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Good morning!!

It is a happy morning beacuse......

we won our Roller Derby season opener last night!! 

Whoop Whoop!!

 It was so much fun. 

We beat the visiting team 229 to 74.

I am a bit sore, I think I may have bruised a few ribs, but hey, there's no broken bones. :)

 

I just thought I would share a simple card I made based on something I saw on Pinterest!!

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Cool huh?

I actually want to try out this technique of printing out silhouettes onto old book pages. I just love the effect!

Well, here's my card take on it:

Not the best re-do but I like it fine enough. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

RetroSketches #9

Good Morning!!

It's Saturday,

 which means I have another RetroSketches 

sketch to share with you today.

It's based on a card that I made, 

you can find the original here.

Sadly, I had some trouble using my own sketch!!

I looked through my entire stamp collection and finally decided on this apple stamp & set by PTI.

I do hope you will play along with us this week.

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to take a peek at what the girls have to inspire you with this week. They are amazing!

 Then go get your crafty apron and play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a fabulous weekend. :)

a few more Paper Smooches cards :)

I just wanted to thank you all so very much for your kinds words and encouragement, about my new challenge DT role!!

I am so very excited and honoured to be working alongside some amazing talent!!

I thought I would share the last few cards I submitted.

This one was made for my co-worker's girlfriend, he told me she likes blue!!

Well there you have it! Thanks again so much for the well wishes!

You guys are awesome.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

But don't forget to check back tomorrow for another RetroSketches sketch.

Pssssst!

So I have a bit of EXCITING news to share with you.......

I made the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge design team!!

I am still in a slight bit of shock I think!!

I have to thank the LOVELY Suzanne from (the card yard) for gently nudging me to try out! ;)

Check out her blog, she always has something fabulous to share.

She does amazing things with beautiful papers!!

Also she is one of the new Girl Fridays!!

 Head on over to the Sparks Challenge blog to check out the fabulous girls on the new DT and 

learn a bit more about the super cool changes to the way the challenge will be set up.

I think you are going to love it!!

The best part is......challenges EVERY week!!

I wanted to share a couple of my favourite cards that I submitted for the design team call.

I think this one may be my favourite card EVER!! 

It's a bit of a CASE from a birthday card I made, here, for my FIL.

Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing in my wonderful news!!

Have a great evening. :)

CQC #134

Good morning!

It's ColourQ time. :)

I just LOVE these colours!

Maybe not to create with, but in general. Getting the blue in there, I found a bit difficult.

The bravo burgundy & calypso coral just look so great together.

 

 

This card didn't turn out exactly as planned but I am mostly happy with the end result anyway!

 

I used a flower from Paper Smooches "Reflections" set, my new HA/Studio Calico background stamp, and coloured in some pearls to match the bravo burgundy.

 

Please head on over to the ColourQ blog to see all of the gorgeous inspiration to be had there. Then get inky and play along with us!

 You have until Sunday April 29th to link up your creations.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great Tuesday. :) 

CAS-ual fridays #49

Hello there!

I have been having a bit of trouble sleeping, I'm trying to switch over from days to nights. So what better to do than create a card!!

I was perusing the sketch challenge blogs and came across this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

What a lovely little sketch!

I took a few liberties with it.......

I used some PTI dies and Paper Smooches stamps. I mixed a couple of sentiments together to create this one sentiment.

I also used my Hero Arts evelope stamp to give sometexture to that frame.

Thanks so much for stopping by!





RetroSketch #8

Good day!

It's Saturday which means another fabulous sketch from RetroSketches.

 

How fun is that?

You've got to check out Jackie's original card here.

It's a beauty.

 I didn't stray very far from the sketch, i just love the banners!

I used my silhouette to cut out the banners, my PTI text style background to ink them up and a sentiment from Paper Smooches.

 

Head on over to the RetroSketches blog to see the amazing samples Arielle, Laurie and Jackie had made. I love the way their minds work!!

You guys are blowing us away every week. Great work.

 

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend!

mom

a quote

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I miss you and think of you every day!

I hope wherever you are you are having a party.

Happy Birthday Mom! 
Love you.

Stella - a layout!

So I did it again!

Instead of doing something productive tonight like doing laundry, cleaning up my craft room, maybe even reading, I made another digital layout!

Now, those of you that saw my first one may see some similarities, but I actually tried to base the layout on the most recent RetroSketches sketch. 

I wanted to see how it would look in scrapbook page form!

I just LOVE taking pictures of my pup!!

Super simple, to the sketch exactly, but I like the way it turned out. :)

Thanks for stopping by.

Be sure to check out the RetroSketches blog, you have one more day left to play along!

Sparks for CAS-ual Fridays

Good Morning!!

I have a fun card to share with you today. 

I'm sure you all know how much I LOOOOOVE Paper Smooches stamps.

Well, they have a Sparks Challenge DT call on right now and how could I NOT try out.

 The sparks challenge for these past two weeks has been to be inspired by this photo.

 (I'm getting this in just under the wire as the challenge closes tonight.)

 I have a feeling you are going to look at my card and wonder where in the world I got this from!! I promise to explain. :)

 So....I know I could have gone with the text theme or the blues & orange for the colour scheme, and I was going to, but then I got reading the quote and was inspired by the word MILLIONAIRE.

I thought millionaire's have money, where do you get money, your job. 

And there you have it!!

Now I have to admit, this took a while to create. I used a whopping seven, yes seven, Paper Smooches sets to create it.

I won't tell you about the obvious ones but I thought I would share the maybe not so obvious!

I used the "towel" from Hang Ups, and the "$" symbol from Santa Paws to create the dollar bills in the background, and I used the "ribbon tie" for the kite from the Sunny Side Up set to give the little monster a bow tie. I thought, you need to look presentable for a new job, what better way than a bow tie!!

I am also adding this to the CAS-ual Fridays current challenge, Opposites Attract since red & green are opposite on the colour wheel.

Click on the pictures to go to the challenge sites!

Thanks for stopping by and for following me through my though processes!!

Have a wonderful day. :)