Thanks for Giving a Hoot

I have always loved this owl from Create a Critter. It tends to be my go-to owl - unless I'm trying to challenge myself to use a different one. haha I used Pink by Design's You're a Hoot stamp set. This can be purchased from Oh My Crafts, unless you're a Stamp of the Month member.

Details:
Create a Critter - Owl 2.75", Branch 2"
Recollections kraft & brown
DCWV Harvest Gathering matstack
ribbon & button - Scrapbook Expo
Stampin Up! Pumpkin Spice
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
Pink by Design "You're a Hoot"

Challenges:
MAG Challenge by the Page - Create a Critter page 25
Peachy Keen - face / leaves

Link Parties:
Joyful Stamper
I Heart Naptime
Blue Cricket Designs
Skip to my Lou

Oct 31

Here's one of the cards I made yesterday. I used Card Patterns sketch #135 (it closed yesterday). I am loving DCWV's Ghosts and Goblins stack. I wish I'd gotten the small stack to go with the 12x12 so that I could use some more of the bigger designs on cards.


Details:
Recollections black
Bazzill Orange Sice
Core'dinations Boysenberry
DCWV Ghosts & Goblins
DK Success border punch
Marvy Uchida 2" circle punch (yellow)
Pink by Design - Cute Halloween & Ghostly Greetings
Stampin Up! Pumpkin Spice
Black Diamond Stickles

Challenges:
Paper Playtime - Black, Orange & Purple
Fantabulous Cricut - Pumpkin
More than Favors - Purple, Green, Orange & Black (hopefully this is enough green)
Crafting for all Seasons - Fall leaves or pumpkins

I'm a Winner!!

I was the winner over at Cooking with Cricut!!! This card was what I submitted. You can check out my cute badge on the left column. :)

I'm working on a post right now so stay tuned!

Shades of Autumn

I will post the winner of my National Coffee Day giveaway shortly. Here's a card while you wait. :)

I went to the Scrapbook Expo in Portland, OR last weekend and had a blast! I'll fill you in on that later. I picked up some of these leaf buttons and had to use them! I originally made this card for the Peachy Keen challenge to use a face and a sun but I'm too late in posting for that. But I found a couple challenges that still apply. I love when that happens. :)


Details:
Simply Charmed - Tree 4", Sun 2.75"
Bazzill - Desert Marigold, Orange Slice
Recollections kraft
DCWV Harvest Gathering matstack
Peachy Keen Everyday Asst
Corner chomper Deco (green handles)
Leaf buttons (Expo)
Pink by Design Bountiful Blessings

Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - fall colors
Celebrate the occasion - use ribbon

Link Parties:
The Idea Room
Joyful Stamper

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)

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

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

Pink Clouds?

... well I don't mind if I do! I got this great idea to use Pink by Design's Cloudy Days background stamp but use pink ink instead of blue. I love how it turned out! This is going to open up the door to other colored clouds. :) I may not get to them for awhile but they're definitely on my list of cards to make. ;)

The farmers market went pretty good today. My partner-in-crime and I decided to try having separate booths today (we usually share a booth) and it worked out pretty good. :) I won't be there next week but I'll be there the weekend after that (Sept 11th).


Details:
Pink by Design - Cloudy Days & Take the Cake
Recollections kraft & white
twine & button

Challenge:
Card Creations & More by C - create own background paper

Bee Well Soon

I'm on a roll today! This is my second post of the day. This card had to be made in three different sittings. Between the heat (yes, our summer has finally arrived!), Carver wanting to 'help', and life, this card seemed to take forever!

Well however long it took to create, it came out exactly how I had envisioned in my head. Don't you just love when that happens? I made this for Pink by Design's challenge on their messageboard. This challenge was to create a get well card.

Side note: doodling on glitter paper isn't as easy as you'd think.

Details:
Just Because Cards 5.5"
Core'dinations whitewash cellar door
DCWV Nana's Kitchen
Value Pack black
scraps
ribbon
Pink by Design "Honey Pie"

Link Parties:
I Heart Naptime

Whisk You a Happy Birthday

I recently got the two kitchen stamp sets from Pink by Design and am just now getting a chance to play with them. When they first came out, I didn't think that I had a 'need' for them but I was wrong. They are so much fun to play with!!

Details:
Pink by Design - What's Shakin' & Kitchen Puns
DCWV Nana's Kitchen
scraps
Stampin Up ticket punch

Challenge:
Fantabulous Cricut - birthday

Umbrella of Showers

I'm on a baby neutral kick right now. Here's a shower card I made and it turned out so fun! I don't understand how people can NOT find out what they're having but who knows, I may do that for my 3rd kid. :)

Details:
9 Months 3"
scraps
Sizzix embossing folder (don't remember name)

Challenge:
Mojo Monday - sketch

Retro Cupcake

Here's a really random card Carver and I made. The paper isn't really my style but it had been sitting in my stash for too long. So we decided to do something about that.

Details:
Straight From the Nest 4"
My Minds Eye - Birthday Zig Zag
scraps
Value Pack red & chocolate
Pink by Design 'Scripted Year'
Gem
Twine

Challenge:
Fantabulous Cricut - Cupcake

Love Stamp

I hadn't used my Wedding solutions cartridge in forever, so I pulled it out and found this sweet stamp. Right after I'd finished this, I saw that Emma at My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday challenge is to use a retired cartridge. Well, this cartridge is retired. :)

Details:
Wedding 3.75"
Recollections black
The Paper Studio white (from Hobby Lobby)
Core'dinations Grapevine

Oh Baby!

Here's another baby card I did last week. This one was with the new 9 Months lite cartridge. I'm having so much fun exploring this. This would have been perfect for when I was pregnant with my son. I guess I'll have it for the next one though, right? :) I used OWH Stars & Stamps sketch #79.

Details:
9 Months 4"
Core'dinations Deep Navy & Jet Stream
Value Pack white
Pink by Design 'So Big'