happy birthday blog hop!!!!

Happy Birthday Ann!!!!!

It's a Birthday Blog Hop for Ann Kranitz!!!

You should have hopped here from Jodi's blog:

Stamping A Latte!

If not, the festivities all start at Karen's blog:

Paper Playhouse!

I put together a super bright and fun card for Ann's birthday!

Who can resist some MME?!  Oy..dontcha love the chippie bird and banner?

Ann and I are both on the Skipping Stones Design team...wondering where the SSD goodness is?

Check it out...this is the interior of Ann's card:

See that fun 'happy birthday' sentiment?  It is from an upcoming NEW Skipping Stones Design release...it's a sneakie peek:)

The orange twirly piece is chippie and the bloom by the sentiment?  Those are the pop outs from the twirly piece...aha..patting myself on the back for that one:)  topped it off with a Kaisercraft pearl.

My card was inspired by the Limelight Papercrafts sketch:

The sketch focus is CHIPBOARD...I love my chippies...

Happy Happy Birthday Ann!!!!!!!!

Now hop over to Brenda's at

Sweet Paper Treats!

{waving my hands} Hi Brenda!

A Big shout out to Karen for coordinating this Birthday Blog hop!!!!

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1 week countdown...

Can you believe that Christmas is in 1 week?

I have a couple more cards to send out and then I'm calling it good...I'll catch up with the other peeps on Valentines Day..LOL

I gotta admit that I'm pretty Christmas'd out in terms of cards but you may still see some this week...grrrr...the wind is totally blowing outside and I'm literally frantically trying to type up this blog post {another live posting} before the power goes out...

My first card is a bright and fun number:

I was determined to use one of my gazillion cuttlebug folders {thanks for the inspiration Sherry!}...I managed to achieve my goal:)

I used a couple different Skipping Stones Sets: 

Grunge 

Timeless Textures 

Funny Coffee vol #1

Did you see that Skipping Stones Design is sponsoring: 

OTWC#38

Ooohhh...love the colors, don't you?!!!

I used:

Stampin' Up Pink Passion Cardstock

Stampin' Up Green Galore Cardstock

Memento Lady Bug ink

I was sooo very inspired by Card Patterns #95:

I seriously just whipped up my card this morning...working against a coffee date dealio this morning too...I wanted to get my card and my post up before I leave for caffeine!

Here's a card I put together last night:

I like how it turned out...I did try to keep it as clean and crisp as I could...I was dying to cover up the base panel with another pattern from the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl line but decided not too.  See that fun ruffle?  I've had that 7Gypsies tape for-ever....I did some pleating action and zig zagged it down to the gingham panel.  I was stitching while talking to Darin on the phone...haha..multi-tasking at its best!

The sentiment is ala SRM..and woot woot...using my PTI dies again...trying to use what I have....which I have a ton:)

♥LOVE♥ FTL121:

I'll have to come back later with some CRAK's and my Awards....

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Inspired by "Go to Gal" Blog Hop!!!

Happy Monday!!!

I have to say one of my E.A.D Designs features is the "Go to Gal" Blog Hop!!!

{it officially starts at 10 am EST}

You should have hopped here from our wonderful December Guest Designer:

Andrea of My Stamping Heaven!

If not, you'll definitely want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the E.A.D Designs blog!

I'm thrilled to tell you that this month we have the spectacular Betsy Veldman joining us!!!!

I'm a HUGE fan of her gorgeous work...her attention to detail and her choices of colors are a-m-a-z-i-n-g...check out this Betsy beauty:
 

I was inspired by her overall design but rotated my card....:

I used the E.A.D Designs Merry n Bright/Color Stickerz as my focal point....it may look like an eggplant color but it really is a charcoal grey....I added pearls to the centers of 2 of the snowflakes for dimension.  The ric rac is velvet and the snowflakes are a sneak peek of a new Skipping Stones set that I inked up with PTI's Fresh Snow.

Here's another Betsy inspiration...isn't it gorgeous?  I love her use of patterned paper and collage-y style...

Here's my version...a hip shabby chic with the bold red flocked Making Memories paper....

What?  A non-holiday card?!  LOL...such a refreshing switch for me...I'm linking this to the Moxie Fab World All Occasion Challenge...

I've been LOVING the Saying Hello Sentiments Stickerz set...soooo versatile and fun...the blue brocade paper is flocked Making Memories, the bloom is Prima and a big woot woot for me...I finally cracked open my Lacey Circles Nesties and man, oh man...you guys are going to be seeing those puppies a ton...I even did some fun whimsical stitching on today's version:)

Thanks to Betsy for all the inspiration that she provides and for getting me to use my nesties:)

Okay, now hop on over to the fabbie Jenn of 

Double N Designs

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your friendship warms my heart...

Today's another fun day over here on my blog...it is the Skipping Stones Sassy Snow Release Blog Hop!

(it officially starts at 5 am PST)

You should have hopped over here from Laurel's blog:

Seabrook Designs

If not, you'll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Skipping Stones Design Blog!

Here's the FAB sketch by the November Sketch Artist, Shannan Teubner!

We're super happy to announce that the Christopher Pines Etsy shop is sponsoring our hop!

Check out her GREAT stuff...you'll want to leave a comment on each of the blogs for the hop, a random commentor will be drawn from each blog...they will each receive a give-a-way from Christopher Pines!  Commenting will be open until Sunday, November 21st @ 11:59 pm PST with the winner from my blog announced on Tuesday, November 23rd.

Here's my take on the sketch:

Isn't the snowman a-dorable?!  His facial expression screams pure joy...all the patterned paper is from Memory Box {thanks sherry!}...I even paper pieced his mittens and scarf.  The Design Team each received a goodie bag from Christopher Pines...mine was chock full of goodness...the ribbon bloom was part of the packaging....the ribbon is pale yellow VELVET...can you say delish?!

I had so much trim from Christopher Pines to work with...I cranked out another card, a scrapling...

This uses the Snowwoman...haha...at least she looks like a female:)....the velvet ric rac is from Christopher Pines....fun stuff!!!!  You gotta LOVE Skipping Stones Design sentiments...they always crack me up:)  I have been highly neglecting my CB folders so I knew I wanted to use one on this scrapling!  The patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather {for my Project-A-Day}.

Okay, now hop on over to Tamra's:

Always Inking!

**Skipping Stones Design News**

There is free shipping to celebrate the release of Sassy Snow...

There is also some specials going on for the following sets:

 Christmas Swirls
Fangs or Fur

 $11.99 each!

 If you buy both, you'll save a bundle because of the Free Shipping too!
Enter FREESHIP at checkout...this is good for one week

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How Delightful...

Woot Woot for Wednesday...half way through the work week...countin' down to the weekend!

I worked on a couple fun challenges...first up is this 'delightful' card:

The image is by Memory Box, shamefully I've had it for over a year and hadn't inked it up yet...it was perfect for the Embellish Color and Paper Piecing Challenge:

I used PTI Kraft, Stampin' Up So Saffron and Amy Butler papers. The How Delightful is from the Lawn Fawn. The seam binding tape was out of my scrap pile:)

Next up is a layout...I haven't scrapped in awhile...

Sorry for the icky pic...blues always throw off my pics...

The orange papers are from Echo Park Papers Halloween line...the blue paper is Pink Paislee..every paper panel has been stitched and hmmm....perhaps the glitter frame {maya road nakey chippie that I covered with Martha glitter} might be viewed as girlie but you know what? I don't care:) It adds some nice zing to the layout...the flair is actually MM...it's a brad...

I was thoroughly inspired by Teacher Jessy's current friendly challenge, this is the inspiration photo...I LOVE it:


I used sketch 205 over at Pencil Lines:

So have you had a chance to view all the fabbie cards for the Skipping Stones Designs 1st Annual Blogs 4 Boobies Blog Bounce {hop}...every card that is a part of the Bounce is up for a Silent Auction...all funds raised will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Here's my card:

The current high bid is (edited!!!) $20 by the oh-so-fabbie Julie Tucker-Wolek...woot woot sista!!!

I know that you all aren't opposed to some...added bonus if you are the highest bidder of my card....I'm adding this to the card:


Not only that...I'll MATCH the winning bid....come on ladies...do it for someone you love...do it for someone that is currently fighting breast cancer...do if for a survivor of breast cancer.....I'm doing it in Memory of my Aunt.

If you're interested in making a bid....pop over to my original blog post HERE...please don't leave a bid on this post...you'll need to go to my original post HERE.

Another way you can help in the fundraising efforts is to spread the word....the Bounce silent auction runs until Thursday @ 8 pm Mountain time....the $2 per stamp set donation will run through Thursday until midnight.

Just a reminder to pop over to the E.A.D Designs blog to see Jenn's She's Crafty:

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Happy Wednesday on Tuesday:)

Surfs Up!!!

This is a multi-tasking card:)

TONS of paper piecing on Sparkle Creations Surfing Oliver....He's been pieced with Cosmo Cricket Early Bird...the background is Cosmo Cricket Snorkel. Lots of stitching, some Making Memories alpha stickers and some mystery white twill that I found:)

Yvonne Yam over at Do more with less, has a challenge that ends tonight...hence my Wednesday post on Tuesday:) Her Guest Blogger, Sparkle Smith of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, issued a dream vacation challenge. Well, I was kind of liberal with that challenge...my boy had a BALL Paddle Board surfing in Hawaii last year so I knew that I wanted to use Surfing Oliver. Any beachy place is a dream vacation for us!
I'm also playing along with Sparkle's "anything travel" challenge over on her blog. Who wouldn't enjoy a tropical vacation?

My card is based on the oh-so-fun sketch over on Skipping Stones Design:
Okie Dokie peeps....thanks for stoppin' by!!!

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beachy keen...

Sharing a bunch of stuff this Saturday Morning...Here's a layout I put together:

You might recognize the pic from my trip down to Oregon last month. I tend to scrap with primarily black & white pics...there's a reason for that...I think that it is easier...I worry about coordinating colors etc...so when it came to this particular pic I was seriously struggling with it...I initially thought of using grey/navy but problem is, I don't have much in those colors...at all....so I took my hat and was inspired by the colors on that:)

All the paper is ala Echo Park...LOVE their stuff...a ton.

I was inspired by Twisted Sketch #63:

This week's twist is "Fold" - any how, any way!

So that's why I have that folded number on my page...it is held together with zig zag stitching ala vintage thread! Although it doesn't lay straight, I believe that is what gives the layout a whimsical feel:)

The canvas flower is Jillibean {patting myself on the back for not hoarding}, the buttons are PTI and the alpha is Thickers, of course:)

I Love this Life

{yes, I do!}

Next is a card using the Schlosser Designs Have A Tweet Day set:

All the patterned paper is Pink Paislee...I cut out the bird image...slapped on some Martha Glitter Glue and coated it with Martha Glitter! The pearls are by KaiserCrafts and the tiny bloom is vintage Prima:) Everything is nestled on a PTI Kraft base...

I've been loving the sketch challenges over on Skipping Stones Design:


Okay, I just wanted to share a couple more pictures from my recent mid-western vaca:) These were taken in a small, small, small town in Eastern Montana...I have 2 words for you:

Pitchfork Fondue:

I kid you not...it was pretty tasty:)

Check out their petite "elephant ears"...

I definitely had my taste of "small town living"....Could I ever live in a small town? I actually live in a small suburb of Seattle but the convenience of the access to big city happenings is something that I really enjoy:) Oh yeah, and I can't live without my Starbucks:)

Be on the lookout for my Blog Candy Slingings....bear with me since I'm also doing my Garage Sale this morning until 1 pm PDT :)

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every cloud...and friends...

Happy Saturday Peeps...lots to share with you today:)

First up is a fun K & Co Citronella card...

The sentiment is by A Muse...

I loved the sketch over at Skipping Stones and knew that I wanted to play...

Next up is a Bo Bunny filled card...

I was thrilled that the Sassafras button matched perfectly:) The sentiment is ala EAD Designs Stickerz. I used the same felt I used in the first card to make this lollipop flower:)

I love the Bo Bunny Sketch!

♥♥Blog Candy Alert♥♥

In celebration of MY birthday I'm slinging out Blog Candy to YOU!!!!

Why?

I am grateful for YOU...and want to thank YOU for all the fabbie support that I receive...you guys are thee best!!!

Here's the lowdown:

7Gypsies Artist Printers Tray (Here's mine!)

Creative Imaginations/Christine Adolph Chipboard Layered Sticker

Studio G Mini Cards & Envelopes

Studio G Clear Stamp Set

Basic Grey Clear Stamp Set

Hero Arts Cling Hello Stamp

Cuttlebug Houndstooth

DeNami Design Solid Decorative Crest

Cosmo Cricket Blackboard Vintage Mix

Pebbles Inc. Earthtone Chalk

Pebbles Inc. Shimmer Chalk

P.S. Basket not included...LOL

Okay, here are the deets....I'll keep the commenting open for the Blog Candy until tonight at 11:59 pm PDT. I'll announce the winner tomorrow...on my birthday:) This is open to my international friends too:)

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