Lemony Goodness

This is the first time I have tried my hand at Case this Sketch! I'm so glad I did because this sketch got my creative juices flowing today. I am in love with this pattern paper pad from Michael's, Mint To Be by Craft Smart. I purchased several to make three of the dry erase calendar pictured. I purchase the background matte from Hobby Lobby right before the quarantine and I will have to wait until they reopen to pick up two more mattes to make the other calendars. I have so much of the pattern paper left and as soon as I checked out the card sketch I knew I had to use the lemon paper to make a card. I love lemons :) I used pink and white cardstock from Stampin Up! and cut the banner sentiment with my Maker. The flowers are from a daisy punch I have had for years. The little fence is a die cut from Darice. The white calendar frame is Studio Décor from Michael's. I have a large empty wall in my dining room and I love all things planner so I came up with the idea to make three large dry erase boards. I wanted to make it easier for my husband and I keep up with three months of appointments, vacations, etc. cause as we get older we are getting so forgetful. ;) The cover opening had a very thin plastic so I replaced it with thicker plexiglass from Lowe's. I had to replace it because the dry erase maker would not come off the original plastic that came with the frame. If you watch the frames will go on sale buy 1 get 2 free and that is the best time to grab them.

Freshly Made Sketches 431

It has been so long since I have posted anything let alone a challenge that I am trying. I love Freshly Made Sketches. They are always so inspiring. Go check them out!! Once I got started making a card I just had to make two. I then made the little note card from scraps....no since wasting lol. I used goodies from several companies. The cardstock is Stampin' Up!, pattern paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby and the stamp set is CTMH Cherishing Her (February stamp of the month). I used ribbon and embossing folder from Stamping Up! the fence is a die cut from Darce. Hope you enjoy!!

MoJo Monday #68 Sketch Challenge

I Love this Sketch!! It is from this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch. I have seen some wonderful cards on different blogs and splitcoast using this sketch and they are wonderful. There is so much you can do with it. I made two cards using it. The buttons from the Valentine card are from my husbands old UPS uniforms. When he had some wear out or “shrink” to much, really it had nothing to do with him gaining weight, we cut off the buttons before trashing them. I have a baggie full and pulled them out for this card. We have had a busy week and I have not gotten to play much. But they are forecasting snow this week so I may have a day off from work and get to “play” in my scrap room.

Thanks for Visiting and Have a Good Week!!!!

Kelli

Supplies I used:

Valentine Card:

Sets: Season of Friendship, Love You Much
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Choc. Chip, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane DS
Ink: Choc. Chip, Riding Hood Red
Heart to Heart Punch, Pop Dots, UPS Buttons, Designer Label Punch, Vanilla Hardware, Sponge, Sanding Block, Riding Hood Red Ribbon

Celebrate Card:

Sets: CTMH Treasured Life, Say it in Style
Cardstock: SU Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla, CTMH Graduate Level 2 Packet
Ink: Groovy Guava, River Rock
Top Note Die, Oval Punches, buttons from Wal-mart, Groovy Guava ribbon, metal clip,Sponge, Sanding Block,

Petal Pizzazz

I hope everyone had a great New Years. We had friends and family over Wednesday night about 25 people where here to eat, visit and play games. We had a lot of fun!! Yesterday Jerry, Autumn and I vegged out all day and did nothing but watch TV and eat Chinese and pizza. Encore had a Planet of the Ape marathon on that we got into. Jerry and I remembered loving these movies when we young and we still like them but are amazed at the huge difference in movie effects from then and today.
Today Jerry had a doctors appt so I headed to my scrap room to play with some of my new stuff from SU. I really like this new set from SU. I liked it the very first time I saw it online to pre-order. I like all the different flower to use and it looks so springy. I am so tired of the short days and cold dreary weather. I am so ready for warm weather and flowers. I used SC209 on split coast for this card. I also used the new raspberry tart designer paper that will be in the new catalog coming JANURARY 18th. I can’t wait to see the new catty!! Well I hope everyone has a great weekend and Thanks so much for visiting.

Supplies I used:

Sets: Petal Pizzazz, Hugs and Wishes
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Tart DS
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, Pink Pirouette
SU ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folder, SU Scallop Edge punch

I Love…Love You Much

I got to play with the Love You Much bundle today and I love it!!!! The paper is so pretty and the set is very nice. I also really like the different shapes and sizes on the three heart punch. I got to make a layout and a card today and plan to make many more projects with it. I foresee getting more paper when it comes available in the new catalog.

Supplies I used:

Love You Much Bundle
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Textured Choc Chip, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Choc. Chip
Scallop Circle Punch, Pop Dots, Dew Drops, Sizzix File Folder

Snow Swirled 12 x 12 Layout

I have wanted to try and have a scrapbook class for awhile now. I have a card class about every month and couple of years back I had three 2-page layout scrap classes and had nice attendance on the first one but no attendance on the second and third. So I thought I would try again. I’m not getting my hopes up because I know that it is the Christmas season and some may not have time to attend. We will just have to see. I love this stamp set. I have made so many variety of cards and now I have scraped with it. I have really gotten my money’s worth out of it.

Thanks for visiting and have a great evening!!

Kelli

Supplies I Used:
Stamps: Snow Swirled, Just Journaling
Ink: Kiwi Kiss
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Textured Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose
SU taffeta ribbon, Cricut, MS Snowflake punch, SU circle and Scallop Circle punches

Some Birthday Cards and Kristina Werner's Color Challenge #28

Wow has my life been busy!!! I have not gotten to post in awhile because of work, family and really because I am just to tired to type in the evenings. I have gotten to play some in my room this week and hopefully will get to play a lot this weekend since I will be off Monday and Tuesday from work. Wohoo!! I hope to get some scrapping done. I need to get some pages done of our puppy and some more pages from our trip this summer. Well anyways here are some birthday cards I have made this week. The first card I have used the sketch challenge from this week and Kristina Werner's Color Challenge. I really like these colors together and the sketch from splitcoast is a very good one. I love the cards I have seen on Splitcoast using it.


Hope everyone has a great evening and thanks for visiting!!

Kelli







Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Full of Life
Ink: Ruby Red, Pumkin Pie
SU ribbon, Scallop Square Punch, Cuttle Bug Folder




Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Black
Paper: SU Sweet Always DP, Pink Pirouette, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
SU ribbon and Prisma Pencils



Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Cute and Curly
Ink: Black, Elegant Eggplant
Paper: Gable Green, Elegant Eggplant, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
SU ribbon, SU punch, Cuttle Bug folder, Prisma Pencils

Eastern Blooms

This is another set I got in my last order. When I got the new SU catalog fell in love with pages 8 and 9 so these cards were inspired from those pages. I used some different colors and ribbon but the idea was close. I love distressing paper so I tore on the first card and inked the edges on the next. I also use last weeks sketch challenge.

Set: Eastern Blooms
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango
Tangerine Tango ribbon, filigree brads, Cuttlebug Folder


Thanks for visiting and have a great evening!!!

Eat Drink and Be Scary

I love this set and paper!! It is so easy to work with and make some really cute stuff. I got this set last week (along with a few other of course) and could not wait to play with it. The witch hat is so cute and I love images with word use as part of the background. The Ghostly Greetings paper is adorable also. I love the skulls and bats. I plan to make some treats for my buddies at work and some scrap pages with this set and paper. I will have to order another package of paper on my next order because I will be using this one up fast with the projects I am doing and I also plan to use some in my card class next week.

Supplies I used:

Sets: Baroque Motifs, Eat Drink and Be Scary
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black
Cardstock and Paper: Ghostly Greetings, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie
Kiwi Kiss, Black and Pumpkin Pie SU Ribbon, Styled Silver Hardware, SU Buttons, Small and Large SU Tag Punches

Sketch Challenges I used:

October Sheetload
Beate's Weekend Challenge
Cat's Pajama's

Thanks for visiting and have a good day!!!

New Tangerine Tango In-Color

I love using the new In-Colors. I have yet to pick a favorite yet cause they are all so pretty. We made this Monday evening in my monthly card class. I really like how this card turned out and it was so simple to make.

Supplies:
Stamps: Always
Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Very Vanilla
Ink: Tangerine Tango
Scallop edge punch and Buttons from Wal-mart


Thanks for visiting and have a good day!!!

Dirty Dozen Flap Cards and More

Garden Silhouettes

Sets: Lots of Thoughts, Garden Silhouettes
Ink: Soft Sky, Bayou Blue
Cardstock: Soft Sky, Bayou Blue
Soft Sky ribbon, Sizzix Frame die cut, C.B. Swiss Dot, Scallop, Circle, Oval Punches



Jen’s Sketch Challenge

Set: Tart and Tangy
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi
Cardstock: Wild Wasabi Texture, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, Whisper White, SU D.P.
Square Punch




Faux Stitching

Set: CTMH With Love
Ink: Regal Rose
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Black, Pretty in Pink
Regal Rose Ribbon, C.B. Paisley Folder, White Gel Pen, Scallop, Oval punches, Coluzzle



First Scene Card

I really do not think my talent is in making these kind of cards. But I’m always up for a challenge. The coloring is darker but did not show up in the picture. The only thing I had was a pom-pom to color the background.

Sets: Too Spooky (TAC)
Ink: Perfect Plum, Close to Cocoa, Vintage Violet, Choc. Chip
Cardstock: Black, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, D.P. Creative Imaginations




Batty Flap

Set: Batty For You
Ink: Vintage Violet
Cardstock: old Olive, Vintage Violet, Whisper White, Bazzil Glitter Orange, D.P Creative Imaginations
Scallop, Circle, Arrow Punches, vintage violet ribbon, colossal, Score-pal




Bessie

Feeling a little rebellious today and gave Bessie a belly gem. Doesn’t she look sexy?
Set: Lots of Thoughts, An’udder Birthday
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Only Orange, Regal Rose, Soft Sky, Whisper White D.P. Doodle Bug
Ribbon by the Yard from Local Store, Swiss Dot C.B. Folder




Cupcake Flap

Set: Hero Art
Ink: VersaMark, Cho. Chip
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Only Orange, Bazzil Lime, D.P. Doodle Bug
Doodle Bug Lime Sugar (glitter), Heat and stick powder, Ribbon from Michael’s
Prima’s, White Brads, Button from Wal-mart, Coluzzle

SC183 Baby Card

I made this baby card for a friend of ours. I wanted to take a try at this weeks sketch challenge on split coast and came up with these two cards. The only differences in the two cards is the way I turned the wasabi piece and I put a piece of whisper white under one wasabi piece. I think I like the first card more because the green is more visible. This is a fun sketch and I will use it again.

Supplies I used:
Baby Firsts and By One and By Twos sets
Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, River Rock SU Card Stock, American Craft and SU DS Paper
Going Grey, Wild Wasabi Ink
SU Wild Wasabi Strip & Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon Oval and Slot punches

Thanks for visiting and have a good evening!!!

Simple Card

I made this card a few days ago and I am just getting the time to post. I got out “Live Your Dreams” again, I really like this set. I hope to have some more projects to post later today. But I have to clean my house before I get to have any fun. :(

Supplies I used:
Live Your Dreams Set
Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, River Rock, Natural Ivory card stock
Old Olive, Regal Rose markers and ink pads
Hardware from TAC and Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon

Father's Day Cards

I’m so happy to be off for the summer!!! I have gotten to play a little the past couple of days while trying desperately to catch up on laundry. I needed to get some Father’s Day card made so that was the project for today. Two of the cards I used Beate’s Weekend Challenge. Boy has it been I while since I have gotten to try out a challenge of any kind.
I check out the challenges but have not had time to play lately. I really got into distressing!!! Maybe I was trying to relieve some stress leftover from work??? Anyways these cards were a lot of fun making. I used a one 5 ½ X 12 in. piece of Su Designer Paper on all five cards. Tonight my hubby gets to pick which one he want to give to his Dad. We will be celebrating Father’s Day tomorrow with his Family since we all will be on vacation on Father’s Day.

Supplies I used:
Bronco Buster, Wanted, Weather BG Stamp Sets
Blue Bayou, Really Rust, Sage Shadow, Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, SU Designer Paper
Really Rust, Close to Cocoa ink
SU Punches, Su Buttons, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tim Holtz Destresser (?), sanding block

Thanks for Visiting and Have a Great Weekend!!!!!!!

June Christmas Card Challenge

Today I worked on my June CCC08. I realized today that I didn’t make any cards in May for the challenge. My life was just to busy to get to them. I’m just going to let them go and not stress my self out about it. I made this set with a one sheet wonder I came up with for my stamp camp in April. You have to use a 12x12 double sided pattern paper.








First cut is 5 inch then two cuts at 3 ¾ in. ea., you will get three pieces. These pieces I cut in half either way and place on the same card. This is why you need a double sided pattern paper cause I turn on piece over and glue one on top and one on the bottom.

The next cut is 4 in. and then three cuts at 3 in. ea. this will make four pieces.

The last strip left you make two cuts 4 in. ea. this will give make three pieces.

When all cutting is done you only have a small piece of paper left. So there is not much waste and you have enough pieces to make 10 cards.

Supplies I used:
Basic Grey Figgy Pudding-Nestled pattern paper, SU Cranberry Crisp, Cool Caribbean, River Rock, Very Vanilla Card Stock
River Rock, Cranberry Crisp Ink
All Through the Year, Flakey Friends, Seasonal Scribbles (TAC) Stamp Sets
Scallop Punch, Circle Punch, SU Ribbon Cranberry Crisp and River Rock



Thanks for visiting!! Have a wonderful week!!

Turquoise Butterfly and Cupcakes

Wow I have not gotten to post in a while. Since I took on the second job last month it is hard to post. Also weekends have gotten kind of busy since the weather has turned warm. But I really love the second job I have taken on at Raceland 21st Century after school program. The people I work with are great and the kids are a lot of fun.

I got to play some this weekend and I made two cards. I need to get some cards built up in my card box for birthdays and such that come up since sometimes it is hard to set down and make cards on the spur of the moment.


Hero Arts Stamps, Judith Stamps
Choc. Chip, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Whisper White Cardstock
Choc. Chip Ink
SU Punches and Ribbon, Cuttlebug Folder



Priceless Set
Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery Cardstock
Tempting Turquoise Ink
Su Ribbon, Ribbon Slider and Cuttlebug Folder (Floral Fantasy)

Live your Dreams

I got to make some cards this afternoon cause I had the day off to get a tooth fixed this morning. I got this stamp yesterday and I love it!! When I first saw it in the new mini I did not think I would want it but the more stuff I have seen made with it the more I wanted it. I love how simple it is to come up with ideas with is. But Tart and Tangy is still my fav from the mini. On two of the cards I used the Sketch Challenge from last week. I tried out different embellishments on them and I think I like the pearl card better.

Supplies I used:
Card One:
Live Your Dreams set, Pretty Petal Background
Really Rust, Mellow Moss, River Rock
Really Rust, Garden Green Markers
Close to Cocoa, Mellow Moss Ink
River Rock Ribbon

Supplies I used:
Card Two and Three
Live Your Dreams Set
Choc. Chip, Soft Sky, Whisper White Card Stock
Soft Sky Ink
Regal Rose, Old Olive Markers
SU Buttons, Pearl Gems (Hobby Lobby)

Thanks for visiting and have a great week!!!