Candy Day

**** Scroll down to see my giveaway under the title National Coffee Day. It ends tonight at midnight PST***

Here's another Halloween card I made a few days ago. I am LOVING this set from Pink by Design! I highly recommend being a stamp of the month member. You can find out more information about it here.


Details:
Recollections black
scraps
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins stack
Pink by Design - Ghostly Greetings & Guess Who?

Sketch:
Card Patterns #134

Link Parties:
Blue Cricket Designs
Just a Girl
Joyful Stamper

National Coffee Day

Today is National Coffee Day!!!! And since I haven't been posting much...

How about a giveaway? This will be a short one. You have until tomorrow at midnight (PST) and I'll announce the winner on Saturday morning.

Oh wait! Don't you want to know what you'll win? How about a $10 Starbucks card.

All you have to do is leave a comment here on what your plans for the weekend are.

My brother flies in from CO tomorrow so we're going to be hanging out with family.

Beary Merry Christmas

I'm loving this new set from Pink by Design. Aren't these polar bears adorable?

Details:
DCWV Christmas Combo
Pink by Design "Beary Merry Christmas"
twine
Black embossing folder

Halloween Delights

This is my second post tonight. This one took a little thinking trying to figure out the size of the layers but once that was done, it was super fun to put together. The layer size is 3.75x2.5 for all three layers.

Details:
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins
Pink by Design - Ghostly Greetings & Cute Halloween
Glitter Gem

Challenge:
Mojo Monday - sketch (I'm too late to link but here's the link for the sketch)

Link Parties:
I Heart Naptime
You Had Me At Craft

Autumn Wishes

This is the first of two posts tonight. I love this card! The colors turned out so well.

Details:
Just Because Cards 5"
Doodlecharms - bucket 1", apples 0.5"
DCWV Harvest Gathering Matstack
Recollections kraft & chocolate
scraps
Pink by Design "Bountiful Blessings"

Challenges:
More Than Favors - Fall Theme
Cooking with Cricut - Fall Colors
Tattered Time - Pop Up Neighborhood (I don't have this so I took the truck & the bucket)

We're Growing!!!!!

I figured it's about time I let you in on a little secret...

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!!!

We've had two ultrasounds and it appears that there's only one baby in there.
I'm showing a lot sooner than I did with Carver but that's expected from what I've heard.

Due April 6, 2011

July 21, 2011

7 weeks

12 weeks (yesterday)

Birthday Brew

This is a copy of a card I made back in August. I loved the layout and colors so I made some more with a different sentiment. (The original was a belated birthday.) I also made one with blue instead of white layers for a friend's birthday.

Details:
Pink by Design - Perk Up & Make it a Venti
Bazzill Mud Pie
Recollections white & kraft
*DCWV Blue #2 (no picture)
button
twine

Link Parties:
Blue Cricket Designs
The Idea Room
You Had Me At Craft

Baby It's Cold Outside

Here's another Christmas card I made last week. I really like how this one turned out. I used Card Patterns sketch #132 (linking is closed now). I will probably use this sketch again. It was really quick and simple.


Details:
Jolly Holidays 1.75"
DCWV Christmas Combo
Core'dinations Evergreen
scraps
ribbon
stickles (kind of hard to see)
Pink by Design "Christmas Wishes"

You Keep me Grounded

Since I'm a stamp of the month member at Pink by Design, I got this freebie with my September set. I'm in love with these two stamps!!!

Details:
Pink by Design "Coffee Grinder"
Core'dinations Coffee
My Minds Eye Always Floral/brown
scraps
Fiskars in stitches punch

Challenge:
Peachy Keen - sketch

Wishing You a Christmas Wrapped in Joy

Here's one of the first Christmas cards I've made so far. It's hard for me to get into the spirit of Christmas when I'm having a hard time transitioning into fall. Especially since we had maybe two weeks total of summer this year. And never more than 4 days at a time. :(

This card turned out super cute and I love all the kraft paper. I'm thinking about wrapping all my presents in kraft paper this year. But then I also need to use up all my regular paper. We'll see what happens. :)


Details:
Winter Frolic 2.75"
Recollections kraft & chocolate
DCWV Christmas Combo
Celebrate it ribbon
scraps
Pink by Design "Christmas Wishes"

Challenges:
More Than Favors - Live Simply cartridge (I don't have this so I took the mouse from Winter Frolic instead)
OWH Stars & Stamps - sketch

Got Candy?

As soon as I got the September stamp of the month from Pink by Design, I had to play with it. Aren't they just adorable??? There's a bunch of other costumed little ones and a few words including this sentiment.

Details:
Pink by Design "Guess Who?"
Recollections black
Core'dinations Guava & Boysenberry
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins
circle punch (yellow)

Challenge:
My Creative Time - cricutless / purple, orange, green & black

Link Parties:
Joyful Stamper
Patches of Pink
I Heart Naptime

Birthday Buffalo

Today is my dad's birthday. His friend raises bison and my dad has always liked them so this card was easy for me to think up. I used the sketch from Wacky Wednesday over at More Than Favors for my layout of the card. The dictionary page is actually from a dictionary that I picked up at Goodwill. I just went to the page that had all the celebrate words and cut it out. :)

Details:
Birthday Bash 3.75"
Core'dinations - Deep Navy & Jet Stream
scraps
DCWV Celebration Stack
Dictionary
Fiskars Shake Cutter - circle (I don't use this nearly enough.)
Pink by Design "Take the Cake"

Challenge:
More than Favors - sketch

Paper Playtime Ch#55

Today is another challenge over at Paper Playtime. This challenge is to make an easel card. Since I forgot to make my dear hubby a birthday card I decided to make this card for him. He'd never seen an easel card before (I don't know if I've actually made one) and he LOVED it! :)

Head on over to Paper Playtime to see what all the rest of the great design team came up with. :)

Details:
Create a Critter 4"
Core'dinations Guava
Recollections kraft
DCWV The Green Stack
Pink by Design "Woodland Critters"
EK Success leaf border punch
twine

Challenges:
Crafting for all Seasons - birthday

Get Well Mushrooms

Here's a random card I made. I have loved these mushrooms but haven't cut them until now. I really kinda like how this card turned out. :) I used Card Patterns sketch #131 as a jumping off point.

Details:
Freshly Picked 3.75"
Core'dinations - Jetstream & Deep Navy
DCWV The Green Stack
scraps
Pink by Design "Scripted Year"
Fiskars threading water punch
buttons

Thank You Tree

Hey! Remember me? I've been gone for awhile. We were back in my hometown Thursday-Tuesday for the county fair and rodeo. Our rodeo is at the end of a major circuit so a lot of the winners go on to the finals in Las Vegas. Carver LOVED the fair and I'll get some pictures up later.

Here's the last card of my backlogged cards. I haven't had much time to craft in the last week or so, so I'm hoping to get a lot of crafting in today and tomorrow.

Details:
Straight from the Nest 4"
Recollections kraft
Colorbok Sage Stripe
Value Pack Chocolate
Pink by Design "Scripted Year"

Challenge:
OWH Stars & Stamps - sketch #82

Link Parties:
Blue Cricket Designs
Patches of Pink
The Idea Room
Joyful Stamper
Just a Girl

I Feel Horrible!

Chris' birthday is on Monday and I forgot to make him a card before we left town. :( If you've seen my cards, it would be an insult to run to the store and buy one. So I told him what happened and he reminded me that I did this last year. What is it about his birthday that makes me procrastinate on making his card????? He's getting a Cabela's gift card so I just have to pick that up. I know exactly what the card's going to look like, but it's still in my head. :( I'm going to have to think of some way to make it up to him.

Flying By With a Halloween Hi

Well, yesterday turned out to be a no-nap day... after trying to get him down for over two hours! We'll see what happens today. haha

Here's an early Halloween card I made with my new Pink by Design stamps - Ghostly Greetings. These are exclusive to their retailers. This means that you can't buy them from the Pink by Design store unless you're a Stamp of the Month member. Go here to find out more about Stamp of the Month. September's set is adorable!! :)

Details:
Simply Charmed 2.5"
Bazzill Desert Marigold
Wausau Paper black
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
Pink by Design 'Ghostly Greetings'
ribbon & Buttons
CB Boo to You

Challenges:
Peachy Keen - Furry friend & Face
Peachy Keen - sketch & buttons
Crafting for all Seasons - bingo board (buttons, embossing & ribbon)
Fantabulous Cricut - Yellow
More Than Favors - Halloween