CTD112 Happy Fall

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

I can't believe this is my last card for this month Color Throwdown ~ CTD112!!! Before I get going I want to thank Broni, Tammy, Barbara, Danielle, Kristin, Laura and LeAnne for inviting me to be there September guestie!!! I had so much fun and I was truly challenged each week...LOL..in a good way of course!!!

The CTD112 also has a special sponsor this week ~ Pixie Petals ~ I wish I could have played too, but my package didn't come yet :( .... make sure to check out this sweet store!!!

Well are you ready for another fun color challenge??? Here you go......

Here is my take on it....

I couldn't help myself I had to use the awesome PTI Falling Leave Set again.....I just love it!!!

The BG DP is from the Riding Hood Red Collection. I added some Olive Ribbon in the BG. The leaves were inked randomly. I also popped up some leaves on the bottom of my window. The window itself was created with the SU Top Note Die and the Large Circled Spellbinder Nestie. Of course I had to add my Silver Pearls too :) !!!

Make sure to check out the fabulous CTD Team ~ Barbara, Broni, Danielle, Kristin, Laura, LeAnne and Tammy !!

Have a wonderful day...I'll see you soon!!! Hugs ~S~

FTTC86 Home Tweet Home and more!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Did you all have a nice weekend??? Ours didn't turn out as quiet as I was hoping....our oldest daughter Sarah came down with the flu and had a very hard time breathing. I took her to the new Urgent Care Center here in town and they ended up giving her some cortisone pills and an inhaler so she can breath again. We had to rule out pneumonia and thank goodness she didn't have it. I totally forgot what a *BIG* baby she is when she is sick...LOL...thank goodness she doesn't get sick much!!! The medication and inhaler are working and she is on her way to recovery....yeah!!!

Afterall I did get a chance to make a card for this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ~ FTTC86. Matter of fact it's the end of the month again and that means we are having a Guest Designer. Please help us welcome Debbie Marcinkiewicz!!!! Debbie is challenging us create a card, project or gift set with a *fall/harvest* theme using these colors ~ Green, Brown, Orange/Russet, and Cream!!! Hope you have time to join us this week???

Here is my idea.....

I used one of my all time favorites Set ~ Home Tweet Home. All the required colors work perfectly with this Set :) !!! My cardbase is Classic Ivory. The images were inked in Memento Rich Cocoa and color with
these Copic Markers ~ YR07, YR01, E27, E00, YG91, YG67, G24, G0000 and Colorless Blender.  I added some *corrugated cardboard* in the BG and inked it up with the same Memento Rich Cocoa Ink. The awesome Mashed Ribbon was a great find up in Atlanta!!! My little birdhouse was tied down with some Brown Scrapper's Floss!!!  At last I added some piercing around the edges, the sentiment and the pearls.

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team ~  Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee, Maki and Debbie!!!

Remember you DO NOT have to use Flourishes images to play along...just get inky and play along!!!!

My card was also created for these challenges in mind:

4 Crafty Chicks ~ Celebrate Fall
Paper Sundaes #37 ~  Things with Wings
Meljens Designs #26 ~ Autumn Colors
Create for Card ~ Make a card with leaves
Spectacular Sunday Challenge #78 ~ Season Chance
Crafty Creations #86 ~ Fall Colors
ODBDSLC31 ~ Wing It
Flutter By Wednesday ~ All Winged Things

Have a wonderful day and I'll be back with my last Color Throwdown card tomorrow!!! Hugs ~S~

Curtain Call Act #49....Remember

Happy Sunday!!!

Hope you are enjoying your day so far?!? We are heading to church this morning and then I hope I get to play some of the challenges I have printed out from this past week :) ?!?

Today I'm happy to share the new Curtain Call Act #49 colors. I must admit even though these are beautiful colors I had a heck of a time putting them together!!! I guess, because I didn't have anymore Sahara Sand colors to add to my card...so I opted for some Crumb Cake colors instead.

Here is my take on it......

I thought this beautiful There She Goes Set called Poppies was perfect for today's color challenge!!! I bought this Set about 6 months ago and it's about time I inked it up!!!

The poppy image was inked in Memento Black and colored with these Copic Markers ~ R17, R27, V0001, R08, YG91, C1, E27, E37 and Colorless Blender. I decided to add some piercing and used my Crumb Cake Marker to create the *Faux Stitching*. The Black Laced Ribbon with the Pearl flowers in front is from Hobby Lobby and the Satin Pleat Ribbon is from Flourishes. I also embellished my card with the Large Scallop Border, some Black Pearls and Dazzling Diamond Glitter. 

Don't forget to checkout the Curtain Call Team:

                                     Christina MacLaren ~ Seaglass & Sentiments
                                     Jean Martin ~ Stampin' Scrapper
                                     Julie Lacey ~ Stamps & Taxes
                                     Laurel Seabrook  ~ Seabrook Designs
                                     Makiko Jones ~ MakInk Studio
                                     Monika Davis ~ M.A.D. Stamper
                                     Piali Biswas ~ Touch of Creation
                                     Stacey Schafer ~ Stacey's Stamping Stage
                                     Teresa Kline  ~ Enjoy the VA Sunshine

and our September Guest Designer, Vicki Dutcher ~ All I Do is Stamp.

Please post your Curtain Call creation using Mr. Linky over at Stacey's Stamping Stage!!!

My card was also made for these Challenges:

ODBDSLC31 ~ Wing It 
Flutter By Wednesday #123 ~ All Winged Things

Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by!!! I'll see you later!!  Hugs ~S~

Crazy4Challenges C4C56

Happy weekend everyone!!!

This past week really flew by way tooooo fast....(I think I'm saying this a lot lately)....yikes!!! I hardly had enough time to get my design commitments done, but nevertheless I kept my head above water...LOL!!!

Today I'm sharing a card for this weeks Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C56. This is Joycelyn's last round of hosting and I'm happy to tell you that I'll be hosting the upcoming October Challenges...yeah...all I'm saying is you don't want to miss it :)!!!

Anyway, Joycelyn came up with another fabulous idea for this weeks challenge...*ADD SOME BLING* to your card or project!!! I know...how fun is that...I think I actually went a little overboard...LOL!!!

Check out my super duper blinged up card.....

I've been dying to add this awesome Prima Bling Flourish to a card!!! I found this particular sparkle thingy at Hobby Lobby!!! My *Thank You* sentiment is from the Flourishes Many Sentiments Set. I inked it onto the PTI Fillable Frame Die #4 and I also used the dotted border from the Fillable Frames
# 4 Set. The Design Paper in the BG is from the BasicGrey Granola Collection. The border on the bottom was punched out with a Martha Stewart Punch.

Hope I have not blinded you tooooo much with this bling card...LOL??? Check out the rest of the C4C Team for their ideas ~  Angela, Barbara, Cindy, Frances, Jessie, Joanne, Joycelyn, Lynda, Maria, Silke K. and Tammy.

Have a fabulous weekend!!! I'll be back with my Curtain Call card :) tomorrow!!! Hugs  ~S~

Color Throwdown #111

Happy Day everyone!!!

Gosh it's already Wednesday...and I'm back to work. Mimi is doing much better thanks to the meds!!!
Thank you for all the sweet get well wishes for my little bugger!!! I'm so happy she is feeling better too!!!

I can't hardly believe it, but next week is my last week with Color Throwdown...time surely flies by fast!!!
Today's colors are awesome....are you ready for a challenge ....check them out!!! 

Here is my take on it.... 

I dusted off an older Verve Visual Set called Floral Whimsy. I started out with a River Rock card base. I topped it off with a scored White CS and some Pacific Point DP. My flowers were created with this 3-D Flower Die. The leaves are from a small SU Leave Die. I finished the card off with a large scalloped border, some piercing, the Pacific Point Ribbon, a matching SU Button, some White Scrapper's Floss and the large Halfback Pearls in the center of the flowers.

Make sure to check out the fabulous Color Throwdown Team ~ Barbara, Broni, Danielle, Kristin, Laura, LeAnne and Tammy !!

Have a wonderful day...I see you soon!!! Hugs ~S~

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday

Hello everyone!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend??? Ours was fun, but unfortunately our little Mimi got sick Sunday night with a high fever :( !!! We went to see the doctor yesterday and she was given antibiotics right away!!! Unfortunately all the funky diseases are floating around in our schools again and it was just a matter of time till we get it!!! At least I get to stay home with her and I'm able to work from home today...plus lots of snuggling times are in the forecast :) !!!

We have an easy Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge ~ FTTC85 going on this week!!! Dee is the challenge host and she is challenging us to create a *CELEBRATION* card!!! Celebrate anyway you like! You can choose any theme ~ baby, birthday, friendship, holiday, or come up with you own reason to celebrate! Hope you come and play along!!!

Now that I'm working in a large office I need tons of *birthday cards*!!! Matter of fact October is another busy one!!!

I used the beautiful sunflower image from the Sunflowers Set. The sentiment is from the Many Sentiments Set. The sunflower was inked in Memento Black and colored with Copic Markers ~  Y15, Y17, Y19, Y35, E27, E37, E39, E47, G24, YR19, R27 and Colorless Blender.  I added two different DP's from the PinkPaislee Collection. According to some of the extra challenges I played I added some *Faux Stitching*. The awesome Lace Ribbon in the BG was given to me by my friend Judy.  I topped the card off with some piercing, Dazzling Diamond Glitter and some Chocolate Pearls.  

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team ~  Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee and Maki!!!

Here some fun ideas I've added to my card :
Stampin' Royalty #37 ~ Stitching
Secret Crafter #101 ~ Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' #44 ~ Stitching
Scrappekammeret #15 ~ Use two different kind of DP's and stamped text
Stempel Maggie #19 ~ Autumn Colors
Paper Sundaes #36 ~ Fall Colors
Totally PaperCrafts  #34 ~ Happy Birthday

Have a fabulous week and as always thank you for stopping by!!! Hugs ~S~

Curtain Call Act 48 Autumn Leaves

Happy Sunday you all!!!

I'm so thrilled that our GSU Volleyball Team won the Invitational Championship last night...yeah!!! They fought so hard and deserve this awesome honor!!! GO EAGLES!!!

In between all the volleyball action the last couple of day I created this card for today's Curtain Call Act #48. Stacey, just knows how to keep a big smile on my face with her fabulous color combos :) !!! Check out this weeks colors I know you will love them too...........

Here is my take on it...

I couldn't help it and had to ink up my poor neglected new Papertrey Ink ~ Falling Leaves. I thouhgt it was perfect for this color combo :) !!!

The DP in the BG is from the Rich Razzleberry Collection. The branch was inked in Wild Wasabi and the leaves were inked randomly with the rest of the Curtain Call colors. Before I inked the images up I decided to add some piercing and some scoring on the side. The sentiment was inked in Rich Razzleberry. I added a matching SU Button and tied it off with some White Scrapper's Floss that I colored with a Rich Razzleberry Marker.

Don't forget to checkout the Curtain Call Team:

                                     Christina MacLaren ~ Seaglass & Sentiments
                                     Jean Martin ~ Stampin' Scrapper
                                     Julie Lacey ~ Stamps & Taxes
                                     Laurel Seabrook  ~ Seabrook Designs
                                     Makiko Jones ~ MakInk Studio
                                     Monika Davis ~ M.A.D. Stamper
                                     Piali Biswas ~ Touch of Creation
                                     Stacey Schafer ~ Stacey's Stamping Stage
                                     Teresa Kline  ~ Enjoy the VA Sunshine

and our September Guest Designer, Vicki Dutcher ~ All I Do is Stamp.

Please post your Curtain Call creation using Mr. Linky over at Stacey's Stamping Stage. Have a wonderful  day and thank you for stopping by!!! I'll see you again on Tuesday!!!  Hugs ~S~

C4C55 and more!!!

Happy weekend everyone!!!

Hope you have something fun going on??? The girls and I are going to see some more volleyball games at our local University!!! It's a big weekend!!! We already won a game on Thursday night as well as last night....yeah...GO EAGLES!!!

Just in case you are feeling crafty...come and play the Sketch Joycelyn has created for this weeks Crazy 4 Challenge ~ C4C55 !!! Check it out......

Here is my take on it....I flipped the Sketch sideways!!!

I coudn't resist playing in this weeks IC250 ~ Garnett Hill. Once I saw the Garnett Hill shopping site I immediately knew I wanted to ink up my new PI Sets called ~ Being Cute Is What I Do. I simply chose the Kids Clothing Site for my inspiration and changed the colors to this weeks CQC50.

I also played along in this weeks CBC100 ~ B-Themed Embellishements!!! I used a Button, Brown Pearls, Bow, *Birthday* themed card.

My PI girl was inked in Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copic Markers ~ G24, G14, E47, R39, R22, YR07 and Colorless Blender. The BG was embossed with this dotted Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I also scored on each side of the dotted sides and finished the card off with some Ribbon, Button, Scrap Floss, Pearls and the birthday sentiment.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the CrazyTeam for their take on the Sketch ~ Angela, Barbara, Cindy, Frances, Jessie, Joanne, Joycelyn, Lynda, Maria, Silke K. and Tammy.

Have a fabulous weekend...see ya again tomorrow with my Curtain Call card :)!!! Hugs  ~S~

CTD110 Happy Birthday

Happy Wednesday!!!

Are you ready for some awesome colors??? Check out today's Color Throwdown #110......

Here is my take on it.....

I used the beautiful SU Because I Care Set. I inked the hydrangea in Memento Black and colored it with Copic Markers ~ C1, C3, V000, RV000. I also used a Blender Pen and added some Rich Razzleberry Ink in the center of the blooms. Next I added some Dazzling Diamond Glitter, the Basic Gray Satin Ribbon and the Silver Pearls. Before I forget...the layout is from the OCCSC32 Sketch.

Please make sure to swing by the fabulous CTD ladies ~ Barbara, Broni, Danielle, Kristin, Laura, LeAnne and Tammy to see their ideas today!!!

Have a wonderful day...I see you later!!! Hugs ~S~

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Did you all have a nice weekend??? Ours went by way to toooooo fast!!! I thought I am coming down with a cold, but thank goodness I rested enough and I'm just a little stuffed up.

If you have some time come and join us for this weeks Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge ~ FTTC84!!! Barbara is hosting and she is challenging us to the *SPOTLIGHT TECHNIQUE*!!! Here is a link to a spotlight tutorial  over at SCS. Hope you'll give it a try?!? Remember you do not have to use Flouirshes images to play along, but if you own Flourishes Stamps it would be nice if you would use them :) !!! Can't wait to see your ideas!!!

Here is my take on it..........

I used a little sneak peek from the upcoming September Release!!!  This Set is called Fuchsias in Bloom. I know some of our customers this beautiful Set already thru the Flip Program...but it will be introduced to the rest of the world with this weeks Release. Make sure to follow the Flourishes newsletter!!!

Anyway, I used the layout from this weeks SSS73 Sketch. The colors I used are Kraft, Melon Mambo and Black. The image was inked in Memento Black and colored with Copic Markers ~ V0000, RV19, Y19, G24 and Colorless Blender.  The DP is from the SU Melon Mambo Collection. The card was embellished with some piercing, embossing, some Black Ribbon and a matching Button.

Check out ~ Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee and Maki's take on the challenge!!!

My card is also for these challenges:

Gingerloft ~ Anything Goes
Southern Girls ~ Anything Goes
Scrappekammeret # 14 ~ Anything Goes
Timbroscrapmania #10 ~ Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings ~ Add flower and ribbon
Totally Gorjuss ~ Add flowers

Thank you for stopping by today....hope you come back tomorrow for another card :) !!! Hugs ~S~

Curtain Call #47 Miss You

Happy Sunday everyone!!!

It's another fun round here at the Curtain Call Challenge!!! Stacey has chosen some fun rich colors this time around...check them out and we hope you have time to join us!!!

Here is my idea.....

I think this retired SU Branch Out Set is one of my old time favorites amongst a 100 more...LOL!!!  If you own this Set you know what I'm talking about :) !!!

The DP is from the new SU Elegant Soiree Collection. The tree, swing, bird house and sentiment were inked in Early Espresso. The boots and leaves were inked in Always Artichoke and I randlomly added some Crumb Cake leaves as well. I really love the look of these rich colors!!! To finish the card off I added some matching Brown Satin Ribbon, the Brown Pearls and the Button.

Need more inspiration check out the rest of the Curtain Call Team:

                                     Christina MacLaren ~ Seaglass & Sentiments
                                     Jean Martin ~ Stampin' Scrapper
                                     Julie Lacey ~ Stamps & Taxes
                                     Laurel Seabrook  ~ Seabrook Designs
                                     Makiko Jones ~ MakInk Studio
                                     Monika Davis ~ M.A.D. Stamper
                                     Piali Biswas ~ Touch of Creation
                                     Stacey Schafer ~ Stacey's Stamping Stage
                                     Teresa Kline  ~ Enjoy the VA Sunshine

and our September Guest Designer, Vicki Dutcher ~ All I Do is Stamp.

Please post your Curtain Call creation using Mr. Linky over at Stacey's Stamping Stage. Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for stopping by today :) !!! I'll see you again on Tuesday!!!  Hugs ~S~

C4C54, IC249 Friend

Happy weekend everyone!!!

Hope you have something fun planned??? I think I'll take some extra naps this weekend and recuperate from this past week....working full-time again is kickin' my fanny :) !!! So much to do so little time!!!

Anyway, I'm here to show off my card for this weeks C4C Challenge ~ C4C54. Joycelyn is still our host and she has cooked up with this fabbo color combo for us to try!!! Hope you'll get inky and play along??? 

Here is my take on it....

My card was inspired by this weeks IC249 ~ Cost Plus World Market!!! I love that store and all the fun items they carry...I'm so lucky we have a store down in Savannah :) !!! I ran with these iron butterflies as I was able to incooperate them onto my *Hinged Card*.

The Stamp Set I used is from the SU Great Friend Set. The DP is from the Red Riding Hood Collection. The top of the Kraft CS was punched out with the Scallop Edge Punch. I added a new SU Antique Brad for the *hinge*. The card was finished off with some scoring, Black Pearls and the Black Satin Ribbon.

Please check out the CrazyTeam for all the samples ~ Angela, Barbara, Cindy, Frances, Jessie, Joanne, Joycelyn, Lynda, Maria, Silke K. and Tammy.

Have a wonderful weekend!!! See ya again tomorrow with my new Curtain Call creation!!! Hugs ~S~

MTME Final September Project!!!

Happy Thursday!!!

The entire MTME Team is showing off their last September Release project today. Lauren has asked us to show off the awesome Homemade Card and Envelope © Cut File.

Before I tell you all about it, I decided with a heavy heart to step down from the MTME Team. I know...I can't believe it myself!!! My new boss told me he will need me full-time for awhile and I won't have time to create all the fabulous projects Lauren has designed in the future. After all, she deserves someone that puts their whole heart and soul into it and I just can't do it right now. I hope you'll keep stopping by to see me regardless?!? I also want to *thank* Lauren for allowing me to design for her...Lauren and the MTME ladies are super sweet and I will follow their journey from here on out!!!         

Back to my card....I had to create a quick *thank you* card for a friend of mine and it was the perfect way to show off this sweet house card!!! Since I couldn't decide on any colors I decided to go for my favorite color combo ~ Black, White and Red!!!

Here is my idea..........

My roof was created with one of the Digi Papers from the Custom Construction Materials © Collection. The *Coffee House* image on the front of my card is from the Color Me Pretty Collection called Simply Sensational Shoppes ©.....it was simply printed out and attached...no stampin' involved!!! Lauren has a video tutorial on her blog on how to use this Digi Paper ......you can see it here!!!

For the inside, I quickly created a little pocket for a Gift Card. I inked up the label with the sentiment from the Sign It © Set and decorated it with some Silver Pearls.....voila!!!

Now it's time to check out all the sweet MTME friends ~  Lauren, Katie, Kristin,Lesa, Pam,
Stephanie, Tracey, Dawn, Tammy and Lisa!!!

Thank you all for stopping by today...I'll be back on Saturday with my C4C card!!! Hugs ~S~

CTD109 Thank You

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

I survived my first day of work yesterday...yeah!!! It was super fun!!! I really have to count my blessings...I'm working with some wonderful people!!!

It's been a fast moving week.....it's already time for another Color Throwdown Challenge ~ CTD109. This weeks colors are *WOW* and I hope you have time to play along with us!!! Check them out....

I have done some different from my ususal White CS style and I kinda like it :)......

I dug out my beautiful SU Elements of Style Set and colored it with the Melon Mambo and Pear Pizzazz Ink. I actually used my SU Blender Pen for a chance to create this look. I almost forgot how fun it is to color with these pens :) !!! I don't have the Daffodil Delight CS yet and replaced it with So Saffron, but added some Daffodil Delight color inside the rose image with the SU Marker. The Tempting Turquoise CS was embossed with the SU Texture Folder and I also added a matching SU Button to the Ribbon. I finished the card off with some ink distressing, some Dazzling Diamond Glitter and  Silver Pearls :). Can't find any Silver Pearls in your area...check out my friend Judy's new store....right HERE!!!

Don't forget to stop by the CTD blog for all the fabulous samples or stop by ~ Barbara, Broni, Danielle, Kristin, Laura, LeAnne and Tammy blog to see their posts close up!!!


Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by today!!! Hugs ~S~

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday!!!

Happy day!!!

Today I'm officially starting my day in the workforce!!! I'm soooooo excited!!! Hope it goes well?!?

While I'm away...check out the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge ~ FTTC83!!! This week Betty is our host and she is challenging us to use *TICKETS* on our cards. You can use actual store bought tickets or create your own, or come up with ways to create a ticket look with your focal image, card base, or sentiment. We would love to see what you create!!!!

My card is also for the Flourishes Birthday Bash that is still going on....you can read all about it right here!!! Happy Birthday Flourishes!!! I'm so blessed to be part of this amazing company!!!  

Here is my take on it...........

I ran with the ticket look as my focal point :) !!! The sentiment speaks volume and it is so fitting for the birthday bash. Flourishes adds so much love to there stamps and I think it shows everytime when I see a new Set!!!  The sentiment is from the Flip Exclusive Set ~ Fuchsia in Bloom. The layout is from the OCCSC31 Sketch. My BG Paper is from the SU Welcome Neighbor Collection. I added a panel of Pear Parfait, a small paper dollie and two more Spellbinder Circles.  My sentiment panels were punched out with the SU Ticket Corner Punch. At last I added the Cotton Laced Ribbon, the Silver Pearls and the Prima Flowers.

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team ~ Barbara, Betty, Cindy, Dee and Maki!!!

I also made this card with these challenges in mind:

The Shabby Tea Room #26 ~ Tag you are it
Stamp & Create #5 ~ Add Pearls and Gems
Crafty Den Anything Goes Challenge ~ Say it with flowers
Pile it On ~ Pile on the Layers (I made 7 layers...can you believe it..???)
Fab'n Funky Challenge #38 ~ Living in a Material World

Thank you for stopping by today...we hope you have time to play along!!! Hugs ~S~