{Thinking of You}

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I wanted to play with some of the new cling stamps by Inkadinkado I received last week. They really are top quality stamps and I highly recommend them! I colored the floral image with Copics, Pro-Markers, Bic Markits and SU pastels. The patterned paper is from the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl collection, and I stamped the main image on  SU Very Vanilla. The sentiment is from the A Muse "Essential Sentiments" set. I finished off the card with ruffled ribbon from Hobby Lobby and a button, and floss. Today I am playing along with a few challenges:

Flutter By Wednesdays Challenge #148 - Buttons and bows

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown  #43 - Spring

Paper Sundae's Challenge # 63 -  Spring Blossoms

Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge # 49 - Oh So Spring


  

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{Best Fishes}

Happy Friday everyone! Today was a lonnng day, but thankfully we got thru it. We've all been trading a nasty flu bug that just won't go away. Despite all that I was able to play with some goodies I received in the mail today, some of Inkadinkado's brand new cling stamps. They are awesome, and I hope they plan on creating more designs! For my card I used the super cute "fish" cling stamps. I colored them with pro-markers. The patterned paper is from Big Lots that I picked up last weekend. I added some long neglected dew drops for the "bubbles", and added two colors of bakers twine. I finished off the card by adding a row of cute mini buttons and the sentiment.  I had fun making this card! Don't forget to enter my blog candy if you haven't already done so, here is a pic of what I'm giving away!

 Be sure to check back in tomorrow because we are having an A Muse blog hop with lots of A Muse goodies that will be given away!

        Today I am playing along with several challenges,

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday - Use Bling

Rescue Challenge - Corner Rounder

Totally Paper Crafts Challenge #60 - For the boys

Dutch Dare Challenge #106 - Distressing

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #158 - Couples

{Baby It's Cold Outside!}

Oh my gosh it has been way too long since my last post, but life has been busy! I am 38 weeks pregnant, and have been in full force nesting mode. I have enough Christmas cards to last this year, and next, so I won't be making too many more of those. Instead, I have been working on Baby Announcements! I picked up this adorable set  "Baby Love" by Inkadinkado last week at Michael's and knew it would be perfect for my Baby announcements. I used DSP from the Martha Stewart Baby Boy stack. I stamped the images on white card stock, and again on DSP. I colored the images using Pro-Markers, and then cut out the pieces stamped on DSP with paper snips and adhered them to the main image. I love this stamp set because they are perfect for paper piecing! I used SU Crumb Cake card stock, and GP White for the card bases.  I love the way my announcements turned out, and can't wait to fill them out! Thank you for visiting my blog, and have a great day!

{Fun With Buttons}

Good afternoon! We have been battling colds this week but thankfully we are all on the mend. Being sick is for the birds! LOL Anyways, this is a card I have been working on for days now and today I finally finished! This set features a super cute Turtle with matching sentiment by Inkadinkado. I used my SU Markers and Bics to color the turtle, and the light blue circle was made using a circle stencil and SU pastels. The DP is from DCWV, and I used my Janome to sew around the outside square. I thought it would be fun to add the buttons flower, and the stem, and leaf I hand cut from a piece of green felt. I did the stitching by hand as well. Crafty eh? I am really loving the felt embellies that are popular right now! I hope that you all have a great week and again thank you so much for visiting my blog!

Be careful what you wish for...

I made a wish for a big snowfall over the weekend and my wish came true. Three days later we are still unable to get out of our driveway! Our street does not get plowed so we are at the mercy of the melting sun unless we park the car on top of the road which is salted and plowed when the weather is nasty. We need a 4W drive! (dear santa...) lol Anyways, since I have been home I have had PLENTY of time to make Christmas cards, and get several addressed and ready for mailing.

This card was made with an Inkadinkado clear set that I LOVE. Yeah, I love all of my stamps but I reallllly love this one. I used my Cricut, and SCAL to cut out the Nestabilities shapes, and the DP is from the current SU catalog and it is called "Merry Moments". I keep forgetting I have it. lol The stitched ribbon is from the Offray ribbon out-let. You may not be able to tell from the picture but the little brown bird, and the pine branch were clear heat embossed using SU Old Olive craft ink, and Choco Chip craft ink.

How Great Is Your Joy and Blog Candy!

Today I have been thinking of many of the things that I am thankful for. As Thanksgiving, and Christmas get closer memories of family and friends always come to mind. I am SO blessed in so many ways. I have an amazing family, Husband, beautiful Son, and wonderful friends! There are many out there who have much less then I do . I am humbled and grateful to my Heavenly Father for all of the many blessings in my life. What are you thankful for?

For today's card I used the Stampin' Up set "Delightful Decorations, and a set by Inkadinkado "Cool Christmas". The branch, and ornament were embossed with SU Nightof Navy embossing powder, and SU Hunter Green embossing powder. I tied to ornament to the branch with SU silver cord, LOVE that stuff! I also used my brand new Cuttlebug folder that I got in the mail this week! I used my brayer and my Brilliance Platinum Planet pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. I also inked the edges of the oval with the same pigment ink. I used my nesties on the scalloped oval. I LOVE how this card turned out!

Well my friends, I have approached a mini milestone of 200 posts on my blog! Yippie! So, to celebrate this fun occasion, I will be giving away some blog candy! There are 2 ways you can enter, #1 - Leave a comment telling me something you are thankful for, and #2 - Follow my blog! I will pick a winner one week from today, Nov. 22th!

*editing to add additional goodies (TONS of ribbon!) to the blog prize and adding a few days for people to enter*

A Great Day For Card Making!

The sky is gray, the trees are bare, and there is a slight nip in the air! This is perfect weather for staying inside to play in my scrap room! For the card I made today I used a Holiday set by Inkadinkado called "Christmas Characters". Aren't the polar bears adorable!? I used one of my snowflake Cuttlebug Folders and used heat embossing for the silver snowflake trail, and the scarf and hat on the bears. I stitched around the square with my Janome, and accented the corners with silver brads. White, Navy Blue, and Silver has to be one of my favorite Holiday card color combos! What are your favorite Holiday combo's? I hope that you have a great week, and thank you for visiting my blog today!

A Wonderful Weekend!

Boy, the weekends go by so fast don't they? We had a lovely weekend here. Went to a flea market on Saturday and met one of my sweetest friends there. It was wonderful seeing you Rebecha! Saturday evening Joe made a yummy dinner of tacos, and quesadillas. My husband loves to cook so he is usually in charge of dinner on the weekends. I am a lucky woman! Sunday was very relaxing. I stayed home with Cam while Joe went out to get a hair cut. When he got back he watched Cam for awhile so that I could go out for some "mommy" time. I went to Bath and Body works and picked up lots of hand soap. Just let me say we should be set on soap for the rest of the year. Sunday evening we went to Fridays for dinner and Cam was so well behaved! He has really started to babble and mimic us. It is so neat watching him grow. Now, onto business. =0)

I used one of my new favorite SU color combo, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, and Whisper White. I think they look beautiful together. The stamp set is one I bought recently by Inkadinka do. I just love their clear stamp sets! I also used my new CB folder "floral screen". You can't tell from the picture but the little butterflies are raised. My sweet hubby was looking at my card (he looks at all my cards) and he thought I should add white tips to the butterfly wings so I did, using my white pen. I love the way this card turned out. Thank you for visiting my blog today!!

I Love Fridays!

This was a very simple, fun card I made this week using stamps from Joann's. The sentiment really cracks me up! I used SU's new In-Colors, and my CB Paisley embossing folder. The ribbon, and buttons are from Joann's as well. I am so happy it is Friday. We don't have any exciting plans this weekend. Joe is going to work in the back yard around our deck and get it looking nice and pretty. I am on the hunt for the perfect rug for the area in front of our back double glass doors so I may run to a few places to see if I can find anything. I received a package from Joann's today with three of the newest CB folders and I can't wait to try them out so I will be playing with those this weekend also. Oh my gosh, I also have to tell you that I saw the new Stampin Up Fall Winter Mini today and I am in BIG TROUBLE! The stamps, paper, and accessories are amazing!! Be on the lookout for the great deals I will be posting soon. Have a wonderful weekend my friends!