More Challenge Cards

Well, Ashley was home sick with a high fever on Monday and Tuesday and has another fever.... and now Tyler also has a slight fever as well. I just hope that everyone is better over the weekend, since Ashley has a friend's birthday party on Saturday and then HER birthday party on Sunday.

I've been busy these last few days finishing up all of the challenges for Taylored Expressions Anniversary Sketch Challenge. The sketch for this particular card can be found on Ana's blog.

~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Always (SU)
Ink: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette (SU)
Paper: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Sweet Always DSP (SU)
Accessories: Chocolate Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, circle punches (SU) / Marvy small heart punch


The sketch for this card can be found on Taylor's blog.

~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Upsy Daisy (SU)
Ink: Close to Cocoa (SU)
Paper: Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Afternoon Tea DSP (SU)
Accessories: Felt Fusion II flowers, Chocolate Ribbon, vintage brads (SU), Scallop border punch (SU)

The sketch for this card can be found on Vicki's blog

~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Dinomite (My Favorite Things), Sentiment (Inky Antics)
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Close to Cocoa and Bliss Blue markers (SU)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue (SU), White (Papertrey), DSP (DCWV)
Accessories: Dots & Spots and Tiny Dots Cuttlebug embossing folders, Word Window punch (SU), brads (SU), Signo White Gel Pen (SU), Pinking Shears (Wiss)

The sketch for this card can be found on Jackie's blog.

~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Backyard BBQ, Flannel Plaid (SU)
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Riding Hood Red (SU), Bic Mark-its
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black (SU), White (Papertrey)
Accessories: Black Ribbon (SU), Vintage Brads (SU), Circle Punches (SU)

The sketch for this card can be found on Stephanie's Blog.
~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Going Somewhere, All Holidays (SU)
Ink: Basic Black, Brilliant Blue (SU)
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White (SU)
Accessories: Brads (SU), Tangerine Ribbon (SU), Square Punch (SU), Mega Scallop Square Punch (Marvy)

And finally, here is the last one. The sketch for this card can be found on Monika's blog.

~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Mambi (Inkadinkado), Alphabet (Rubber Stampede)
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black, Tempting Turquoise (SU), Bic Mark-its
Paper: Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Flowers for You DSP (SU), White (Papertrey)
Accessories: Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, Circle Punches (SU), CM Circle cutter, Fibers (Lion), Eyelets (Making Memories)

Well, I hope you enjoy looking at these, and perhaps, even though the contest is over, challenge yourself to these sketches.

Some Cards

Here are a couple of cards that I worked on this weekend.

I did double duty with this card. I created it for Taylored Expressions Anniversary Sketch Challenge. The sketch for this particular card can be found on Jami's blog. I also entered it in a contest on Toni's blog.


~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Girl from Snow Bunnies (CC Designs), Cupcake (Studio G), Happy Valentines Day from Holidays and Wishes (SU)
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black; Bic Mark-Its, Blush Blossom (SU)
Paper: Orchid Opulence, Pink Pirouette (SU), White (Papertrey), DSP (Provo Craft - Rob & Bob Studios)
Accessories: Giga & Mega Scallop Punches (Marvy), Threading Water Punch (Fiskars), Prima Flowers, Brads (Making Memories), Star Dust Stickles, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Signo White Gel Pen (SU)

This card was created again for Taylored Expressions Anniversary Sketch Challenge. The sketch for this card can be found on Donna's blog.


~Card Recipe~
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes (SU)
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black; Bic Mark-Its
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip (SU), White (Papertrey), DSP Flirty (retired SU)
Accessories: Square Punch (SU), Ribbon - Flirty (retired SU), Star Dust Stickles, Crystal Effects (SU), rhinestones and Love "tag" unknown

Here is my third card for Taylored Expressions Anniversary Sketch Challenge. The sketch for this card can be found on Sherrie's blog.

~Card Recipe~
Stamps: So Tweet and Birdie (Imaginisce - Twitterpad Collection)
Ink: Archival Ink - Jet Black; Taken with Teal (SU)
Paper: Taken with Teal, Kraft (SU), DSP (K & Company)
Accessories: CM Cutting system, Giga Scallop Punch (Marvy), Photo Corner and Circle punches (SU), Flowers Prima, Brads (vintage - SU), ribbon - Flirty (retired SU) and Kraft Taffeta

Thanks for looking :)

Stamping Items for Sale

I have way too much stuff that isn't being used and need to clean out my space a bit. So, hopefully you can give some of these stamps the love they deserve. I have many more items to list so be sure to check back.

All sets listed are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise indicated. All Stampin' Up! items listed are retired.

NUM - New Unmounted
NM - New Mounted

If you would like to see a picture, please email me, and I can send you one.

Now for the details. I accept Paypal only. Shipping will be via priority mail with shipping confirmation and will be added to your total. I can only ship to the US at this time.

Happy Shopping!

$5.00 Sets
Bold Invitation - some staining

$7.00 Sets
Dot Invitation - Lines are cut separate from invitation words
Sarah's Quilt - DOTS - Like new
1 SetParty Favor Boxes and Tags (NIP Soft Subtles) and 4 additional sheets of favor boxes and tags - some missing

$10.00 Sets
Fall Fun (NUM)
Cute Critters (NUM)
Happy Birthday Frame (NUM)
Elegant Rose (NUM)
Gently Falling (NUM) - 2 available
A Little Love (NUM)
Lexicon of Love (NUM)
Best Blossoms (NUM)
Garden Collage (NUM)
Too Terrific Tags (NUM)
Fun Filled (NM)
Love Notes (NM)
Painted Posies (NM)
Holiday Blocks (NUM)
Botanical Garden (NM)
Simple Somethings (NM)
Close to Nature (NM)
Angel Faces - (GU)
Burst Into Bloom - (NM)
Flowers of Gratitude (NUM)
Around the Block (NUM)
Canvas Background - not on wood block - no box - gently used
Summer Sketches Simply Scrappin Kit - out of package but never used
3 Sets (18 pages) of Tag Sheets (1 NIP Soft Subtles, 1 open and unused Soft Subtles, 1 open with 1 tag missing Bold Brights)

$12.00 Sets
Vine and Berry (NUM)
Love Ya Bunches (NUM)

$14.00 Sets
Sunflower Girl - DOTS - gently used

$16.00 Sets
Little Layers Plus (NM)
Sweet of You (NM)

$18.00 Sets
Dance Sketches (NUM)
For Goodness Sake (NUM)
Miracle of Spring (gently used)
Ballernia Set - JRL (gently used)

$20.00 Sets
Quirky Alphabet (NUM)
Stipple Celebrations (NM)

$35.00 Sets
Definitely Decorative Race Car (NUM)
Canine Capers (NUM)
Coast to Coast (NUM)

Creative Cafe CHA giveaway and BLOG Party

I know I haven't updated lately, and I will, but in the meantime I wanted to let you know about a fantastic giveaway. Creative Cafe has a bunch of new items being released at CHA and in celebration they are giving away $150 in free product. They are also having a blog party with lots of new goodies being given away. Visit them here to find out more.

FREEZING TEMPS CONTINUE....

It is still unbearably cold here. This morning the temp was -17 and I don't even want to know what the wind chill was. The current 5:00pm temp is -8 with a windchill of -27 (expecting wind chills of up to -40). School has once again been canceled for tomorrow. The kids are glad to be home for another day, but are a bit bummed out about missing "Popcorn Friday" at school ~ perhaps they will have it Monday for them.

The kids enjoyed their indoor picnic today, and we ended up making chocolate chip cookie bars instead of cookies, and the kids think they are delicious.

SHIMMERZ BLINGZ - NEW COLORS

Shimmerz has added 4 fabulous new colors to their Blingz line. These are perfect for those upcoming Valentine's Day projects! Visit Shimmerz and you can enter to win these new colors (ends January 18th)!

BRRR....IT'S FREEZING HERE!!!

The current temp is -9 and dropping with a windchill of -27. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse. Needless to say, school has been canceled for tomorrow. Good thing we have plenty of hot chocolate on hand. My kids are so excited they don't have school, and are looking forward to spending the day with mom (although Ashley is a bit disappointed that she won't have Daisies tomorrow). I think we will have an indoor picnic and bake some cookies, the only hard part will be getting them all to agree on what kind of cookies to make.....I'm sure they will also play Wii (thanks again Uncle Craig for the awesome Christmas gift), and Tyler will probably be spending quite a bit of time on Webkinz trying to catch those snowflakes.

I'm hoping to be able to get Ashley's birthday party invitations done tomorrow too, since we need to get those out soon.

At Victoria Case Stamps I found an awesome blog candy giveaway. It closes tomorrow, the 15th, so hurry on over there.

Well, who would have thought, I've finally taken the plunge and created a blog. I know absolutely nothing about blogging, so it will definitely be a learning experience for me. I'm sure it will be a little bit before I get things up and going the way I would like, but I had to start somewhere...... I hope to update this once a week .

I've been busy doing some card challenges, and I also entered 3 cards in Pink Cat Studio's Lily the Fairy contest.

Here are the cards I entered:

I'm not sure if any of these will win, but I did have a lot of fun using this fairy image!

UPDATED to add that I did not win the contest, but as I said, I had a lot of fun with this fairy. All the cards that were entered (over 200) were amazing ~ sure glad I didn't have to choose a winner!