Creating the Crafty Life

Hi  Everyone,

I joined a brand new group called Creating the Crafty Life. I would like to invite you all to join this fun group. There are all kinds of challenges and fun stuff happening over there.

This week the color challenge is Pink so I made this card.

A friend of mine was over yesterday and she had out all my stamp and was stamping away. I forgot I had so many wonderful stamps. This is one she was using and I just had to put it use too. This adorable stamp is from CTMH. I am working on making a big box of cards for my sisters birthday gift. I will have more cards to show you in the next few days.

Here is the inside.

The stamp on the inside is a SU stamp. The liner on the inside was punched with a MS abc 123 punch.

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A Mini

Hello Happy Wednesday... again!
A dear friend emailed me yesterday checking on me. Thank you LeAnne:) I have been very busy working on two mini albums and making a video to show you what I did.

Christina from Creations with Christina has completed a  mini album series and has posted a challenge to do a mini. So I took the challenge. 

The cartridges I used are:
A Child’s Year
Tags Bags Boxes and More
Graphically Speaking
George and Basic Shape
Fabulous Finds



The paper is from CTMH  
The video for the ribbon flower is from Stampin with Jaydee, and you can watch it here.


The past few days have been cold and dreary here in Wisconsin so I made a fire and got to work.  I added the fire to my video and some music. I hope you enjoy it. If you have questions please leave a comment. 

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Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturday

Happy Saturday!
Today we have an easy challenge for you at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday. This week the challenge is "Numbers." 
Here is my card with lots of numbers.

The paper is from CTMH. I added stamp the stamp in the upper right. The ticket is a Tim Holtz embellishment. The clock was in a bag of embellishment I have. I just love the background paper with all the old mail. The twine is Scrapbook floss. I think I should have gone around a few more times. Oh well I will do that on the next one.


We had over 100 wonderful entries last week. It was so much fun to see all those wonderful project.  Now head over to SSDS and see the fantastic creation by all the very talented DT's.  I am looking forward to seeing all of your new creations.

Have a wonderful weekend!
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Stamp Scrap Doodle Saturday

Hi Happy Saturday! This week at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday we have a great challenge for you. The challenge is to make a card or project with an animal on it. Our wonderful sponsor this week is MelJens Designs and if you are the lucky winner you will get to pick 4 digital stamps of your choice. I just love the one I used for this challenge. He is called Sick Little Bear. I really enjoy sitting and look at all the fun images at their sight. You can get some great ideas and stamps.

I got the idea for this card from the card Arielle made for The Pink Elephant challenge last Monday. She made the cutest card and put a Tastefully Simple Sweet Bell Pepper Dip Mix and a recipe in her card. Check it out here. I decided that since this was a get well I should but Advile in the pocket. I had a sample from a store and thought it would work great in this card.

The paper is from CTMH. I colored the image with Copic Markers. The tag sentiment is from a SU stamp set called Sincere Salutations. The ribbon is Whisper White Organza from SU.

I hope you will join us this week at SSDS. I can't wait to see all your animal creations.


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Unscripted and Color Throwdown

Today is opening day for trout fishing and hubby left at 4:30 AM. It was 16 degrees. He REALLY loves to fish. That gives me the day to make cards. Oh Happy Days. I have to wait until May for trout to eat. This is catch and release.
Ok on with the cards. I made this one for the Unscripted Sketches Challenge 48, Color Throwdown Challenge 82 and Crazy 4 Challenges which is paper piercing. The colors are Not Quite Navy which I used for the base, and Ruby Red which is on the right side. I embossed it with my Score Pal. The DP paper by Reminisce called Apple Orchard. The shamrock was cut with SU Old Olive and a Cricut cartridge called Paper Dolls. I used SU Teeny Tiny Wishes for the Happy St. Patricks Day. The hardware and twine are from SU. The inside was stamped with CTMH stamp set called So Lucky.
My mothers maiden name was Sheehan and my brother married a Quinn. You may be seeing more St. Patrick's Day cards because I do send them. Both of Mom's parents were Irish and St. Patrictics Day was always a big day. Who doesn't love a day all about green beer! I love the fact that it means it is almost spring and the weather will get better.
Do you celebrate St. Pats Day? How do you celebrate?



I hope you enjoyed my card today. I had fun making it. Hubby had a great day too. He caught lots of fish and had lots of stories to tell.

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Card Patterns A Challenge

Friday evening I was looking at all the challenges to see which one I would like to work on this weekend. I always like to do the Unscripted challenge. I knew it was going to be a crummy weekend so I was looking for another one. I clicked on Card Patterns and there I saw Sarah's pretty smiling face. She is the guest designer for this weeks challenge. Sarah is so sweet and always leaves me the nicest comments. She is a very talented lady. You need to see the card she did for this challenge and one for a friend who turned 5o. They are outstanding!
Well, I just had to join in and try her sketch. The image on this card is from Penny Black. I love her little critters. I colored it with Copic markers and I used CTMH liquid glass to shine up the heart puzzle. It doesn't show up but it really is shinny. The circle I cut with my Cricut. The ribbon is some I had. I tied a bunch of ends so it would match the hedgehogs hair. I also distressed all the edges with a CTMH distresser. I had this little tool for a while and just used it for the first time. It really works great.
I think this is a cute little card. What do you think?
Be sure to stop over and let Sarah know how talented she is.