Sunday, sundae

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Inspired by Stamping is a new challenge blog, only 6 weeks old.  I would love to thank them for including me in their top three last week  !

This week they have a sketch ...

This was really challenging for me !  But, here it is ...

Well, it has some circles, a dippy thing and a sentiment, so I am calling it good, lol !

Cardstock - Martha Stewart

Design Paper - Prima

Flower & Sentiment - Prima

Hand dyed ribbon - Hug Snug

Pearls - Recollections

Pins - Handmade by me

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It's a long way down

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Today's card is going out in three directions !

Stampin' Royalty - Monochromatic (brown)

Shopping Our Stash - the letter "B" (black, brown, brads)

and

Unscripted Sketches - with this sketch ...

and my card looks like this !

and here is the tag that is inside the front pocket ...

Alas, I try so hard to make more colored cards, but I love the brown/black look !  I know that color combination never wins a challenge here in paperblogland, but oh well, I guess this is just who I really am.  lol

I used a crimper on some Kraft scrap, then distress paint, and a punch on the tag pocket.

Cardstock - Bo Bunny

Design Paper - Simple Stories, DCWV

Tickets - K & Co.

Tag - Just Something I Made blog

Metal Sticker - Jolee

Words, Cherish charm, paperclip - Tim Holtz

Brad Pin - Karen Foster

Ink, distress paint - Ranger

Square Brad, ribbon, jewelry cording - stash

Punch - ek success

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Papercraft Star 94

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Papercraft Star opens the 94th Challenge today with polka dots !

If these aren't the cutest shoes EVER, I cannot image that.  I posted this on my pinterest board, and it has been my most popular post so far !

Today I used #227 from our sponsor, theHouseAcrosstheBay.

227

The bow on her hat looks so real, doesn't it !  But it is totally part of the image itself.

Join us this week at Papercraft Star, we would LOVE to see you !!

Image - theHouseAcrosstheBay

Design Paper - Bo Bunny, My Mind's Eye, DCWV

Leaves - Bazzill

Flower, pearl - Recollections

Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Blue brad - Bo Bunny

Lace, staples, feather - stash

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In the land where I was born

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Today's card made me happy !  I guess that is what yellow is all about.

The sketch comes from:  There She Goes

and here is a picture inspiration from the Paper Girls

and a Yellow "hello Sunshine " Challenge at  The Pink Elephant

AND  here is my yellow card !!

The other day Spencer told me he needed to use the bathroom.  I asked him if he needed any help, and he said

"I could use a volunteer"

One of Spencer's favorite songs ....

Cardstock - Bazzill

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, K & Co, Crate Paper

Bingo Card - collagecandy.com

Flourish sticker - Deja Views

Stamp - TPC

Border Punch - ek success

Brads - Bo Bunny

Bling and flower - Michael's $1 bin

Ribbon, heart charm, jewelry cording - stash

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In my mind and in my car

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Here is this week's sketch from Card Patterns ...

No one is as surprised as I am how this card turned out ...

 Not quite my usual style !!

I am also submitting this to:

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Spring with pastel colors

All the grandmas have cute names - but not me.  I live with the dullest grandma name - "grandma"  *sigh*

I have vainly attempted to interest Spencer in other names, but he is certain that somehow God gave me this name, and I am stuck with it.  I have been pushing for some sort of adjective to go along with it, like "Queen" grandma, but he told me I needed a crown for that.  

Well, this week I greeted him with a crown, which he said "frustrated" him, but he did not ask me to remove it.  When I took it off sometime later, he asked me where it was.  I told him the magical fairies took it for a while, but he said

"Grandma, (with the same expression as one might say, You Dunce) magical fairies are only legends and tales...  "

as I fear any other name is ...

Cardstock - Bazzill

Design Paper, sentiment - all Cosmo Cricket

Buttons - Elements

Jewelry cording - stash

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Yellow Submarine

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I love Friday !!

My card today ...

The two challenges I am including this in are :

Made Especially for You - 3 Flowers

Inspired by Stamping - Doily, pink, kraft and cream

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, Creative Imaginations, Prima

Image - Fairyland Works etsy shop

Flowers, pearls - Recollections

Sentiment - Kaisercraft

Punches - Martha Stewart, ek success

Doily & jewelry cording - stash

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Congrats !

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It has been a while since I posted a tag with an envelope.

Pretty simple ingredients, and not very much time to make.

The envelope is truly an envelope - just sealed on the backside, and cut across.  There is some brown glittered tulle beneath the flower that is difficult to see & lots of stickles.  Everything came from scraps and left overs, abandoned endeavors, or practice things.

Off to the following challenges !

The Kraft Journal - Kraft & Use your Stash

Celebrate the Occasion - Monochromatic, Congratulations

 

Kraft envelope - The Kraft Outlet

Cardstock - Kraft

Design Paper - Bo Bunny, G45

Stamps - TPC, My Mind's Eye, Delta

Tape, brown bling, pearl brad, lace - Recollections

Cuttlebug folder

  Ribbon - Close to my heart

Ink & Stickles - Ranger

Bulldog clip - Tim Holtz

Punch - ek success

Wooden star button, jewelry cording - stash

Hole reinforcer - handmade by me

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Papercraft Star 93

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Today is the 93rd challenge at Papercraft Star !

Our theme this week is ...

France !

All you need is a little French something on your card, anything at all.

Our photo inspiration ....

I have not been to France, though it is one of my favorite countries at Epcot !

Spencer says he is going to go visit the Eiffel Tower as soon as he is old enough to travel alone.  Why this has intrigued him, we don't know.  He hasn't ever said he wanted to go anywhere else.  So slap a little beret on him and I guess off he goes.

Does anyone remember that the Coneheads always said they were from France ?

Here is my little bit of France ...

Digital Image - theHouseAcrosstheBay etsy shop

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, Prima

Ribbon - sei

Crocheted circle, flower, pearls - Recollections

Stamps - 7 Gypsies, My Mind's Eye

Brad - Bo Bunny

Metal frame - Creative Impressions

Sentiment - computer generated

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B/W with some pink !

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Today I began the arduous task of cleaning my craft room.  I really really wanted to do a card, but I knew I must clean, as I had no space to work !  Some of you probably know that feeling, lol.

I did get a part done, enough to make today's card !

The sketch is from Card Patterns, who I need to thank for a top 6 a couple of weeks ago !!

Also, I am entering this into City Crafter's Challenge, as they are asking for black and white with just a hint of pink ... And thanks to them too for the Spotlight Artist award last week !!

Fun card to make, and very easy.  The lace doily was stamped, embossed, and then fussy cut.  The cardstock was embossed with folders from Cuttlebug, and Sizzix.

Cardstock - Recollections

Design Paper - October Afternoon, DCWV

Doily stamp - Hero 

Tape - Tim Holtz

Typewriter chipboard - Prima

Pearls - Recollections

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A CASE

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City Crafter has a great challenge this week for their 2nd anniversary !

....." go through challenge #1 to #103, pick a project created by our current DT and case it! "

Well, this is an easy task for me.  Not only have I played in this challenge from its beginning, I am a big fan of their DT !  But, since I had to narrow it down, I narrowed it to Ros, since she is kinda on my wave length.

And her back yard looks like mine does ...

Here is the Challenge I chose ...

#39

Ros's first sketch !

the date was 1/11/11  !!

my dear teamie & great friend at PCS, Tracy McDonald was the guest designer !

what could be more fun ???

 and Ros made this gorgeous card ...

and here is my copycat ....

I am kinda thinkin' I nailed it !!

Did I ?

or did it turn out like this ??

And yes, I did enter that challenge, and here is my card from January 2011

which I still like ...

Corset image - theHouseAcrosstheBay etsy shop

Cardstock - Recollections

Design Paper - G45, Teresa Collins

Flower - handmade from old book

Bling - Jolie, and Jinny Bowlin

Brad - My Mind's Eye

Ribbon - stash

Sentiment - Inkadinkado

Sentiment card - so old, K & Co I think

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Papercraft Star 92

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This week at Papercraft Star our theme is Umbrellas !

When I was posting the design team's pics, I could not help but notice we all had different ideas regarding umbrellas !  At first you may think that is a pretty straight forward idea, but we had a drink umbrella, a parasol, an umbrella for a tightrope walker, two little girls and a poor lonely sad guy...

I really wanted to create the impression of abject loneliness, hope I came close !

Join in at Papercraft Star this week with YOUR umbrella - maybe you have another completely different/unique take !

Cardstock - Recollections

Design Paper and Stamp - Tim Holtz

Wooden buttons - Prima

Spellbinders die

Alpha Letters - Cosmo Cricket

Vintage silver elastic

Ink - Ranger

Pearls - Recollections

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Papercraft Star 91

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Anything goes at Papercraft Star this week !  These are the easiest challenges of all.  Just pick something out of your "orphan" file, never before published, and off you go !!

I made another tag for this week's challenge, 

The fun part about making tags is that the words only have to mean something to ME, though you may have something that fits this feeling exactly.  I am kinda guessing you probably do !

Spencer stopped by yesterday for a couple of hours while his Mom and Dad were busy.  We spent quite some time making a trap for the Easter Ghost, who was appearing in every unseen step throughout the house.  When we finally did trap him, Spencer unmasked him only to find one of his invisible friends - who was admonished to "never do that again!"  All quite frightful, especially since my paralyzing spells worked for such a short time on that (previously unknown) ghost.

Hoping a wonderful Easter Sunday for all of you and your families !!

Tag - Staples

Sentiment - Graphics 45

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, 7 Gypsies, G45

Brad - Bo Bunny

Pin and paper clip - Tim Holtz

Stamps - Hampton, Recollections

Doodle Pen - Micron

Ink - Ranger Distress

Ribbons - Stash

Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels

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Some happy colors !

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It is so grey here in Eugene, even I am getting tired of the rain.  And I NEVER complain about it, as I generally love rainy days.  So, here is some color, using Card Patterns sketch this week !

and here is my abbreviated take ...

Cardstock - Bazzill

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, DCWV

Stamp - TPC

Bling and flowers - Recollections

Crinkle ribbon - Hand dyed Hug Snug

Punch - Martha Stewart

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