thankful...

Happy Sunday!!!

Today is 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday!!!

This week we have the fabbie returning Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps as our Sponsor!!

Here's the sketch for today:

I had so much fun with the sketch...

The card base is PTI kraft, all the paper is Imaginisce Apple Cider...the leaf stamp is Prickley Pear...the thanks is thickers....do you see all the Kaiser Craft pearls?

Here's a bonus Prickley Pear tag project using, yup, Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather!

The tag base is black....the Cosmo Cricket panel has a very subtle pattern...I masked the Prickley Pear quote and then stamped Prickley Pear Ornament Bunch image.  I also added some Kaiser Crafts bling...

I hope that you'll join us in the Sketch Challenge...remember to check out the Prickley Pear store...it is chock full of fun stuff....

Thanks to Prickley Pear for their generosity to the Design Team!!!

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Give Thanks..

Hello and Welcome to the New E.A.D Designs Fall Harvest Color Challenge!

Check out this gorgeous color combo:

We got to play with the new Fall Harvest Stickerz!

These stickerz would be great for cards OR layouts...I decided to go the tag/card route:

My patterned paper is a combo of Stampin' up and Imaginisce...boy I was making my little Janome work last night...I stitched the tag and the rust paper...don't know if you can tell but I layered an acetate panel onto the rust paper and stitched it down...I topped the tag off with Stampin' Up striped grosgrain and the acetate panel with a bunch of PTI buttons and Kaiser pearls...

I hope you'll play with us over at E.A.D Designs!  The challenge runs through October 28th...everyone that plays gets 25% off their E.A. D Designs order and 1 random winner will receive a $20 Gift Card to the store!  Sounds like a great deal to me!!!

Make sure you check out what the other E.A.D Design Geeks created: 

Amy C  Jenn  Joanna  Stephanie  and our October Guest:  Julie Tucker-Wolek!

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h-e-l-l-o....

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Hello & Happy Saturday!!!

I have a little card for you tomorrow...with the Hero Arts Big Owl:) This card is 5.5 inches square...

See all the wonderful paper? Joy RAK'd it to me, it is Imaginisce Apple Cider..totally CUTE!!! ::Thanks sooo much JOY:: I need to take a pic of the goodies she sent and her fabbie card...

See the banner? I used my new banner punch that I picked up at Impress...did you notice the orange bling on the tips of the banners and the orange stitching? The alpha is ala Lawn Fawn...

Will this fit the Moxie Fab World Offset Scallop Gallop challenge? Check out all those scallops on the owlie:) Don't you worry...I'll be back with my cards for the Moxie Challenge..I have tons of ideas swirlin' around in my crafty brain:)

I was inspired by my bloggie buddie Angie's bonus sketch over on 2s4y:

::vaca pics::

Here are a couple more pics from my trip up to B.C. last weekend...Honestly, the Peace Arch Park which is in Blaine, WA has thee most beautiful grounds...it is the border crossing into Douglas, BC..

I happened to catch this sweet little girl crossing over the bridge...just snapped the photo before her mother rushed into my shot..

Rituals...I love them...I crave them...I find them calming....

Yup, that's the door to the Starbucks closest to our North Vancouver hotel...

That's it for today...I'll be back tomorrow with my 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday Card...and a couple pics of RAKs....

Thanks for stoppin' by!

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holiday cheer...

I hope that I'm not scaring you away with yet another Holiday card...I know some peeps might be getting sick of them but I haven't...I love seeing what everyone out in bloggieland is creating for the holiday's.

I love CP42...

I really enjoy designing with coordinating/contrasting patterned paper. The green papers are American Crafts and the pink is KI.

Isn't that cocoa mug image a-dorable??? It is an Imaginisce image....speaking of Imaginisce...did you see their new DT? My Get Sketchy buddy Shemaine and 365 Cards Alum Tammy are both on it!!!

Psstttt...the marshmallows are glitter'licious!

btw-I did some woot woot'ing yesterday...check out the Caardvarks and Cosmo Cricket linkies...I create because I enjoy it...it's theraupetic...being recognized for it is icing on the cupcake!

I bet everyone is busy getting ready for T-Day tomorrow:) I'm lucky...we're having dinner at my Mom's and I'm in charge of a salad and I'm bringing a dessert...I have yet to make a turkey..LOL..Long, long time ago, I ventured and made Cornish Game Hens...that's another story...my family went home hungry because the studio apt that I was living in at the time had a tiny oven...I think everyone was able to partake in 1/3 of a hen...bahahaha...my brother still brings up the fact that he had to stop by some drive thru because he was still hungry. It's amazing how certain comments/situations 'stick with you'....now if I make dinner for peeps I tend to go overboard and make enough to feed an army.

I grew up in a household where Thanksgiving wasn't a huge dealio...New Years Day is much bigger...The family gets together and we eat tons and tons of Japanese food..love it! My favorite part is hearing all the family stories...I love hearing stories when my Mom was younger...she grew up in Japan...came to the good 'ole USA when she was in high school...that's where she met my Dad. {Unfortunately my Dad passed away in 1999, a non-smoker that died of Lung Cancer...sigh.} My Uncle is a fantastic story-teller..he was a banker all his life....you'd never know it when you become so engrossed in his animated stories.

Anywho's, I'm hoping to make these Red Velvet Cupcakes ala Amy Butler's Mom's recipe. We'll see how motivated I am...cripes the line at the grocery store may just scare me off..BUT I managed to pick up thee cutest wire cupcake holder at a g-sale at the end of the summer...I want to use that puppy:)

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