hi

A really quick card today.

I used this weeks sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday for the inspiration on my card along with papers from the Miss Caroline "dolled up" by My Minds Eye, butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and he alpha stickers are October Afternoon.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

for you

Have you ever noticed that I use white for almost all the cards and layouts that I create and post on my blog?

Well starting today that has changed. From now until next Thursday I will only use Kraft card stock for my cards and layouts.

I used papers and chipboard by Crate Paper from the "farmhouse" collection, ribbon is from my stash and the stickers are October Afternoon. 

I got the inspiration for my card layout from this weeks sketch over at Mojo Monday.

Now stop over at my friend Amy's blog as she has decided to join me this week. Amy will be giving up her obsession with Kraft card stock and only use white until next Friday.

If you tend to use only one color when you create why don't you join Amy and me and play along. Leave a comment and let me us know and we will stop over and check in on you.

Enjoy!

play on ~ sweet PoGo

I have another sweet card to share with you using another of by Lori Designs new images for July. Meet Lollipop independence Julie.

Isn't she just adorable. For inspiration I used this weeks sketch over at Mojo Monday along with papers by Echo Park from the Dots and Stripes collection and sentiment by Technique Tuesday.

Now I have to show you this fun new toy I got. It is a polaroid PoGo "instant mobile printer". I bought it use for mini albums and my smash book. Pictures are approximately 2x3 and it prints really fast using the blue tooth from my camera.

Here is a picture showing how small the printer is compared to my phone and a couple of the photos that I took on my phone and printed out. I can see me using this a lot. The best part about this printer is no ink cartridges are required and you can print anywhere.

Thanks for stopping by my blog hope you enjoyed your visit.

dreams

I have a couple of cards to share with you before I head off to North Dakota to visit my sister for a couple days.

I used a new paper collection that I picked up at Archivers a couple days ago. It is the newest release by BasicGrey called "out of print". If you haven't seen it I have to say it is one of my favorites.

I used the sketch from Mojo Monday as my inspiration.

My next card uses the same papers and stamp set PTI "dream on".

I used Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch for this card.

That is it for me ~ thanks for stopping by to look.

Enjoy!

catching up ~ part II

Yesterday I posted some of the layouts I had been working on and today I want to share some cards that I created this past week.

I received an order from Two Peas this week and couldn't wait to rip into my new Crate Paper 6x6 Portrait pad and Maya Road ribbons.

I created this card for Mojo Monday card sketch.

I wasn't sure if I liked the color combo at first but after looking at it for awhile I really like how it turned out. This is fast becoming my favovrite stamp.

Enjoy!

Mojo found

As a few of you know I have had a problem with my Mojo lately or should I say lack of. Well guess what came home to me today? Yep, my MOJO is back and what other than the sketch from Mojo Monday to put me back on track.

This is the sketch that inspired my card and my mojo. I used some old papers in my stash from the BasicGrey "offbeat" collection along with a Martha Stewart doily, some May Arts ribbon and some seam binding that I colored with my E25 copic marker to match the BG papers. The sentiment is from PTI. I cut out a square and then created the rolled rose.

As long as my Mojo was back I decided to do the sketch from Cardabilities this week. I used another collection of BasicGrey papers "basic white", a prima flourish and one of my handmade satin flowers in deep purple.

And here is the sketch I used for inspiration.

Stop back tomorrow as I have a couple more cards to share with you. I figured as long as I was in a card creating mood I might as well put it to good use.

Enjoy!

365 Cards ~ Vintage Love

Okay this is going to be a long post as I am trying to squeeze a couple of different cards into this post that I made for the challenge over at 365 Cards the theme this week is Vintage Love.

Day 268 "vintage plus stamping" so I used my new PTI dress form die and rolled flower die along with a stamp by A Muse. The snowflake is Martha Stewart and the papers are Memory Box "tinsel".

For my next card I combined Day 269 "vintage plus distressing" with the sketch from Mojo Monday. I distressed all the edges with the Tim Holtz distresser and then added vintage photo distress ink to everything. The ribbon is some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon mixed with a Martha Stewart snowflake and a PTI rolled flower. The vintage photo is one from my collection I have gathered through the years.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

This next card is for Day 270 "vintage plus dimensional sticker". I used a Crafty Secrets Christmas sticker that I added pop dots to so it would be dimensional on the card. Papers are once again Memory Box, along with the rolled flower, the branch is a McGill punch.

The sketch that inspired my card is this weeks sketch challenge over at Waltzing Mouse. 

My last card is for Day 271 "vintage plus lace" and this is my favorite out of the cards I created today. Once again the papers are Memory Box (see I told you I loved them), Martha Stewart snowflake, PTI button and twine, the image is from my collection. I distressed everything with vintage photo distress ink and I colored the victorian lace with some teal Glimmer Mist.

I hope you enjoy my cards and I am hoping to be back tomorrow with one more card from 365 which is the recipe card.

Enjoy!

introducing baby micah and baby nora

There are a few new Lollipops in town today. The lovely Lori Boyd of byLORidesigns has designed two new baby Lollipops and one of them is named after my little Micah.

So without further comment here they are.

 baby micah

 baby nora

I created a couple of cards since I could not wait to play with them. This first card is for this weeks challenge over at Mojo Monday. I used a couple of Cuttlebug embossing folders along with some May Arts ribbon.

This next card is for this weeks challenge over at Techno Stamper and for this card I used a new Sizzix embossing folder. I love how some of the new ones are horizontal now. I added some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

I hope you enjoy! Stop back tomorrow for my card for this weeks challenge over at Sasya's Sketches.

Mojo Monday 157 ~ happy birthday

I noticed that I have been making a lot of birthday cards lately. Not sure why but that seems to be the trend for the last 4 or 5 cards I have made.

I haven't played along with the Mojo Monday sketch in awhile and wanted to join in this week once I saw the sketch. I knew that my new "wanderer" papers and "woolies" by BasicGrey would be the perfect fit.

Hope you enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: neenah solar white linen cardstock, basicgrey wanderer 6x6 collection

sentiment: pebblesinc., rubons

accessories: cuttlebug embossing folder, martha stewart scallop border punch, basicgrey buttons, tim holtz edge distresser, signo white gel pen

joy

This is my 2nd post today scroll down to see my TPE card.

I haven't played along at the Mojo Monday challenge for awhile and decided to do so today.

This is one of the new pure innocence digital stamps that I purchased recently and I thought it would be perfect with the new BasicGrey "jovial" papers and my handmade wrinkle ribbon.

I am really enjoying using the digital stamps and am trying to work on my coloring which I don't have down yet.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card and as you can see I altered the sketch just a little bit.

Okay, I hope you enjoy my card. Leave me a little blog love as you never know when I am goinng to sling out some of my handmade wrinkle ribbon again.

mojo monday sketch 146

I have a quick card to share with you this morning and then I am off to do some stuff around the house and yard.

This card was inspired by the challenge over at Mojo Monday.

Enjoy!

~ supplies ~

paper: basicgrey  "basics manila paper pad", kraft, esse dark brown

ink: chalk ink "chestnut roan" ranger distressing ink "vintage photo"

stamps: hero arts "elegant weeds"

accessories: pebblesinc. "rub-ons", american crafts "ribbon", tracing wheel, pop-dots