Sweet Birthday Wishes- CR84FN66

Good Sunday afternoon. Created a card for the CR84FN color challenge that's ending soon. You have until Wednesday, I believe, to make a card using gray, tan, and cream.

Here's my card

The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse stamps-Compact Sentiments. Fishtail flags were created with a die from MFT as well as those flowers. Love MFT dies!! Middle panel was embossed and added a little stitching around the largest oval nestie.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today is laundry day for me and catching up a little on the internet. My visiting blogs was about nil last week due to busy life so hoping to rectify that tonight {in between the laundry}.

Yesterday hubs and I went to the Flea Market Extravaganza that is held twice a year. Lots of interesting things but, the prices were a bit high. Big puschase of the day was a "tomato" knife. I have one and love this thing and haven't been able to find a spare. Now, he did take me to lunch and even went on a Michaels run!! I do a lot of anitquing when I visit my family in Indiana and there a couple of fun shops around here so, I'm waiting for better bargains!!

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Hold Christmas In Your Heart- ISSC40

It's Friday morn' and time for another I Spy sketch!! Y'all created fabulous cards last week.... keep 'em coming!! This is the sketch challenge where we look for YOUR cards for Inspiration!!

ISSC40 is by Julie H. (Juble at SCS) and is inspired by this card.

Now... I want to make clear that when you see the sketch the middle oval panel does have weaving and I just wanted to try it but, if you aren't in the mood... that's good... definitely not required!!

I did my weaving with some older SU silky ribbon on a piece of cardstock {horizontal layers on the left margin with sticky tape}. Had to play with the ribbon a little to get it to lay right. Adhered an oval border and trimmed the outside. I cut another oval border and layered that on top. There may be a tutorial in blog land somewhere with a technique much easier. Stamped one of my fav images from Waltzingmouse Stamps Santa Is Coming To Town, fussy cut, and popped on top. The sentiment is from Walzingmouse Stamps Compact Sentiments, embossed in white, and layered with SU punches. The white background panel needed a little sumthin' so I sprayed some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. Added a big ole' bow-- love these things and every once in a while the urge hits!

Here's the sketch

Remember you are not required to weave... I did because I wanted to try it!! So.....have fun and get to Stampin!! Make a card using the sketch - and link it up.... we'd LOVE to see what you create!! Make sure and stop by the blog to see what the other Special Agents created-serious creativity and inspiration!!

Thinking of the Northeast this week... what a tremendous challenge moving forward after Hurricane Sandy. I lived in Charlotte when Hurricane Hugo came through and we had challenges but, I think we were lucky to not have as much of a dense population/geographic area in the path from the coast to us. We had neighborhood grilling/sharing food/sharing power/sharing rides/finding gas/water etc. When I think of the damage we had here, so far inland, trees down- power out for days/weeks for some, gas shortages etc.--I'm speechless {some would find that amusing at my house} about the devastation in NJ/NY and surrounding areas... My thoughts and prayers go out for everyone struggling through this... and my heart swells when I see pics of those with power offering to charge batteries on phones, food, etc. etc. Those may be simple things compared to larger rescue efforts but, those are things that matter too and they DO make a difference in this world. Sorry, I guess I had to "get that out"!!

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Seasons Greetings--WMSC121

Another weekly post of a card for the Waltzingmouse sketch challenge. This week the sketch was created by Jeanne Jachna- WOOT WOOT!!




















I inked up one of the nutcrackers from Waltzingmouse's Nutcracker Sweet and colored with copics. Sentiment is from this set also. Added some music bars {dang, I know this isn't the right phrase, I played the piano for years when I was young but, for the life of me I'm blank} from Waltzingmouse's Musical Backgrounds on the blue panel. Added some ribbon from the Ribbon Carousel and gold halfback pearls from Pizzazz APlenty. Another Christmas card done.

Quick post- my hubs is getting overwhelmed with the trick-or-treaters.... I need to go help!!

PS.. Waltzingmouse {click on bolded text for the link} has sneek peaks going on now for a release this Friday.... wonderful stuff, just sayin'!! All the DT cards have been fabulous... I've looked but, not time to comment... busy week!!

PSS... was in such a hurry to help hubs with the trick-or-treaters I forgot to add Jeanne's WMS sketch.


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glad tidings!!

The Christmas card creating is under way at my house!! It's almost here... can you believe it!! Have you started shopping... I haven't bought the first thing... Yikes!! Usually by now, I have a list... have bought some stocking stuffers or something- this year- no list... no stuffers!

I DO have another Christmas card done though... working on the Verve weekly sketch challenges.

Used some papers from MME All is Bright and played with Stampendous Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel... fun!! The snowflakes are from Verve's Glad Tidings and the smaller two were die cut using Verve's Snowflake Tidings die, the largest was "fussy cut". Added a sentiment from Glad Tidings to finish.

Here's the week 4 sketch... just a little note- if you make a card using all the month's sketches and post on SCS- you could be in the running for a big ole' prize. Click on SCS for the information.

Busy Sunday for me... and it's starting to get chilly... we expected weather changes... certainly thankful we aren't farther up the coast!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend!!

Thank You--ISSC39!

It's Friday morn' and time for another I Spy sketch!! Y'all created fabulous cards last week.... keep 'em coming!! This is the sketch challenge where we look for YOUR cards for Inspiration!!

ISSC39 is by Maureen Plut ( at SCS) and is inspired by this card. I totally love this card and should be ashamed to admit that I really CASEd it versus just using the sketch... what can I say!?!?

Mine is a "titch" more spring oriented versus fall though! Used the same PTI Harvest Berries and coordinating dies. I kept myself from using the PTI edger die that Moe used and... I got a little bit carried away with the Harvest Berry Die but, honestly... Love it!! Sentiment is another fav from Verve's Lean On Me stamped on Verve's embossed oval.

Here's the sketch.... lots of possibilites for interpretation {MHO}

So.....have fun and get to Stampin!! Make a card using the sketch - and link it up.... we'd LOVE to see what you create!! Make sure and stop by the blog to see what the other Special Agents created-serious creativity and inspiration!!

Hope you are having a wonderful Friday and wishing you a fabulous WE!! 

Thanks for stopping by!! Appreciate all the kind words!!
Ingredients
Stamps: Harvest Berries {PTI}, Lean On Me {Verve}
Paper: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla {SU}, Ms. Caroline Howdy Dowdy {MME}
Ink: Soft Suede {SU}, Versamark
Accessories: Harvest Berry die {PTI}, Embossed Oval {Verve}, gold pearls {Pizzaz APlenty}, ribbon {SU} Clear Embossing Powder {Recollections}, Stitching