jan's gratitude challenge @my sketch world ~

Jan Tatomir, Card DT member at MSW, has inspired us all to be grateful. Afterall, it is November. Jan's challenge is to create a card with a thankful theme. There is a catch though. Once you have made the card...you actually need to send it to someone. :) :) :)

I used Kraft cs, Pink Paislee pp, Hambly overlay,

Riff Raff chip piece,

Fancy Pants corduroy brad, and a little hand stitching.

Thank you, Jan, for this {very nice} challenge!!

party time tuesdays - challenge 20!

There's inspiration galore at Party Time Tuesdays!

This week, the DT chose this image to use as an inspiration challenge.

Fun, right?

Here is my PTT birthday card - "celebrate"

I used Fancy Pants pp - just added some stickles and glitter. The corner pieces are cut from ki memories stickers. Ribbon is Offray. I also added some handstitching - I love to handstitch...to me, it is so relaxing.

Thanks PTT girls, for the fun challenge this week!! :)

...a "because I love this paper" card.

I only bought this Imaginisce pp a couple of weeks ago. Turns out, when you don't scrapbook for a few months...there is SO MUCH that is new to you!!!

I think this "B-day Bash" pp is so cute!!

(They only had 2 patterns at my LSS. This line comes with rubs, chip, and these pp candles!!! Are they not freakin' adorable?? I must have!!!)

Here's my happy little card.

tfl!!! :)

Party Time Tuesdays - challenge 19!

"Anything goes" at Party Time Tuesdays this week. Alrighty then! :)

{I am doubling up on this card challenge.}

Lucy, at My Sketch World, has a fun sketch challenge for November.

So, this card combines the birthday sentiment w/Lucy's sketch.

{IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY}

{PP: Adorn It & Jillibean Soup, Stamp: Fiskars

Flowers: Jillibean Soup (I handstitched w/red DMC)

Sticker: Jillibean Soup (Made into a chip piece), Buttons from stash}

Thanks to PTT & MSW and....thanks for stopping by!! :) :)

Carla's Ad Inspiration at My Sketch World~

I saw Carla's challenge at MSW while at work yesterday afternoon. I jotted it down quickly on a sticky note and put it in my pocket. Drove home fast and furious, plowed through supper and ran to my scrap room. {haha!}

I have a bunch of photos to scrap from our September trip to California. This one night we stayed in a cabin while in Big Sur. It was right off the Pacific Coast highway, along the Little Sur river. Big redwoods, turkeys in the morning, night that was black as coal, -- some things I will always remember about this place.

{the ripplewood at big sur}

For the "ripplewood" chip letters, I applied TH brushed corduoy distress paint. After it dried, a dabbed some brown ink on top to enhance the distressed look.

The small "big sur" letters are cute little thickers.


The cs is bazzill, pp is Jillibean.
Thanks, Carla...for the fun challenge!! :) :)

monterey seals ~ citrus tree challenge!

First of all, these seals totally cracked us up!! LOL!!!

Tammy's challenge at CTS is to alter your title letters in a creative way.

I wanted mine to be smooth & silky like a seal's fur, so I inked the raw chipboard letters and then applied glossy accents. That's it!

For my BG corner chip pieces, I applied some glossy accents, and then scrunched up some jenni bowlin crepe paper.

Tom and I saw sea lion, sea otter and elephant seal fur in a display, while we were at Pt. Lobos St. Park, just south of Carmel, California last month. We were able to touch them and honestly, they all felt like silk!

I loved these photos from the Fisherman's Wharf. It had been days and days of me zooming way in to try to get pics of sea lions, otters & elephant seals.....and then, Tom and I come around a corner and there are these animals just hangin' out! Right down there in a boat! Really, it was hysterical. :) :)



Hope you're having a freakishly happy halloween!!

Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #18!

Who doesn't want to participate in a challenge called "carrot cake"?? I know I'm in. LOL!!

This week, the PTT girls challenge is to create a card with the colors of a carrot cake. It just so happens that I make a kick-a$$ carrot cake - - from scratch. Cream cheese icing too. I make it every year for my mom for her birthday and have been doing so for as long as I can remember.

So, of course this challenge made me think of my sweet mom! She will be 78 years old this year - God bless her. She's still active and fun to hang out with. (She loves my scrapping too...and I share los, cards and projects with her regularly.)

This card will go to my mother for her birthday in December - and it will match her carrot cake (with cream cheese icing and walnuts). :) :)

{{Card Details: American Crafts base card in brown. The pp is Prima and Basic Gray. I stitched down a felt leaf and a paper leaf. Flower is a Prima, button is Jenni Bowlin and that tiny heart is a 7 Gypsies chip piece that I painted and glittered w/Doodlebug glitter. The "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" sentiment is a Fancy Pants rub-on. I then used glossy accents on the small banner to make it shine, plus it makes it sturdier as well.}}

If anybody wants my carrot cake recipe, just let me know. ;)

Thanks for stopping by!