping you can have on a card. ;)

I made this card for my Dads 70th Birthday Party. A gazillion years ago he was in the Marines, you know the saying, Once a Marine-Always a Marine. Well, that fits him.

He really liked the card, so I guess it was worth it. :-)

A big thanks to my Friend Jodi, for sending me the MC paper forever ago! I finally made my Dad something with it! :-)

Button Bear Birthdays

The Button Bear Birthday Party!

I made the 2 cards on the left for the two girls that car pool with Seth. Their birthdays are about a month a part, but there was no way I could make them different cards. ;) The card on the right I made for my Niece's 1st birthday.

This is the car pool version close up. Since the teddy and friends border was just a tad bit short, I cut out the portion under button bear and used it for the card below. I am frugal like that. ;)

This is Tory's card. I just couldn't resist putting

the sparkly 1st in the middle. :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Button Bear, Swirls & Blossoms, Teddy & Friends

Paper: Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose,

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Basic Brown;

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SU Materials Used:

Stamps: All Wrapped Up;

Paper: Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Wild Wasabi DP, Whisper White;

Ink: Basic Gray, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi

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I really like the way this card turned out! I am sending it to my sister-in-law for her birthday. Doesn't it look cheery? I love the sponged Square Lattice layer behind the flowers. It doesn't look like much in the picture, but I think it adds a lot in real life. ;) What do you think?

Layered inside:

SU Materials List:

Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Birthday Wish;

Paper: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Rose Red DP, Very Vanilla

Ink: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Garden Green

Other: Embossing Folders: Perfect Polka Dots, Square Lattice; 1/4" Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon

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I made this card for my nephew's 14th birthday. I am really getting old, how can he be 14 already?!? I cut out the monkey and popped him up on some dimensionals, I like the way the shadows hit the white space of the panel.

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Sock Monkey, Sock Monkey Accessories, Birthday Wish;

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Gray DP, Basic Black, Real Red, Pacific Point

Ink: Basic Gray, Real Red, Pacific Point

As always, thanks for stopping by!

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And the inside:

This cute little bear card went to a very sweet little girl from Seth's preschool class. I just can't get enough of that cute little bear with the paper pieced clothes. What do you think? Are you sick of her or should I keep making her?

SU Materials Used: Stamps: Beary Best Friends;

Paper: Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red;

Ink: Basic Brown, Wild Wasabi

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Can I just say, i am really liking the way the truck shadow turned out. Usually i am not a fan of my shadows, but for some reason I am really liking this one. ;)

My Friend, Chris, was nice enough to give the kids & I a lift to Girl Scout Camp in August. As usual, I was a few weeks late in my Thanks, but this is the card she -eventually- got. The Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler are quickly becoming favorites of mine.

What do you think? What is your favorite new ( or brought back) SU Color?

SU Materials Used: Stamps: Loads of Love, Riveting

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler;

Ink: Basic Gray, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler

Thanks, as always, for stopping by. :-)

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And the inside:

I made this for my niece's birthday. Is she really going to be 17?!? How did that happen? I think the present stamp from the monkey set help the inside- don't you?

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Birthday Wish, Sock Monkey Accessories;

Paper: Lovely Lilac, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink DP;

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray, Lovely Lilac;

As always, thanks for stopping by. :-)

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Unfortunately, I made this card for family friends who had to say goodbye to their sweet cat, Jasmine. I think the Marina Mist and Bashful Blue look awesome together. I used the sponge with Marina Mist on the Perfect Polka Dots. It looks much better in real life. ;)

SU Materials Used:

Stamps: Close as a Memory, Heartfelt Thanks

Paper: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla;

Ink: Marina Mist, Garden Green, Basic Brown;

Other: Scallop Trim Border, Dimensionals

Once again, thanks for stopping by. :-)

SC292~ Jodi's Card

Here is the sketch:Here is the card front:
And here is the inside:

Well, in case you don't know me very well, I am *always* late. This card was no exception. Actually for a little while in August I was doing pretty good, but then I forgot to turn the page of my perpetual calendar and Jodi's birthday snuck up on me! Seriously, it just jumped right out and of course she got the facebook "Happy Birthday", but that is not the same as getting happy mail, so about 2 weeks after her birthday I actually got her card made. I hope you liked it Jodi! (And you can still pretend every card is for you. ;) )

SU Materials: Stamps: Sweet Stems;

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Rose Red DP, DP, Pretty in Pink DP, Whisper White;

Ink: Olid Olive, Pretty in Pink:

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And here is my card:

My friend, Heather and I volunteered at Camp Tag-A-Long (Girl Scout Day camp) again this year. For the first time we were unit leaders- basically we got a group of 20 soon to be 2nd graders and went around to different centers. We were assigned 2 aides to help us out in our Unit. Since the theme was 'Where the Wild Things Are!' we were the Gray Elephant unit. I wanted to send a Thanks you note to one of our aides, Roadrunner, because she was a great aid! She helped us over the summer get ready for camp and she was super patient with the girls- and helped them out with their gimp. ;) I wanted to be sure and send her a Thank You card and as usual, I was late in getting it to her. Camp was the end of August and I didn't get this made until mid-September, but hopefully she will know how much we appreciated her help at camp.

SU Materials Used: Stamps: Zoo Fun Set, Thank You Kindly

Paper: Basic Gray, Basic Gray DP, Whisper White, Basic Black;

Ink: Basic Gray, Brillant Blue