Just a note...

Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday! I am only dropping in real quick this morning to remind you of the latest Fashionista Friday challenge going on at the Shoe!  The challenge is to use Kraft (it closes tomorrow evening...so you still have a bit of time to get in on it!)...here are the samples I created for this challenge:

Supplies: Cardstock - PaperTrey Ink; Stamps - PaperTrey Ink; Ink - Copic, Memento Tuxedo Black; Nestabilities

Supplies:  Image - Angel Bear from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps; Ink - Copic and Memento Tuxedo Black; Diamond Stickles; Cardstock - PaperTrey Ink; Nestabilities Circle Dies

Now...I am off to get my federally declared disaster area of a scrap room cleaned up! It has finally reached the point of no return and a complete overhaul is in order.  I do this at least once a year...you can take a peek at last year's results here...wish me luck!

12 Tags of Christmas...the end...

well...not gonna say much other than I had a blast playing along with Tim Holtz and his 12 Tags of Christmas...this is the first year that I've been able to create all 12...had so much fun (and have the ink stained fingers to prove it!) and kind of sad that it's over all ready...oh well...can't wait to see what 2011 has in store!  Here is Tag #12, (of all 12..this is my fave that I made!)  and one last time...created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz:

Supplies: Stamps - Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous; Paper - Grungepaper and Basic Grey; Flowers from Prima; Rock Candy Crackle Paint; Idea-ology - mask sheets and corners; Cricut Joys of the Season cartridge; Ink: Distress Inks - Fired Brick, Walnut Stain: Ranger Archival Black; unknown ribbon and tulle

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 8

WOWZA!  ok...this tag (Day 8 from Tim Holtz) originally had me shaking in my furry boots...and then I tried it...and WOW!  LOVE LOVE LOVE this technique...definitely not as hard as I made it out to be...at least to me...made my own mask using blank mask sheets and Cricut Joys of the Season cart...

well...Tag #12 is done also...but that will come in my next post...

Supplies:  Stamps - Stampabilities, Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous, Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Grungepaper; Distress Inks in Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass; Ranger Archival ink in Black; Idea-ology corner, Distress Stickles in Peeled Paint and Fired Brick; American Crafts black cardstock and white gel pen; idea-ology mask sheet; Cricut Joys of the Season cartridge; Tiny attacher; Twinklets Diamond Dust; Ribbon from morex

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 11

woohooo!  here is my take on Tim's Day 11 Tag:

off to try and get Tag #8 done and then finish it up with #12!

Supplies:  Stamps - Stampers Anonymous: Tim Holtz and Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Ink - Distress inks: Peeled Paint, Stormy Sky, Broken China, Dusty Concord, Walnut Stain, VIntage Photo, Pine Needles, Ranger Archival in black; Distress Embossing Powder - SPeeled Paint, Snow-Tex, Distress Embossing Ink; UTEE Clear; Jute from Westrim Crafts; muse token and pin from idea-ology, bookplate from CTMH; Prima bling

12 Tags of Christmas...Parts 7, 9 and 10...

ok...still plugging away here getting inky and having fun playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas.  I'd been working through them in order, however, Day 8 tag is a bit intimidating..so i'm saving it for the end!  LOL!  anyways...here are tags 7, 9 and 10...created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz:

Tag 7:  Definitely had me working outside my creative box!  love the background and will definitely use that technique again...the flower...wow...just about kicked my tail end!

Supplies: Stamps - Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi, Ink - Distress Inks in Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain, Crushed Olive, VIntage Photo, Frayed Burlap, Memento Tuxedo Black, Paper -"25" from Tim Holtz idea-ology Lost and Found paper stash, Accessories - Claudine Helmuth Studio Sticky Back Canvas, Perfect Pearls Mist in Forever Red, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Apple and English Ivy, Fired Brick Distress Reinker, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals and Elegant Flourishes, Tim Holtz texture fade - oak, idea-ology type charms, Adirondack paint dabber in snow cap, Maya Road alphabet

Tag 9:  I think this is my absolute favorite of this year's 12 tags...picture doesn't really do it justice...but here goes:

Supplies: Stamps - stampabilities, Paper - Tim Holtz paper stash Lost & Found by idea-ology, Ink - Distress Inks in Wild Honey, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain, Accessories - Glimmer Mist in Iridescent Gold and Wheatfields, Glimmer Glaze in Cowboy, Tim Holtz Sizzix Rosette Die, wings from Art Chix, Grungeboard alphas, Adirondack paint dabbers in Espresso and Black, Tim Holtz accoutrements from idea-ology, bling from Recollections, bird from Blue Moon beads, trim from Hobby lobby, Glossy Accents

Tag 10:  LOVED doing this one!  such a whimsical bit...had a lot of fun putting this one together:

Supplies: Stamps - Verve, Paper - Seasonal Grungeboard, Ink - Distress Inks in Stormy Sky, Broken China, Pumice Stone, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo, Memento TUxedo Black; Accessories - Distress Stickles in Peeled Paint, Stickles in Silver and Candy Cane, idea-ology word charm and jump ring; Adirondack paint dabber in snow cap and black, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

ok...a few more tags to finish up...and then the 2010 version of 12 tags of Christmas is done...sniff...off to get inked up!

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 6

ok...a few days behind...but still having a blast playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas!  This is my take on Tim's Day 6 tag...didn't have some of the embossing folders he had, so I used stamps, embossed the image, then stamped over it (the embossed portion will resist ink) and then used a cuttlebug folder in place of his sizzix texture fade.  Here is my version...created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz:

hope to catch back up this weekend so that I can finish Day 12's tag the same day he posts...been having so much fun getting inky...hate that it's coming to a close so soon!  sniff!

Supplies: Stamps - Trees and snowflakes: Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous (Reindeer Flight), Wish from CTMH December Word Puzzle, Splatter stamp - Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Distress inks - Walnut Stain, Fired Brick, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood, Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss; Tissue Tape and Ticket from idea-ology; Seasonal Grungeboard; Pearls - Queen&Co; Stampn'Stuff Clear embossing powder; Adirondack Paint Dabbers in Gold and Juniper; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Snowflakes; Distress Stickles - Vintage Photo

Wishing you...

Ok...got one last tag done this weekend!  this one is for the Simon Says Stamp and Show...Stamp and Show a Tag challenge!  Decided to make a tag separate from all of the Tim tags I was making this weekend...and used my fab holiday Studio 490 stamps to do so!  Here is my tag:

Ok...now off to spend  the rest of the evening with the family!  

Supplies: Stamps - Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Distress Inks - Forest Moss, Antique Linen, Barn Door, Walnut Stain; Ranger Archival in Black; Bling - Prima; Grungepaper; Leaves - Prima; idea-ology paper clip; Button - unknown

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 5

Woohooo!  I'm all caught up with the 12 Tags of Christmas!  That is until tomorrow when Tim Holtz unveils the Day 6 tag!  Had so much fun this weekend getting inky!  Here is my version of Tim's Day 5 Tag:

I stuck pretty close to the original...Tim's tag was divine!  Ok...off to work on something else...get one more project done this weekend!

Supplies: Paper - Tim Holtz Lost and Found Paper Stash from idea-ology; Santa and Sentiment - Mini Holidays (Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous); Holly: CTMH; Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Barn Door, FIred Brick, Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain; Adirondack Paint Dabber in Snow Cap and Black; Stickles - Holly and Candy Cane; Enamel Accents in White; Idea-ology numerals; Tim Holtz Alterations for Sizzix: Hanging Sign; Grungepaper; Peeled Paint Distress Stickles; Stamp'n Stuff Embossing Powder in White; Flower Soft - Polar White

12 Tags of Christmas....Part 4

I am having wayyy too much fun!  One of the best parts about playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas is that it is forcing me to dig into my stash and actually use a lot of the products that I tend to horde!  I always worry that I'm going to "run out"... so now I'm trying to adopt the...well OH WELL!  (StampScrapArtTour drops into town in February...so maybe my stash won't be depleted too long!  LOL!).  Here is my take on Tim's Day 4 tag....created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz (gotta give credit where credit is due!!):

Ok...got Tag #5 to get to work on...and then...WOW...I'm all caught up!  WHAT TO DO THEN???  HAHA!  I already have an idea of what I want to work on once I get these tags done!  and then of course...Day 6 of 12 Tags is only a day away!

Supplies: Paper - My Mind's Eye, Sentiment - Mini Holidays: Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous; Distress Ink - Faded jeans; Ranger Archival in Black; Bling - Prima; Pearls - CTMH; Trinket Pin and Jump Rings: idea-ology; Crystals - Heidi Swapp; EK Success Adornments; Ranger Enamel Accents in Black; Silver button - unknown; Adirondack Paint Dabber in Silver

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 3

Ok...of the tags Tim Holtz has shared with us so far this year...the one he created for Day 3 may be my absolute favorite!  GORGEOUS!  So when it came time to make one for myself, I pretty much stuck to what he had...and this one i'll be keeping just for me!  heehee!

I found some fab ribbon trims at Hobby Lobby today...the piece I used on this tag had a little bit of tinsel already in the center portion, and the ribbon itself had some sparkle...so I just added some Peeled Paint distress ink to stain the ribbon just a bit!

Supplies: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage; Tissue Tape and Memo Pin and Ticket from idea-ology; Adirondack Alcohol Inks in Cranberry and Current; DIstress Stickles in Rock Candy; Adirondack Paint Dabber in Snow Cap; Bird - Tim Holtz Alterations Caged Bird die by Sizzix; Grungeboard; Stamps - Wreath: Penny Black, Script and Splatter: Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Tiny Attacher; Raffia and button - unknown; Trim - Hobby Lobby

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 2

I'm Baaaa-aack!  So soon?  Well...while I was working on Tag #1 there were quite a few "waiting periods" to let pieces and parts dry...so I started on Tag#2 while I was waiting.  Now...i'm going to be 100% honest here...not the biggest fan of this particular tag...and this was attempt #2!  For whatever reason...all the parts don't quite add up for me...but, you never know til you try right?  I didn't have the pine bough stamp that Tim used in his original...and my closest substitute didn't work out (that was attempt #1)...so...living in South Carolina...why not throw down something straight from the state?  The tree I used was part of a stamp that is actually the state flag, i just masked out the portions I didn't want.  Here is my version of Day 2...created by me, inspired by Tim Holtz:

ok...now off to get started on #3!

Supplies: Distress Ink - Pumice Stone, Frayed Burlap; Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Forest Moss, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Stormy Sky, Weathered Wood; Inkssentials Enamel Accents in Black; Stamps - Tree: Artful Legacy, Merry Christmas - Mini Holidays, Flourish (Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous), Splatter: Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi, Music - Stampabilities; Bling - Prima

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 1

Woohoo!  It's that time of year!  The time when the uber-fabulous Tim Holtz takes us through the 12 Tags of Christmas!  WOOOHOOOO!  So excited!  So much inspiration to be had!  Well...enough chatter...here is my version of Tag#1...created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz:

Didn't have the rickety house die cut of Tim's (and searched a couple of stores for it too!) but I did have the Seasonal Grungeboard...and there was this large piece that was originally a haunted house...but I cut it down to size and kind of aimed my tag at viewing a house in a distance...at least that's how I see it!  LOL!  Off to finish Tag#2!

Supplies: Seasonal Grungeboard; Adirondack paint dabbers - Snow Cap and Black; Stamps - Reindeer Flight and Mini Holidays (Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous); Distress inks - Stormy Sky, Faded jeans, Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Pearl; Flower Soft - Polar White; Glossy Accents; Distress Crackle Paint - Picket Fence

time to play

hello all!  hope you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving week!  We had a nice and quiet holiday here at home...no travel...no visitors...and no going visiting!  while i missed seeing my extended family, it was a nice change of pace!  did a little shopping on black friday...took care of a good chunk of the Christmas gifts...and even picked up a gift for myself!  I picked up the Vagabond by Sizzix on sale at AC Moore Friday morning...just now got around to trying it out today!  I LOVE IT!  very easy to use...because I'm not cranking anything...i feel less nervous about the thickness of materials i am sending through...now..have to clear a space in this disaster of a craft room and provide the Vagabond a permanent spot!  anywho...enough about me...wanted to get crafty and play today so i took a peek at a few challenges out there.  the first challenge i played along with was the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #23 (CCC#23) at Studio L3 which was Double Distress.  I used a Tim Holtz Embossing Folder to get me started with that one.  The second challenge is over at Simon Says Stamp and Show...Stamp and Show your Distress Inks...the two challenges went together soooo well!  Here is my tag:

Here is a close up to kind of show you the different layers of distressing and inking:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and maybe I'll be back later!

Supplies: Tim Holtz Embossing Folder; DIstress Inks - Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Broken China, Rusty Hinge; Tim Holtz Alterations - Tattered Florals and Scrollwork; Grungeboard - Harlequin Elements; Idea-ology - Memo Pin, Film Strip Ribbon and  Play Tag; Music stamp - stampabilities; Ranger Archival ink in Coffee

thinking of you...in flowers!

so this is a totally random card...needed to make something to get my rear back in gear!  after all of the cards last weekend it has been...shall we say difficult...to get myself back to my craft desk...definitely had a bit of a case of burnout...HOWEVER...I have found in the case of burnout...instead of sitting and feeling burnt...it's best to get back up and get going!  (after a few days rest of course!)...so now i'm feeling the urge to get to work on some more!

Supplies:  Cardstock - The Paper Company (kraft) and PaperTrey Ink; Image and sentiment - PaperTrey Ink; Ribbon - unknown; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics

now...either i'm going to get to work on another card or (gasp!) a layout...we'll see...i'm also feeling the pull of Glee season 1...love the show, watch it every week...and hubby bought me season 1 on dvd...so I can revisit some of my faves from last season!!  heehee!

pictures pictures pictures

ok...this post pretty much will speak for itself, but here are the remaining cards that brought me to the completion of the Hope You Can Cling To challenges with supplies used listed below each card:

Stamps: Verve; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Damask; Paper - Basic Grey Capella; Liquid Pearls; Bazzil Cardstock; Ranger archival ink in Coffee

Stamps: Verve; Paper - My Mind's Eye; Bazzil Cardstock; Ribbon unknown

the above is NOT my fave...but I had to use felt!  LOL!  that's what i blame it on!
Stamps - Verve; Bazzil Cardstock; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Stickles in Diamond, Gold, Silver

My absolute fave of all 32 cards!
Stamps - Verve; Paper - Basic Grey Capella; Nestabilities Labels Eight; Prima Bling; Bazzil Cardstock; Queen&Co pearls

Stamp - SU; Ink - Ranger Archival in Olive; Paper - Basic Grey Capella (LOVE this line!)

Stamps - Verve; Paper and Cardstock - CTMH; Ranger Archival ink in Coffee; Spica in Chocolate; Sketch from CTMH book

Image - The Greeting Farm; Ink - Copic and Memento Tuxedo Black; Nestabilities standard circles and lacey circles; Paper - Basic Grey; Pearls - Queen&Co

Stamps - Studio 490 and Verve; Kraft and Bazzil cardstock; Recollections bling

another one of my fave's of the 32...I just am really happy with how this came out

Stamps - Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous); Stampabilities; Verve; Ink - Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo; Other inks - Ranger Archival in Olive, CTMH White Daisy; Stampendous clear embossing powder; My Mind's Eye paper

And that's all she wrote folks!  Had so much fun making all of the cards...often times made me stretch well outside my comfort zone!  and now...some new PTI stamps arrived today...feeling the urge to get inked!

DONE!

just a quick post...I was able to finish up the remaining cards on Sunday morning!  I have lots of pics to post, but once I got the challenge completed...I had to walk away from my desk!  It's funny...I thought I would be facing craft "burn out" but in reality I'm anxious to get some more done!  Pics to come later!

23 of 32 complete!

got three more done!  WOOHOO!  the end is ALMOST (but not really) in sight!  actually I'm having a blast working on these Hope You Can Cling To challenges (see blinkie to the left)!  I started them on World Card Making Day...and a month (and a few days later) I may just might get them done!  So here are the three latest cards:

HYCCT15 - Pink Aqua and Olive 

Supplies:  Stamp - Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous); Distress Ink - Crushed Olive, Worn Lipstick, Broken China, Black Soot; Idea-ology word stick; Stampendous clear embossing powder; Queen&Co pearls

HYCCT29 - Sentiment only

Supplies: American Crafts Cardstock; Kraft paper; Sentiment - SU; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

HYCCT26 - Cancer is for the Birds

Supplies: Paper - Basic Grey; Bird - Basic Grey; Sentiment - Verve; Bling - Prima; Ink - Ranger Archival Coffee

Ok...9 cards to go!  Feeling energized!  Will hopefully get some work done on them while I watch some football tonight!  Later!

only 12 left!

wow...ok...two more cards done!  and then it's time to take a quick break...otherwise my body is going to start fighting back from sitting hunched over this desk!  LOL!

This card is for the Hope You Can Cling To Scrabble challenge (square card, pink, with at least 4 additional squares).  I STRUGGLED getting this one done...there are actually several...I'll call them prototypes...littering my craft room right now...but I'm at fairly happy with this one

Supplies: Paper - CTMH; Sentiment - Verve; Cardstock - CTMH, Bazzil; Ink - Ranger Archival Coffee; Ribbon - unknown

This card is for the HYCCT Get Glimmer Misted challenge (WOOOHOOO!  Love Glimmer Mist!).  I used three different mists to create the background paper.

Supplies: Cardstock - CTMH; Glimmer Mist - Candlelight, Tiger Lily, Peppermint Stick; Image and Sentiments - PaperTrey Ink; Stampendous Embossing Powder in White; Perfect Medium by Ranger; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; bling - Recollections; Ribbon - Unknown

Off to have lunch and see if the kiddo wants to actually hang out with me (yeah...right), run some errands and then back later to get to work on those final 12 cards!

Orange we fabulous!

Ok..silly title...oh well!  But...have you seen how much ORANGE is on this card?  This card was created for a few challenges...color inspiration (fab fab combo this week!) from The Play Date Cafe (PDCC54);

Sketch from Splitcoast (SC305); and recipe from Hope You Can Cling To challenge.

For this particular card, I did not have any orange pearls to coordinate (still shocked thatI did not have that color in my stash!) but thankfully I do have my Copic AirBrush system and was able to custom color some pearls so I could be all matchy-matchy.  Ok...18 of 32 HYCCT challenges completed...that means 14 cards in a little over 24 hours...WOW...onward!

Supplies: Paper - Basic Grey; Image - The Greeting Farm; Ink - Copic and Memento Tuxedo Black; Flower - American Crafts; Pearls - Queen&Co; Ribbon - unknown

on a challenge journey!

ok...so since I posted last night...i have gotten a few cards completed for the Hope You Can Cling To challenges...For these two cards I was able to use my new stamps from PaperTrey Ink (more on those later!).  For the first card I cased a card by Nichole Heady (found here) because I just thought it was soooo gorgeous!  I had to add a little bit here or there for the buttons challenge at HYCCT:

Supplies: Image and sentiment - PaperTrey Ink; Cardstock - Kraft and Bazzil; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic ((R11, R12, R14, R17, Y21, YG93, YG95, YG97); Pearls - Queen&Co.

For this next card I wanted to go very simple in design to ensure that the flower stood out (literally...the challenge was to pop out your image!):

Supplies: Image - PaperTrey Ink, Sentiment - Verve; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic (R30, R32, R35, R39, R20, R21, YG93, YG95, YG97; Spica - Garnet

and now...off to make some MORE cards!

17 to go...and FF#53

hello hello hello!  long time no post!  had a blast last weekend...went to the race at Talladega with my hubby, my bff and her hubby...good times!  had a lot of fun and got back Monday and have done ALMOST nothing crafty since I made it back!  did finally get pics uploaded to my computer yesterday (all 280 of them) so that ought to keep me busy scrapbook page wise in the future...but now...I have finished 15 of the 32 Hope You Can Cling To challenges...I want to get the last 17 done before the deadline Sunday...so fingers crossed it'll happen!  This card is for the sketch with a dance theme challenge...it is also for the Fashionista Friday challenge #53 over at the Shoe!  This week's Shoe challenge is to use blue!

and now...OFF TO MAKE CARDS!!!!!

supplies: image and sentiment - Kraftin Kimmie Stamps; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics; Paper - K&Co Que Sera Sera; Cardstock - Bazzil; Nestabilities - circles and scalloped circles; CTMH Glitter, Glossy Accents; Spica - Sand; Ribbon - Unknown

hit and miss

I've made 4 cards (so far) this weekend...2 I like...2 I'm not a huge fan of...sometimes getting scrappy is hit and miss.  Each card begins with all the right intentions (and sometimes with no clue what it's going to end up looking like) but the end product isn't always what we hoped.  Oh well...that's life when you have a hobby like this!  It has taken me awhile at times to accept that not everything I make is going to be something I'm happy with.  But that's ok...beauty is in the eye of the beholder...so maybe someone else will like the card...even if I'm not thrilled.  So...here are two more cards for the Hope You Can Cling To challenge at Splitcoast.  This one is for the Ribbons challenge:

and this one is for the Girls in Pink challenge:

ok...almost football time, lots o'laundry to do, so maybe I'll scrap in between loads!  

Supplies:

Ribbons - Sentiment: Verve; Cardstock - Bazzil; Nestabilities - Fancy Tags; Diamond Stickles; Ribbon - unknown; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Girls - Image: Inkadinkdado; Ink - Ranger Archival in Coffee; Paper and Cardstock - SEI; Bling - Recollections; Flowers - Prima; Ribbon - unknown; SU Ticket Punch 

you're the best (and sweet too!)

wooohooo!  two-fer day!  got two cards done before the football game!  (HOOK EM HORNS!).  this is another card for the Hope You Can Cling To challenges - HYCCT13 Don't Be a Square.  thankfully I had some scalloped circle cards that I had purchased back in February at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour.  I have very little talent when it comes to making a shaped card...can't ever get the circle or flower or whatever to work out size wise.  So thankfully I had a pre-made base to work from!

Ok...now to run around crazy to get cleaned up before the game!  Hopefully I'll be back post-game to get some more cards made!

Supplies: Paper - CTMH, Cardstock - CTMH; Scalloped card - The Paper Cut; Ink - Antique Linen distress ink, Ranger Archival in Coffee; Sentiment - Verve; Ribbon - gingham from really reasonable ribbon, satin - unknown

you're an amazing...sketch

yes...totally lame title for a blog post...but i'm still working on getting the mojo flowing today!  sometimes you have to force the mojo.  that's the problem i've had this week, no mojo and nothing working to get it going...so this morning i pretty much forced myself to make a card.  and you know what?  it worked!  i can feel the scrappy mojo motor starting to run!  woohoo!  i am way behind on the Hope You Can Cling To challenges at Splitcoast, and i would love to try and get caught up (or at least close!) this weekend!  this card is for the HYCCT challenge #18 - Vintage.  I love playing with vintage...but it was slow in coming to me...so then I went sketch hunting...and came across a fab simple sketch over at Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenges (WMSC20).  here is my card:

now i'm off to tempt fate and see if I can get some more cards done!  woohoo!  hope you are having a wonderful-scrappy weekend!

Supplies: Paper - Prima, Cardstock - CTMH, Stamps - Hero Arts, Ink - Distress Inks in Tattered Rose and Antique Linen, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic - E000, E00, E02, E50, E51, E55, RV91, RV93, RV95, B91, B93, B95, Spica - black, Pearls - Queen&Co, lace and tag - unknown

embrace imperfection...or something like that!

morning all!  hope you are having a fabulous weekend!  had a great day of football yesterday...lots of good games, and the upsets were so much fun!  anyways...on to the reason for today's post.  i recently bought a 7gypsies binderie...and pulled it out this weekend to play.  it came with a cutie little book to get you started...and here is what the cover was as it came out of the package...

now i love the black and off-white...one of my favorite combos...but it just wasn't quite what i wanted...here is what i ended up with

i started by cutting a piece of grungepaper to the same size as the cover...used a tim holtz mask and distress ink to get the base done.  i then stamped the entire piece with a large background stamp, stamped a clock face on clear cardstock and then layered the clock with some idea-ology parts; finished it off with some metal book corners and a grunge flower.

oh snap! better mention the fact that this was created with the Simon Says Stamp and Show your metal challenge in mind!

Hope you have a fantastic Sunday!

Supplies: grungepaper; distress inks - broken china, brushed corduroy, peeled paint; tim holtz mask from timeworks set (idea-ology); game spinners, gear, paper clip and corners all from idea-ology; adirondack paint dabber in juniper; stamps - studio 490, embrace imperfection from tim holtz (stampers anonymous), CTMH - Make it count set (clock); ranger archival ink in black and coffee; distress stickles in peeled paint; clear cardstock by heartfelt creations; maya road kraft tag

FF#51...have a holiday!

holiday...sounds divine...thankfully i'll be having one at the end of this month!  can't wait!  real quick post this evening...been not so fab the past few days so i'm way behind on some projects and very excited to get to work on them!  this week's Fashionista Friday challenge at  If The Shoe Fits...Scrap it! is a holiday for the holidays!  anything for any holiday!  WOOHOO!  here is the tag I created:

off to get inky!  have a blast!

Supplies: Stamps - Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous; Ink - Barn Door, (can't remember which green), antique linen, walnut stain, black soot; Distress Embossing Powder - Black Soot; Zing embossing powder - gold; Flowers - Prima; Filstrip Ribbon by Idea-ology; Ribbon - from my stash

is it really CAS?

a clean and simple card that is?  well...i'll let you see the card and then i'll explain!  LOL!

so here's the deal...i went on to Splitcoast to see what the newest Hope You Can Cling To challenge was...and woohoo!  the challenge is titled Happy Flowers...the idea is to make your own paper flower...so the first thing that came to mind was a lollipop flower...well i also started checking out the clean and simple challenge at SCS...the theme was Crinkle...well that works perfectly with my flower idea...so then I needed a sketch...so I hit up the clean&simple blog and lo and behold...they had one!  PERFECT!  so then i started making my flower...and it just grew and grew!  LOL!  it ended up being so big!  now personally I LOVE IT!  well when it came time to put the card together...all of the cardstock I had trimmed for the card base...seemed almost too small...but i ran with it anyways.  so now my flower takes up 1/2 the card!  (and forced me to very loosely interpret the sketch at clean&simple).  so...does this still make it Clean and Simple???  I decided it did...and have decided to enter it at clean&simple FTL111 challenge and in the CAS88 at SCS.  so there...that's my story and i'm sticking to it!  HEEHEE!

Supplies: Paper - CTMH; Cardstock - CTMH; Sentiment - Verve; Ink - Ranger Archival in Coffee; Tattered angels glimmer mist in Iridescent Gold; ribbon and button from my stash; Adirondack Paint Dabber - Snow Cap

holiday gift notebook...with a Moxie twist!

wow...almost had a moment...a senior moment...i've been slowly but surely working my way through the Moxie Fab Holiday Cards & More week challenges...and I almost forgot to get one posted!  ACKKK!  I would have kicked myself!  I worked on this a week or so ago...and I had set it aside to let the stickles dry...and thankfully remembered today...that it needed to be photo'd and posted!  This project was created for the Season's Giftings challenge...I have a friend (who shall remain nameless..heehee...you know who you are!) who gets incredibly distracted this holiday time of year...one holiday after another straight into THE holiday...she can never get holiday cards mailed or keep track of who she needs gifts for vs. who she has already bought gifts for...so here is my gift to her:

Each section is tabbed off with ribbon and labeled for cards, presents, parties, food, etc.  plenty of pages so it should last a season or two!  if not...well...altering notebooks is a lot of fun...maybe i can be convinced to keep on giving!

now...since my posts are scattered throughout...if you are interested in looking, here are links to the projects I created for all of the Holiday Week and more challenges for Moxie Fab World that I played in:

All Wrapped Up challenge
Jolly Holiday Greetings challenge
Decor to Make the Season Bright challenge
and you are on the page for the Season's Giftings challenge!

Have a Moxie-fab rest of your Sunday!  Time for TITANS FOOTBALL!!!!!

Supplies for notebook: Composition book - walmart; Paper - Jovial by Basic Grey; Cardstock - Kraft, American Crafts; Letters - Thickers by American Crafts; Ribbon - Pure Color; Stickles - Diamond, Holly, Candy Cane

celebrate today

back again!  woohoo!  on a card roll today!  another card for Hope You Can Cling To (Fab Flower Power) challenges at Splitcoast!  The idea was have at least one flower you made yourself.  My flowers are made from grungepaper, inked with distress inks and stamped with Studio 490 stamps.  The number background stamp was inspired by Simon Says Stamp and Show your numbers challenge, the color palette (orange and brown) and the little flowers came from Cupcake Inspirations challenge #80.  Whew...now that I've got all of that in there...here is my card:

now...off and running again...Titans play at 4ish...so hopefully I'll be celebrating a win later today!

Supplies: Paper - Kraft and Grungepaper; Stamps - Studio 490; Inks - Distress Inks in Broken China, Rusty Hinge and Peeled Paint, Ranger Archival in Black and Coffee; Snaps - Sewing basket; Jute - Westrim Crafts; button and beads - unknown

gracias!

good morning!  well...what's left of the morning part!  been up since the wee hours...so i had time to get a card started and finished early today!  Created this card for Hope You Can Cling To #10 at Splitcoast, using the Mojo Monday sketch #159 (MOJO159).  I love sketches!  There are days I can just design my own card completely from base up...and other times I need the sketch to get it going!

Lots of football today...hopefully my team wins!  Go TITANS!  until later!

Supplies: Paper - Basic Grey, Cardstock - Kraft; Image and sentiment - The Greeting Farm; Copic - E00, E11, E13, E50, E53, E94, E25, V12, V15, V17, RV14, RV17, RV19, Y15, Y17; Memento Tuxedo Black, STAZON cotton white; Flower - Prima; Ribbon - Pure Color; Spica - Blossom, Lemon

what costume?

so this card i made is totally based off of a t-shirt that my husband has that says "this is my costume."  it's his answer to Halloween!  So when i was peeking about at challenges going on...the Simon Says Stamp challenge with a theme of Halloween had me giggling...have this lovely stamp from The Greeting Farm...and I figured...why not??  have a little fun!  to top it all off...used the fab sketch over at Club Anya Saturday Sketch challenge!  ahhh...love how a plan comes together!

Ok...off for some family time!  Will definitely have a post at some point this weekend as a review of a new paper trimmer I have...had some issues with my paper trimmer and went in a different direction today...plan on filling you all in later!  Have a fab Saturday!

Supplies: Paper - Recollections; Cardstock - American Crafts;  Punch - Fiskars lace; Image - The Greeting Farm; Copic - E000, E00, E11, E71, E74, E79, E93, YR12, YR15, YR16, C1, C3, C5, C0, 110, E51, E53, E50; Memento Tuxedo Black; Nestabilities Standard Circles; Pearls - Queen&Co; 7Gypsies paper tape

go Pink!

because pink is oh so fab!  heehee!  ok...VERY quick post...off to have some family movie night time...but...I GOT THEM ALL DONE!  The Verve Release Week Challenges that is!  The last...but definitely not least...Sketch #5!  So happy!  as I mentioned in my previous post...it's been close to if not over a year since I tried to clear the Verve release hurdle...and TAH DAH!  I DID IT!  woohoo!  even better...this card helps contribute to the Hope You Can Cling To cause at Splitcoaststampers!  The challenge over there was twine...and to use it in a non-normal way...so I stitched with it...and let me tell you...likely to never happen again!  LMAO!  Here's my card:

Ok...now for some fun fam movies...Harry Potter perhaps???  Or Percy Jackson maybe???  ahhh...the suspense!  Have a fab friday!

Supplies: Cardstock - Bazzil, CTMH, Paperbag; Sentiment - Verve; Flower - Prima; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots; Ink - Ranger Archival in Coffee; Pearls - Queen&Co; Jute - Westrim Crafts; Ribbon - unknown