Retro Sketches #79 and lunch with family and friends....

One more day to play...so fun to have a 3 day weekend. Yesterday I met my mom for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and tried their grilled cheese, it was ok but it is a good thing it is not on their menu. Somehow they missed the concept of "grilled".  I was just nice to hang out with my mom even if they messed up on their "grilled cheese".

My mom....she will turn 80 next Saturday!

Today Ashleigh and I headed out to meet up with some sweet friends we have not seen in months, we would get to laughing so hard, I would have bet money that Fuddruckers was getting ready to kick us out! We could have sat there all day and chatted and laughed! 

Darlene, Sarah, Ashleigh and Arlene

After being out and about the last 2 days and seeing all the Halloween goodies, I could not resist making another Halloween card. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my card.....enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Solid Card Stock: Black, Canyon Clay and Ivory

Patterned Paper: Pebbles - Trick or Treat and American Crafts - Halloween

Stamps: WM - Midnight Feast and Halloween Party

Bling: Creative Imaginations
Dies: MFT - Stacked Flags

The 12 Kits of Holidays - February 2013 Edition

Another month has come and gone so it is time for our monthly installment of The 12 Kits of Holidays.  This month are fabulous hostess is Renee and if you don't already know this about Renee, when she sends you a kit or anything else for that matter, she sends enough to last you for just about forever! I am not complaining in any way, I love it because I will have so much leftovers that I can CASE any of the other cards that are made for this month's challenge.  Renee's theme for this month is Christmas and she used these amazing stamps from Waltzingmouse. For some odd reason I could not open the supply list but I know it is my lack of computer skills, the ingredients to her kit are just incredible as you can see in the kit photo.

Kit Photo Courtesy of Kara

Be sure to check out all of the blogs from the links below to see all of the fabulous creations, you will be amazed!

Joyce

Renee (this month's hostess)

Tracey

Sharron

Marybeth

Jeanne

Christina

Amy

Kim (that's me)

Kara

Kelly

Jessica

Waltzingmouse - Sketch Challenge #99

Last card post for the day (I think) and this one is for this week's sketch challenge from Waltzingmouse.  I always look forward to seeing what their design team comes up and I am always amazed.  I made a card using their Join Us stamp set, it has so many stamps to use for parties and so many other events.  I wanted to make a thank you card for some friends of our who went to dinner with my husband and I to celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary, they are the sweetest couple and really wanted to make a special card to thank them.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Rustic White

Patterned Paper: PTI - Summer Sunrise and Autumn Abundance

Pearls: SU

Felt: PTI - Spring Moss

Dies: PTI - Double Ended Banners, MFT - Mini Rolled Roses and Spellbinders - Labels #25

Stamps: WMS - Join Us and French Country

Good Morning...

 

Good Morning...I have been so excited about getting my order from Waltzingmouse Stamps.  I have only been using their stamps for a short while and since following them, this is the first release they have had and I was so jazzed to be able to order.  This card is made from the French Country and Chicken wire sets, they are both just too adorable and I just love all of the french sayings on the French Country set, but it was the rooster that sold me on this one, not sure why but it did. Thanks for taking a peek!

 

I forgot to add a a few more things...this card was made for this weeks Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch, and it was so much fun to get inspiration from, thanks Renee.

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI Pure Poppy and Rustic White

Ink: SU Real Red

Stamps: WMS - Chicken Wire and French Country

Buttons: PTI - Pure Poppy

Bakers Twine: PTI - Pure Poppy

Dies: Spellbinders - Fancy Labels and Labels #18

Waltzingmouse Christmas Card Challenge - March 2012

This month's theme is to make a Christmas card using blue and brown paper.  Neither of these colors are in my 10 ten favorites to use but when paired together, what an awesome combination.  I used WMS Santa's Coming to Town for this card and this is one of my top favorites of WM stamp sets, I just love the cameo of Santa, and I even glittered the buttons, so festive.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Card Base and Envelope: Club Scrap

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Spring Rain and Ivory

Stamps: WMS - Santa's Coming to Town

Buttons: PTI - Spring Rain

Glitter: Hero Arts



Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #85

Another card for the day (I am hoping to get several more made before the day is over too), this one is for this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge and this is one of those cards that pretty much made itself.  I know there is not much to it but I know I wanted to use these little butterflies...they have been sitting on my craft desk for quite some time and when I saw the sketch for this week's challenge I knew just what I would make.  It is very sweet and simple and I needed a belated birthday too, so it all just seemed to fall into place. 

Ingredients

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Eat Cake

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Berry Sorbet

Butterflies: Jenni Bowlin



Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party - Spring - February 2012

Wow, this month is just flying by and it is already the 17th, time to post my card for the Waltzingmouse Blog Party. The theme this month is Spring...Looking Forward to Spring and I am really looking forward to having a bit warmer weather, seeing all the blooms on the trees and most of all baseball season to start! My card this month uses the Afternoon Tea set (one of my favorite sets that WMS makes) and the Quatrefoil die from PTI, the perfect combination.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Aqua Mist, White and Melon Berry

Stamps: WMS - Afternoon Tea

Ribbon: Michael's

Felt: PTI - Aqua Mist and Melon Berry

Dies: PTI - Beautiful Blooms #2 and Quatrefoil

Ink: PTI - Aqua Mist and VersaFine - Black



Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #84 - by Jen Cuthbertson



It has been a while since I have made a card for the Waltzingmouse weekly challenge, but this sketch is so nice I could not pass up the chance to make another card.  I know I have said this before, but I only have a few WM stamp sets, so my cards are a bit limited in theme but there are so many stamps that come in each set and that makes it easy to change up your cards a bit. Here is the sketch...

and then my take on it...thanks for taking a peek!

 

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Ivory, Dark Chocolate and Melon Berry
Bakers Twine: PTI - Dark Chocolate
Buttons: PTI - Melon Berry
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Afternoon Tea
Charm: eBay
Ink: VersaFine - Vintage Sepia

Waltzingmouse Christmas Card Challenge - February 2012

Well it is that time again...time for the Waltzingmouse Christmas Card Challenge and I have to say this card pretty much just made it's self, love when that happens.  For this month there are two different color schemes, one traditional and the other a bit more modern.  I just couldn't do the modern one, just not me.  To me Christmas is the traditional colors of red and green...They both are nice but red and green are my choice.

Here is my take on the WMCCC, thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and White

Printed Paper: PTI - Candy Cane Prints

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Santa's Coming to Town

Jingle Bells: Michael's

Seam Binding: Renee Lynch

Ink: SU - Real Red

Bakers Twine: PTI - Pure Poppy

WaltzingMouse Stamps Blog Party - Sweet Things - January 2012

I have been having so much fun playing the Afternoon Tea stamp set from WaltzingMouse, so for this month's challenge we have to use a stamp set to make a card with the theme of Sweet Things. Once I completed the card I really felt like it was missing something, a tea charm.  I thought I had a bunch of these but could not find one single charm, so on eBay I went and found these adorable little silver tea bags, just too darn cute.  Going to tea and having sweet scones along with a nice hot cup of Ceylon tea is at the top of my list of "sweet" things to do.  So this is my take on the challenge this month, thanks for taking a peek

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Scarlet jewel
Charm: eBay
Baker's Twine: PTI - Pure Poppy
Die: Spellbinders - Fancy Tags
Pearls: SU
Edge Punch: Martha Stewart
Printed Paper: Echo Park - Yours Truly
Ribbon: PTI - White
Stamps: WaltzingMouse - Afternoon Tea
Ink: VersaFine - Black

WaltzingMouse Sketch Challenge #80

I don't have too many WaltzingMouse stamp sets, so my cards are pretty much limited to Christmas, tea or cakes.  I received this set as a gift and have played with it a bit but never very happy with the end results, so I thought I would give it another try today.  So happy that I did and thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet and Spring Moss
Printed Paper: PTI- Polka Dot Parade
Ribbon: Michael's
Dies: PTI - Edgers #2 Collection
Stamps: WaltzingMouse - Eat Cake
Pearls: SU
Ink: SU - Regal Rose and VersaFine - Black
Punches: SU

January 2012 Waltzting Mouse Christmas Card Challenge

I know, I know more Christmas cards and it's only January...well Waltzing Mouse has a year long Christmas card challenge where you make one card per month and follow their theme.  This is the first month and the theme is to have either day or night time sky.  I choose night time and was able to use some leftovers from another annual challenge, 12 Kits of Christmas (more on that to follow at a later date and post).  This card was lots of fun to make and uses plenty of glitter, sort of hard to see from the photo but trust me if you saw my craft table you would think Tinker Bell lived here.  My favorite thing about the card are the adorable little red birds perched on the tree.Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Black and White
Dies: Renee (thanks)
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Stamps: WM 2011 Holiday Ornaments

Afternoon Tea - A Cordail Invitation

Last card for the weekend.  This card is for the Waltzing Mouse Challenge #79.  I don't have too many WMS sets and one used in this card is one that I won.  I have a girlfriend that is hard to buy for and her birthday is coming up so I thought why not take her to tea and this is the perfect set to make a card inviting her for a relaxing afternoon of tea and treats.  Thanks for taking a peek.

Ingredient
Solid Card Stock: PTI - White and Pure Poppy
Printed Paper: PTI - Beautiful Blooms
Ribbon: PTI - Pure Poppy
Ink: SU - Real Red
Stamps: Afternoon Tea
Edge Punch: Martha Stewart
Tag: Unknown Source

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #74 & CAS-ual Fridays #29

I am pretty new to WMS but have fallen head over heels in love with them.  This will be my fourth card made for one of their challenges, this one is a sketch challenge.  I only own two WM stamp sets, one Christmas and the other is a background set.  Both are just beautiful but really limit the cards I can make for these challenges.  Good thing it is Christmas season, so I am safe for a little while. 
My favorite stamp from Santa's Coming to Town is the Santa cameo and I have used it every chance I could. I also love glitter and made my own red sparkle letters using Quikutz dies and then ran them through my little Xyron, sprinkled them with glitter and there you have it! It makes a bit of a mess but well worth it in my opinion.  So here is my Santa card...thanks for taking a peek!

This card is serving two different challenges, Waltzingmouse and CAS-ual Fridays.  I love it when I am able to get one card made for two challenges, such a fun bonus.

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and Fresh Snow
Printed Paper: PTI - Candy Cane Prints
Ink: VeraFine - Onyx Black
Dies: PTI - Doilies and Quikutz - Chocolate ABC's
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Bling: Martha Stewart

4 of a Kind Challenge - Take 4

It's that time again for the 4 of a Kind Challenge! This month's kit was so festive and so much fun and I got to use some new stamps too.  Renee from It's A Patchwork Life sent out the kits and since she is a Mischief Maker for Waltzingmouse stamps she sent enough supplies to create lot os mischeif on my craft desk. There were enough supplies to make several cards but I am only posting one for this challenge and will post the second one fr the my Blog Waltz with WMS a few days later. 
Renee has a very cool prize for one lucky person who leaves a comment.  The prize is a set of Waltzingmouse Stamps! So please check out the other three blogs and leave comments and one of you will be choosen at random.

Renee - It's A Patchwork Life

Joyce - Cards-by-the-Sea

Cathy - Empty Nest Crafter

This is a picture of the wonderful kit Renee sent...

and this is my take on the kit...

I fell in love with the mittens the second I saw them in the kit and knew they had to be the centerpiece of my card.  The snowflakes are the cutest buttons you have ever seen and then I added the little red pearls on top to brighten them up.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Card Stock: PTI Ocean Tides, Pure Poppy and Fresh Snow

Stamps: Waltzmouse

Buttons: PTI - Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy

Pearls & Snowflakes: Unknown Source

Cards that Care

I decided to make some Christmas cards to donate to Cards that Care and wanted to make something that would be fairly quick and easy to assemble. These cards will go to the elderly who are in nursing homes.  I cased my own card, one I made to Halloween that I used Waltzingmouse stamps for.  I love the idea of the cameo and this one of Santa is just too sweet.  Thank you for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Santa's Coming to Town and Off Beat Backgrounds
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black
Buttons: PTI
Card Stock: CM - Red
Printed Paper: Christmas Prints
Bling: unknown source
Ribbon: PTI - Fresh Snow

First Waltzing Mouse Challenge

I am so excited to finally own a set of stamps from Waltzing Mouse and get to participate in one of their challenges.  Their designs are so elegant and beautiful, it made it so easy to put the card together.  I was lucky enough to have the Hocus Pocus set on loan from Cathy Weber - The Empty Nest Crafter.  She is just too sweet! I did purchase one set and that one is Off Beat Backgrounds.  I know Halloween has already past, but now I will be ahead of the game next year.  I love the witch's silhouette, and that nose is just too cute! Just the way I would picture a witch in real life.  Thank you so much for taking a peek at my very first Waltzing Mouse card!

Ingredients
Stamps: WM - Off Beat Backgrounds and Hocus Pocus
Card Stock: PTI Fresh Snow, Orange Zest and True Black
Printed Paper: PTI - Halloween Prints
Dies: Spellbinders Scalloped Squares
Ribbon: PTI - True Black
Bling: Kaiser
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black
Buttons: PTI - Orange Zest and True Black