Day 285 @ 365 Cards ~ use the word PEACE

This is my second card out of the weekly challenges - I just bombed this week - could not get any cards done!
Here is my card for 365 Cards  ~ use the word PEACE on your card. I used Bazzill card stock for the base - some Carolyn Gavin designer mat  - I thought I would use an actual peace sign to replace the A - just wanted to have a fun card! I also got out the sewing maching and stitched ~ this was the first time I've stitched on a card - it was fun! The brown letters are basic grey - not sure of the name.

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365 Card - Catch Up.......Not Very Successful!!!!

Well I try to play along with 365 Cards but haven't had much luck getting anything done this week...I was determined to start with the Sunday sketch from Day 281...I was intrigued by such a challenging post and looked at it for days ~ I have a card that is acceptable but I'm not overly crazy about it.

This is the sketch....and this is my card. Thanks for stopping by!

Simple Doodles...What you can do with a digi image....

Here is a fun image from Simple Doodles. This image will be released on December 10th and  I wanted to show you that you can make a quick card with a digi image by adding color to it in photoshop (I used photoshop elements) or paint. You don't always have to color or paper piece a digi image - they can be used in many ways.   Once I colored this, it added some stickles, rock candy on the hat, Tim Holtz black soot on the bag and hearth and diamond stickles on the stocking.  I tied a piece of cord around the bag, added a layer of embossing, computer generated sentiment, mounted it all on basic grey pointsetta and then onto a craft card base.  If you wanted to, you could dress this up many different ways - I kept it simple...Simple Doodles digi stamps are easy, fun and simple to work with!

I have a ton of things to do today ~ enjoy your Sunday & thanks for stopping by!

Day 279 Words on your card

This challenge is to have words on your card - I used a stamp from SU, I don't recall the name but it was a set of 4.  I stamped on some kraft paper and used diamond glaze over top of the word 'thanks' - it's a bit hard to see in the photo.  The green is bazzill and the card base is craft - embli is some hemp cord and buttons.
Try and play along at 365 Cards ~ you won't be disappointed at the daily challenges that Pam throws out there!
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Simple Doodles...Band Aid...Has this ever happened to you???

This card is for Simple Doodles - the band aid is one of their soon to be released images - hop on over and check em out!
I used the digi image, printed on some mm paper, sakura gloss pen on the heart, some wheely cute buttons (lol), the car and words are cut on the cricut, threading water punch and trusty bazzill card stock. 
This card is dedicated to all of my friends who just can't help let things get in the way of their car!  With malls being busy they will fight for a parking spot - crash into a shopping bugy or yikes...why was the cement at the bottom of the pole so wide (who knew!!)??...and since when is the curb 1 1/2 feet tall??  You know who you are and this card is dedicated to you!
Happy shopping, safe driving and thanks for stopping by!

278 You Can't Miss it...

A hint of color and it has to be glitter...that is the challenge today at 365 Cards
I used an image that I happened to have printed off already and it is from KLM Digi Designs (and it is one of the freebies) The card base is bazzill cardstock, background has been embossed with distressed stripes, on the image I used an adhesive product by sookwang and burnished in Glitter Ritz in chartreuse, opaque micro fine glitter - finished it off with some organza ribbon and a cute little stamp that came in a kit that I bought from Pam at Mac Mae Card Kits
Thanks for stopping by! **off to clean up glitter....how on earth does it end up everywhere!!!**

Day 275 ~ 'tis the season...red & green with Simple Doodles

At 365 Cards the challenge for the day was to create using mostly red & green ~ I am also a guest on the DT for Simple Doodles and here is one of their images...isn't she "Precious"?...she really is! I can't seem to get a decent scan or photo of the card - the cat looks kind of scruffy...oh well!
I've used bazzill card stock for the background red & green, swiss dots embossing folder and for the image I colored and then paper pieced the box, there are some sparkles using  atyou spica pen in clear in the bow. The sentiment is a stamp.
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Thank you to Gloria & Amy

Gloria & Amy are two very talented ladies! They are both on the DT at 365 Cards.  I was lucky enough to win a RAK from each of them in the early part of November - they each sent a great card along with the goodies ~ the scan doesn't do it justice but here they are:If you visit their blog you might be able to figure out who made which card!

So Gloria & Amy thanks again for sharing your talent and for having a great blog ~ and thank you again for the RAK!

Simple Doodles Snowflake

Trish at Simple Doodles sent out this beautiful snowflake and asked us to create something with it ~ it was a bit of a challenge, I wasn't really sure what to do with it! I ended up making a card with the image that I'm happy with - I didn't stick to the traditional winter colors - would rather have cheerie and bright! I printed the snowflake onto Carolyn Gavin designer mat pad paper and then cut it out, just like a big snowflake!  I embossed some natural kraft paper with the winter embossing folder, the snowflake is pop dotted a bit and the ribbon (SEI) is knotted from behind the snowflake in the middle - it was fun to use this image and I hope to have additional posts using the snowflake again - it is a beauty indeed!
Hope you are having a great Sunday ~ thanks for stopping by!

274 Super Sketchy Sunday - awesome sketch to try! ***and a fraction***lol

I had fun with the sketch today at 365 Cards, 

It's a great sketch and one you can be sure to use over and over again.  I checked out the new sponsor - KLM Digital Designs - their digi stamps are so cute - they had a few freebies so I snagged this one called "free fallds" - to make my card I used the digi stamp for two of the layers, I printed it off in two different sizes so you get a peak of it in one of the layers - all the card stock is Bazzill Card stock, I inked all the edges, embossed a layer with swiss dots, colored the image with copic markers and added a photo corner from EK Success Punch.

Hope you are having a great Sunday ~ thanks for stopping by!

Day 273 ~ Pretty Paper

I haven't had time this week to make any cards or post on any blogs to speak of ~ I've had a look at 365 Cards throughout the week and I just want to say the cards being posted are just amazing! You will learn so much by playing along with the challenges that Pam posts (ie thumb stamping & face composition...lol!)..so much fun! 
So the challenge today was to use a damask pattern - I have a card made using bazzil card stock - some damsk SEI paper in the background and some cardstock embossed with a sizzix damask embossing folder - some ribbon & a button to finish this off. 
Simple card but I just wanted to get one posted before I call it a day!

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267 Super Sketchy Sunday....

It's late ...it took me all day to come up with a card for this sketch ~ don't know why I kept getting an image of a tree in my head so that's what I went with.  The challenge today at 365 Cards is this sketch, provided by Pam ~ challenge indeed! Here is my card, I used a craft cardstock - a tree cut from cricut, some owls from my stash (who knew I had them!) and chipboard that I stamped on ~ thanks for stopping by!

WOW would you like to WIN a GYPSY?????

Check out the new blog for Cricut Gypsy users right here ....don't own a Gypsy??  Well all the more reason to check them out as they are giving one away on December 1st! 
Wouldn't you love to win one?  I sure would!  Good Luck to you!

You might recognize Gypsy Spot when you get there...if you are familiar with Nilda, she started a blog for Cuttlebug and have been going strong with followers and sharing great ideas!

Thanks for stopping by!

265 Simply Put Challenge @ 365 Cards

Easy Peasy right...one of each pattern paper, embli & sentiment....not so easy...just want to add something else, another flower, ribbon, button or some ink!  Yikes....well here is my card for the challenge at 365 cards  It is a small 3.5 x 3.5 I used bazzil card stock ( I pretty much always use this) with some basic grey paper nook & pantry collection, the flower with the bling in the middle is only one (I did not cheat!) I don't know who makes them or what they are called, they come in a little silver tin, the sentiment is a rub on from Pebbles inc and I used the MS loopy corner punch for the corner of the card and the paper ~ hope you will play along in the challenges at 365 Cards!

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#264 Keep it to yourself.....

This card has to convey the message of congratulations without having a sentiment on the front.  Fun challenges at 365 cards!
For this card I used a die cut from Cricut - card base and car are bazzill card stock, the blue in the background is bling - I used silver smooch to color the cans then stickled them up with diamond stickles, thought it would be fun to have them hang off the edge of the card - added some ribbon for the wedding knot ~ and some pearls to trim the car. 
Hope you like it & thanks for stopping by!

266 Color Me With This & Simple Doodles # 6

"Color me with this challenge" at 365 Cards ..."this" means anything except markers! The other challenge is at Simple Doodles, it requires one of their images and something metal. Ok...the image and the sentiment are from Simple Doodles and it is colored with Prismacolor.  The base of the card is Bazzil folded at the top, the paper is Carolyn Gavin Greenhouse (that I received from Amy **thanks again Amy**) the heart is chipboard that I covered with the cardstock, added the metal brad and the twine...one of those cards that should have been so simple but changed my mind on things about 10 times....ever do that?   Thanks for stopping by! 

Oh ...don't forget to check out Amys blog ~ her cards are amazing and she is celebrating and giving away lots of great stuff!

Day 262 Color Scheme

Day 262 at 365 Cards is a color scheme with a guest on the DT today ~ Rose! Rose makes wonderful cards!
I think I managed to get most of the color into my card.
The paper is basic grey - wisteria - the colors just fit!
I used fiskars threading water punch, some ribbon, string & a button to finish it all off.  I don't have a sentiment on the card yet - quite often i add them as I need them or use it as a blank card.

Here is the color scheme

And here is my card
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Day 260 ~ Super Sketchy Sunday

Well the past 1 1/2 weeks seems I can only manage to get in the Sunday challenge at 365 Cards oh well ~ I guess one card is better than no cards!

Pam posted the sketch  ~ here is the sketch and here is my card.  The card is on Bazzill Bling which is hard to get a decent picture of - the star is also bling and the paper swirls are from last year S.E.I.  Alpine Forest. The brown dotted paper is from Adorn It, fern collection - inside I have some SEI paper again with the sentiment "celebrate" embossed, because the card is bling stock, the inside looks totally different than the front in the picture - same card ~ honest!

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New blog look...

I have been very inspired by the look of everyones blog - just amazed at how great they all look and have been wondering "how'd they do that" - rather than spend my spare time on making cards, I thought I would do a little research and see how I could make some changes....So what do you think?
The blog background was free at My Style Backgounds - it came with a blinkie so you can click on it or check out her site here fantastic georgous backgrounds and headers - wow very unbelievable!  So this is where I got my background from.
The header that I used if from another great site - I found them I think while looking up fonts Kevin & Amanda they have a great blog - the digital files used were a free download from Kevin & Amanda and are from her Fall 2009 Collection.  So I managed to figure out how to create my own header and the background is from My Style backgrounds - both using Amanda Fall 2009 collection.
I don't think I will get to any cards today!  I hope you like the change ~
Thanks for stopping by!

Super Sketchy Sunday Day 253

Well I'm sad the weekend is almost over - I wish it could go on for a few more days!  Here is my card for todays challenge over at 365 Cards ~ it was a sketch that Pam posted - a great sketch - my card is an image that I downloaded - just microsoft clip art - it is printed on Basic Grey paper, I used a stamp from A Muse Artstamps a little bit of my new American Crafts Merrymint Licorice paper and coloured these round flat silver dots with my copic markers - the idea came from a video by Hero Arts that my LSS posted.
It was very simple and I like how it turned out!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend ~ thanks for stopping by!

See What You Got Challenge @ Simple Doodles....

Simple Doodles  has a fun challenge going on for a few more days - you need to use one of their digi images ~ I ended up reading the blog and found a few that I could try that I downloaded for free.
I used both of them on a small card - snowman tall hat and snowballs - they are on bazzill cardstock and bazzill bling that has been embossed with a sizzix fleur de lis frame. I used some tim holtz soot on the hat and some stickles on the snowballs - the paper at the bottom is from my stash.
Check out their site - hope you like the card & thanks for stopping by!

White Space or Blank Space....Day 252

Today the challenge at 365 cards is to create a card based on the sketch and keep the white area blank - here is the sketch & here is my card.  I 'm not sure what the base is, it came in a kit from Mac Mae Cards, it's pretty cool, already embossed so I'll have to scout it out and get some more! The paper also from the same kit is Basic Grey Wisteria.  I cut and pop dotted one of the flowers and added a few brads, "thanks" is a rub on. 
It's hard to leave so much space on a card, this turned out not too bad and sometimes less is ok!
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251 ~ Dream Duo

The challenge today was to use your two favorite colors - I have lots of favs but went with two I seem to use a fair bit ~ brown and pink. I used various shade of each.  I created a simple card with the flower made from various sizes of circles and I have some pink tissue paper mixed in with cardstock.I don't have a sentiment on it yet ~ not sure if it will be a thank you or a birthday card so I will add that to the front bottom later.
If you haven't been to 365 cards - check 'em out and play along!

Have a great weekend ~ thanks for stopping by!

"Curves are so emotional" ~ Marvelous Mondrian Day 250

The challenge @ 365 cards was to create a card being inspired by Piet Mondrian ~ I have seen the influnce of his work in various industries but never really took the time to find out who Mr. Mondrian really was.  At 365 there is always more to the challenge than "just making a card"! I googled him and I was inspired by this picture that I found - one lone yellow square!  

This is my card and as I was reading about Mr. Mondrian I came across this quote of his that I thought went well with the card!

Hope you like it ~ thanks for stopping by!

Day 246 SUPER Sketchy Sunday.....

Today is Super Sketchy Sunday at 365 Cards - here is the sketch and here is my take on the sketch ~ everything is from my stash.
Fun sketch - everyone should give it a try!
Hope you had a great weekend - thanks for stopping by!

It's a Matter of Inches!....Day 245

Happy Halloween!

Here is my inchie card for the challenge today at 365 Cards
Hope you like it -
Thanks for stopping by & have a safe & spooky Halloween!

Pin Up Day 240 @ 365 Cards

The challenge for this day at 365 Cards was to use a pin on your card - I wondered where everyone got there great pins from...after checking out Glorias blog - I learned that Rose made them - they are adorable and such a great embli for a card!  A few google searches, 5 days later - I made a pin and can now post my card for day 240! 

Oh I should add I checked out the kits for sale at  Mac Mae Card Kits - I purchased one and the kit is fantastic! Some of the paper I used to make this card. The cardstock is Bazzill and the paper Basic Grey - Wisteria both from the kit.

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232 ~ Super Sketchy Sunday....ug.....

Sunday is always a challenge for me with the sketch challenge at 365 cards no matter how hard I think about it, it doesn't get any easier. Here is the sketch that Pam posted and here is my card.

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231 - Imagine This: the sky......

Here is my card for todays challenge at 365 Cards - sky inspired card....with Hallowe'en just around the corner, bats in the sky won out over snow flakes! Everything I used was from my stash and I don't recall where it all came from! Have a great Saturday ~ thanks for stopping by!

230 ~ Shape Up!

The challenge at 365 cards is to shape up - use a semi circle, one or many....
I have used a mm glitter clear frame on my card - Bazzill Bling base & circle along with some ribbon.  I did not put a sentiment on this yet but will add one to the front later.
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229 - Color Scheme

Color combo challenge at 365 Cards - very pretty colors....my colors are the same as what I see the challenge colors to be  ~ I found the paper in a Spring DCWV paper stack - there was a wide blue stripe but with the magic of copics - I was able to change it to brown. Colored some flowers to match.
Hope you like it ~ Thanks for stopping by!

#228 ~ Same, but different.....

Today at 365 Cards the challenge is to use two papers, same pattern, different color.  Here is my card BUT this was my DH's idea!  I want him to scrapbook all of our family pictures with me - he is very creative and doesn't have a creative hobby - I showed him todays challenge along with some Basic Grey Errie collection and asked him "what would you do?" - he said the paper reminded him of turkey feathers....so based on his idea, this is our card! 
Hope you like it, we'll see if I get more ideas in the future ~
Thanks for stopping by!

Day 227 ~ In Motion

Hi Everyone ~ I don't have a card with anything that moves but I did make a card using CTMH stamp set with a runner....hope that it meets the challenge for a "in motion" card.  Nothing fancy, used the threading water punch, some patterned paper and a heart brad.  This card is for the challenge at 365 cards.

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226 ~ use "so" in your sentiment

I had fun making this card ~ it was a free digi stamp from PaperPopsicles, Oliver the Cowboy - how cute! The challenge for today at 365 Cards was to use the word "So" in your sentiment. -
Here is my card ~ thanks for stopping by!

225 ~ Super Sketchy Sunday

Check out Sundays challenge @ 365 Cards ~ follow the sketch posted by Pam.  Here is my take on the sketch. Bazzill card stock, some bling and Adorn It paper Owl Hoot from the Fern Collection.

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223 ~ shadow

Well I just finished posting todays card and tomorrows challenge is up - since my desk is almost covered with paper and ribbon and more paper ~ thought I would attempt the challenge for day 223 at 365 cards which is to have a shadow on your card.  Well that is a challenge my best attempt is my "shadow"  Copic Marker C1 - cool grey....lol.  I used Tim Holtz distressed ink for the stamps and coloured and added a shadow on the side of the hearts - pretty basic card and it turned out to be a nice thank you card. Thought I would blow the dust off my corner rounder for this one too! 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian friends!
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222 - 5 Elements

365 Cards challenge is to pick 5 thats it thats all! So I have Bazzill card stock as my base and Basic Grey Erie and some scraps of paper, some ribbon and a big brad from my collection of big brads!I used the MS punch - think it is called gooey to do the layers at the bottom - I stayed with 5.  (as usual my pic is a bit crooked!)
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220 ~ In Stitches

In Stitches...would have posted earlier but took me a while to thread the needle!  Todays challenge was to add cross stitching to your card - as much as you wanted to.  Check out the challenge at 365 Cards it was fun to stitch, I've never done this before. Bazzill card stock used for the base and the black - the background was embosses with swiss dots and the cake is a pen & ink sticker by Mrs Grossmans.

Here is my card ~ thanks for stopping by!

218 Super Sketchy Sunday

Check out the challenge today at 365 Cards we had to create a card based on the sketch that was posted. I used Basic Grey Indian Summer for the paper, Bazzill Cardstock for the base and a brand new digital stamp that I received for free on Friday from Paper Popsicles.  Hope you like the card.
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216 ~ Ad Inspired .....

Here is my take on the ad inspired challenge @ 365 Cards today ~ must be in the air because it reminded me of trick or treat bags!
Bazzill is the card base and everything else is just from my stash of papers - I think it is DCWV Fall Glitter Matt Stack ('08), cuttlebug for spiders.

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215 ~ Water,Fire,Earth and Air inspired card

WHAT a challenge!
Join in and see what you can come up with 365 Cards

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***I got rid of my card and replaced it with a nice picture of a park near my house! I really didn't like the card, posted it anyway then changed my mind....some days!...****