{YNSC55} Friends Furever

Hi there friends! Well, we are home safe and sound and all children accounted for:) Florida was amazing...warm weather, great scenery, nice people and lots of fun things to do and see! Legoland was out of this world and the Magic Kingdom was magical indeed! Wish we could have stayed longer...oh well, just an excuse to go back! If any head honcho's from WestJet read my blog (likely, right?! hehe), PLEASE get some direct flights from Alberta to Florida!!! Layovers with 3 small children really suck!! But the kids did great flying and it was all worth it!
Well I was gone, Your Next Stamp put out a little challenge! Make a card with a FRIEND theme. With all the hoopla of packing myself and 3 little ones, I totally forgot to prepost my blog! So here I am, better late than never:)

I used the sweet little boy and his furry friend from the set Fetch, some OA paper and a button tied with linen thread. The banner was made with TCP's Easy Rosette die.

Check out the YNS blog for more info and inspiration!

{Kraftin' Kimmie) Make it Masculine

Hi there! This weeks challenge at KKS is to make a masculine card! I have lots of boys in my life (no, I am not that kinda girl;)..I have a family full of guys! Out of 13 cousins on my maternal side, only 2 of us are girls! And on my dad's side, 3 girls out of 11! I know. Crazy!
I used the sweetest little guy that Kraftin' Kimmie has to offer....little Willard! Isn't he precious! Lord, he hates the cold!!! Maybe it's cuz his mama dresses him in this ridiculous snowsuit and sends him off to school everyday to get pummelled....I don't know!

  Since he just looks so cold, I thought I would make a little 'Brrr' banner! I used MFT's banner die, a TCP alphabet, and attached the triangles with SU cord brads. Some walmart brown hemp twine runs to the back of the cardfront. The little snowflake is also a MFT die and is topped with an SU cord button and more twine.  The dp (SU) panels are all various widths and are matted with chocolate chip CS and machine stitched with matching brown thread.

I added some distressed stickles to his hat fur and topped with some chunky white SU glitter (actually to cover up the rancid liquid applique- anyone's ever go 'bad'?? Mine would NOT fluff up with the heat gun, even after leaving it the full night to dry....)

For the inside, I kept the panel theme going, adding a few more snowflakes and stitching, and die cut the sentiment panels from another MFT dienamic. The sentiment is from the new Moonlight Whispers Eva, but I thought that it totally suited this freezer-burnt little fella;)

We would love to see what masculine creations you can come up with, so link your card to the Krafty Blog for your chance to win some new KKS rubber!

{TCPTUES184} Let's Eat!

Hi there! I am crossing my fingers that this post goes live when it's supposed too! If all goes as planned, then while you are reading this, I'll be having the time of my life in Florida at Disneyworld!! Whoot whoot!
Today our hostess is the one and only, super stamper, Susan Liles! She has given us a stamp challenge with a new spin! Our supply challenges will now not only feature a stamp, or line/theme of stamps, but Cutup dies will be included in the challenges! Fun, right? This week Susie is giving us a lip-smacking, mouth-watering mission: Use any food themed stamp and/or the Icing Cutup die!

See my buttons tied with Beige Linen thread? I am nearly out!!! Yikes! Help Alma! Send a shipment north;) lol

See TCP's blog for more info on how you can play with us and if you upload your card to SCS, remember to use the keyword TCPTUES184.

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{Kraftin' Kimmie} Pin It Up!

Hi there! I had so much fun last month guest designing for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, and Kim is such a great gal, that she asked me to stay on for November! Yay!! I am a huge fan and of course snatched the opportunity right up! Thanks Kimmie!
This weeks Krafty Challenge is 'Pin It Up'.... use pins in your project.
I decided to ink up my brand new, but never used Sarah Shopper from October's release. I do enjoy me some shopping, so this is a great stamp for me! But who the heck can shop in heels????? If it's a serious day of shopping (which it looks like it is for Sarah;), I lean towards running shoes or birkenstocks;)

I've coloured her with copics and paper pieced a couple of her shopping bags. The stamped panel was matted with a deckled rectange nestie and popped up on foam boosters. The dp's were stitched together with chocolate thread. An MFT dienamic cut the notebook edge on the espresso CS strip, and some silky Walnut Brown vintage seam binding from the Ribbon Carousel made a beautful bow. I attached the little 'Sale' tag (MFT dogtag die, TCP alphabet and SU linen thread) and stuck two fancy stick pins through the crinkly bow.

For the inside, I kept with the same dp and deckled rectangle dies, adding some satin SU ribbon between the patterns. The sentiment comes with this set and was stamped in Versamark for that nice, dark effect. The patterned paper is BasicGray's Indian Summer, and is a little on the gawdy side, but I got a steal of a deal, so I HAD to buy it. Sale, right??? You know it girls!!! LOL! So, I guess it kind of went with the theme of this card;) The sentiment cracks me up too!!! It's my new mantra;)

If you would like to play along with this week's challenge, link up your card to the KKS Blog here.
Thanks for stopping by!

{TSG} Halloween Paper Bag Book

Today I am TSG's Dollar Find Friday Trendsetter! Check out the TSG blog for details on my fun (and cheap!!) project! I made it to go with the cute little card that I made my sons for Halloween.....

Here is a peek:)

Curious as to what's inside? Check out the TSG blog for tons of pics and instructions:)

TSG Wednesday Trends

Wanna see what this little garden guy is all about? Check out my very first TSG blog post here for details! Trust me- it's really fun;) And then come on back here and tell me what you think!

And there is still time for you to play along with this weeks challenge, Au Naturale (TSG128), hosted by yours truly;)!

{TCPTUES183} Cup of Cider

Hi there! Today we have a fun colour challenge brought to us by Catpacker Lori. And this gal knows a thing or two about throwing colours together! She is also a designer over at The Color Throwdown.....
This week, she has given us a really warm combo of Red, Chocolate and Marigold.

I used one of my well loved sets A Cuppa...you all must know by now what a PJ fan I am;)

My PJ Bear definately turned out darker than I intended, but I am having some trouble lately with some of my copics not blending nicely (E55.57 specifically- anyone else have that trouble??), so I went darker. I did add some pink cheeks and white dimples to brighten him/her up a bit. I used my copic multiliner to write in the wrod 'CIDER' on the mug, to keep with the apple themed paper (all paper is mixed Jillibean Soup collections, btw).
The Easy Rosette Cutups (currently out of stock, but check back soon!) die always makes for a really fun, homemade embellie! It is topped with a SU! corduroy brad.

Be sure to play along this week for your chance to win catcash, or better yet, the title of Swanky Stamper!! Link your card up to Alma's blog or SCS using the keyword TCPTUES183.

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