Serendipity #28 and another Merry Monday card...

Happy Friday...yippeee, I am doing the happy dance today (thanks for the lessons Bev!). I have a quick post for today with one card for Serendipity Challenge #28 and Merry Monday #96.  Thank you so much for stopping by...have a fabulous weekend!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Pure Poppy

Patterned Paper: EP - 'tis the Season

Dies: PTI - Tipped Tops and Lil Inkers: Holly Jolly

Stamps: Serendipity - Have a Jolly

Twine and Jingle Bells: My Stash

2 Cards for Thursday

It's almost the weekend again...yipppeee and no plans so that means lots of crafting and family time.  I have two cards to share today, my first one is for this week's Merry Monday. It was fun to make, took me a bit longer than it should have and I still think it is missing something but I decided to let it go and post it any way.

It is hard to see all the glitter on my card, it edges the hills, roof and chimeny smoke.

My second card is for this week's CASology...the cue card is "jump" and as soon as I saw that I knew which stamps to pull out. In fact this is one of my oldest sets, it is from Flourishes and I love their silhouettes. I stamped the images in black but since it is an outside setting I really felt like it needed a bit of color so  I added the green stripe paper and yellow twine to brighten it up a bit. Thank you so much for stopping by...have a fabulous day!

Ingredients

Merry Mondays

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Pure Poppy and New Leaf

Stamps: Hero Arts - Winter Village and PTI - In The Meadow

Dies: Lil Inkers: Holly Jolly and Stitched Circles and Mama Elephant - Borders

Ink: SU - Real Red and PTI - New Leaf

CASology 

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug - Fruit Stand

Twine and Wooden Embellishment: My Stash

Stamps: Flourishes - Kids Play

Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Ink: VersaFine - Black

3 cards for Saturday...

Well, Saturday is just about over and I accomplished so much today. My family headed up to Travis Air Force Base to do the grocery shopping and I stayed home, it was nice to have the house to myself for once. I made a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, almost finished a new blouse, just need to sew the buttons on and got my laundry finished too. I love my dolly domestic days, I could really never leave home, except maybe to get more crafting supplies.  I have 3 cards to share for several challenges and can't wait to share them with you.  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by and peek at my cards...have a wonderful rest of your weekend!

This card is for Muse #51, Paper Smooches - Anything Goes and SSS - Let's Have a Laugh

 

Paper Smooches - Anything Goes, Merry Monday #92 and The Card Concept #2

ColourQ #225

TAWS - Birthday Theme, Merry Mondays #90 and Simon Says Stamps - Something New

Hello...just a quick post today, back to work yesterday and subbed all day today so not too much crafting time until I get back into my work routine.  My card is a bit of a stretch for the first challenge for TAWS, they are celebrating their 3rd birthday and have a challenge looking for birthday themed cards...since I am still in post Christmas mood and have been dying to use this sweet little set from TAWS and since it is celebrating the birth of our Lord, why not! I stamped the background using VersaMark and than some clear embossing powder and on the star I used clear Wink of Stella, I know it is hard to see in my photo but it looks so pretty with all the sparkles. The second challenge I am entering my card in is for the current challenge over at Merry Monday's, ribbon or twine, this is a fabulous way to stay on top of getting your holiday cards made throughout the year.  And the final one is for SSS, since this set is new that counts,right? 

Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card...have a wonderful week!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Rustic White and Harvest Gold

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey - Persimmon

Stamps: TAWS - Seek Him

Ribbon/Twine: Britex

Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Wink of Stella

Merry Monday's #70 and Seize the Sketch #1

Second post of the day and I have 2 cards to share. The first card is for Merry Monday's #70, I have not played along in some time and fell in love with the sketch and knew just what I would do.  Some time back a sweet friend of mine, Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter was so kind and sent me the most adorable Santa face stamp from Serendipity Stamps, isn't he just the jolliest?  My patterned paper is from Doodlebug and is pretty old, I knew I would find the right use for it some day.  

My second card is for this week's challenge over at Seize the Sketch and in fact it is their first challenge, how fun to be in on the fun the very beginning!  I pulled out a stamp set that has been sitting in my stamp bin for some time, it was fun to play with and added a bit of festive sequins for a bit of bling!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Santa

Solid Card Stock: White and New Leaf

Patterned Paper: Candy Cane Prints and Doodlebug

Stamps: Santa Stationary and Serendipity - Santa face

Dies: Spellbinders - Circles

Jingle Bells: Joann's

Twine: The Twinery

Ink: SU - Real Red

Seize the Birthday

Solid Card Stock: White and Black

Stamps: Grunge Me and  MFT - Journal It - Playlist

Dies: MFT - Cassette 

Sequins: N&T

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Happy Memorial Day

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day today. Our day was very quiet and Dwight did some BBQ'ing for dinner, so yummy!  I took some time to day to get a few more cards made, 2 of which I am posting here.  The first card is for this week's Muse Challenge #19.  Michelle's inspiration card is just beautiful so I decided to make one just like it.  I did not have any sweet bird stamps so I added a bit of bling in the centers of some of my flowers. 

Michelle's Inspiration Card

My second card is for this week's Merry Monday #64...I love getting a bit ahead in making my Christmas cards and this weekly challenge is wonderful for that.  I love using jingle bells on my cards too, it drives my daughter nuts because she worries how they will get mailed...too fuuny! Thank you so much for stopping by to peek at my cards....have a fabulous week!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Muse

Solid Card Stock: White, New Leaf and Berry Sorbet

Stamps: Sentiments Signs and SSS - Flower Friends

Bling: my stash

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays - Snowflake Greetings

Ink: New Leaf, Winter Wisteria, Berry Sorbet, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise and SU - Real Red

Merry Monday's

Solid Card Stock: White and Black and WP9 - Red

Dies: In The Meadow and Lil Inkers - Polaroid Frame

Baker's Twine: Pure Poppy

Patterned Paper and Jingle Bells: My Stash

A few more cards for today...

Two more cards for today...the first one is for this weeks Merry Monday #55, Tic Tac Toe and I took to the bottom row. It was a quick and easy card to make and I just love the way it turned out.  I think this is the cutest Santa stamp I have ever seen, it was a gift from one of my blog friends, Cathy from Empty Nest Crafter. He is just so jolly looking. 

My second card is for this weeks Retro Sketch #57. It has been a few weeks since I have played along and I forgot how fun it is to take their sketch and turn it into my own.  I am thinking a bit ahead and made my card for Father's Day, my husband loves to fish more than just about anything else so I thought this would be just perfect for him. I used a stamp that is from a stamp class my sister I took what seems like a 100 years ago. She bought the stamp and then passed it down to me, it works great with all of these lures. 

Ingredients - all PTI unless listed

Santa

Solid Card Stock: White

Ink: Fine Linen and SU - Real Red

Stamps: Santa Stationary and Serendipity - Santa

Bling: Doodlebug

Fish More

Solid Card Stock: White and Spring Rain

Stamps: WP9 - Fish More and A Muse Artstamps -Lots of Circles (thanks Robyn)

Dies: WP9 - Fish More

Ink: Spring Rain, Orange Zest, New Leaf, Lemon Tart and Harvest Gold, SU - Real Red and VersaFine - Black

Twine: Stash

Fishing doo dad: my husbands tackle box

Merry Monday #51 and Retro Sketches #53

I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend...today I have two cards for three different challenges. My first card is a Disney themed one for Retro Sketches. My daughter and sister will be heading to Southern California for spring break soon and they will be staying with some sweet friends of ours while on their trip. They plan to spend a day in Disneyland with them and I thought this would be the perfect thank you card to use to thank them for letting stay at their home.

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Washi Tape: Queen and Co.

Stamps: PTI - Think Big Favorites #

Dies: PTI - Mat Stack 4 and Mat Stack 4 Layerz

Mickey Heads and Paper: My Stash

Ink: VersaFine - Black

My second card is for Merry Monday...this is a challenge blog for Christmas cards and this is my first time playing along. This week's theme is tic tac toe, you can play in any direction. I choose the left side going down for my card. This was another quick and easy card to make and I have one more card to add to my collection so when Christmas is here again I will be ready to go.  Both cards will be entered in this weeks Simon Says Stamps challenge, Anything Goes too. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card....have a wonderful day!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye - Dots and Stripes

Ink: VersaFine - Black

Die: WP9 - Snowflake

Stamps: PTI - Photo Finishers

Ribbon: My Stash

Punch: SU - Scalloped Edge