Being a little 'squirrley' . . .

 Happy Friday again friends ...

When I spotted the inspiration board over at the Inspiration Station challenge blog, I just HAD to play along (wish I had spotted it sooner ... there's only about 8 hours left so I had to get right on it!)

This is their inspiration board . . .

 

 OMG!  LOL!

And when I was flipping through my Autumn Garden sticker book, I spotted the perfect image so quickly created this card.

 The background panel with the 'dots' was created using the Creative Expressions Mini 'Bubbles' stencil and TH distress oxide ink.  It was actually a scrap from another card and was laying on my workstation so you know what they say about 'waste not want not' lol.  The strip of orange card stock was another scrap.  My sentiment is from the TON.

 Fast & Fun

 Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!

As always . . .

 

Pretty in Purple

 Happy Friday!

WOW!  Is another week gone already?  
Goodness ... January is almost over!  Geesh time is flying!

Today I had a bit of fun with another sketch.

This time, one of the sketches over on the 
Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge  [ends 2/3] caught my eye!

 Their sketch #318 ...

 

 Here's what I came up with . . .

 If you know me, you know my favorite color is purple so that's the base color I went with today.  I have a drawer designated to strictly purple designer papers and today I'm playing with the Paper Rose 'Dear Isabella Patterns' 6x6 paper pack.

 

 

These are 2 sided papers so that's always nice when you're wanting to coordinate a design from the same pack.  The floral 'square' is actually not from this paper pack ... but was laying on top in the drawer and I thought it would work perfectly with my checks & polka dots.

My pot of flowers is actually a sticker from the Paper Studio.  As is the leaf next to the checked Prima flower.  Nuvo Crystals drops helped finish off this beauty.  Isn't this a fun sketch!!!

A Tutti Designs 'Stitched Scallop Square' dies was used to die cut the floral panel behind the focus flowers.  OH! and as an accent on my focus image, I used the Tombow #623 marker and a metal ruler to draw the accent edging. 

 

Challenges to share in:

Ellibelle's Garden Party No. 11 - ATG in or from a Garden (2/10)
Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge - ATG (2/4)
 

I hope you're doing something fun today!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!

As always . . .

Pretty Poppy

 Hello friends ...

Hope everyone is getting through these frigid/snowy days without incident.  We finally went out today for breakfast and grocery shopping ... first time out since Sunday!  Felt good to get away from these four walls lol.

Today I've made a card to share in a couple fun challenges ...

 

I actually had these 'scraps' laying on my work table and realized they would work perfectly for the sketch over on the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge blog (#721).  
[#FMS - ends 2/3]

 

 AND, since this Just For Fun 'Poppy' stamp is an old wood block stamp, I'd like to also share it over on the  Woodblock Wednesday  January challenge. 
[#woodblockwednesday, #woodblockstamps - ends 2/2]

I've used Tombow markers for the coloring and Gloss White Nuvo Crystal Drops for an accent.  The scrap of poppy designer paper comes from the Paper Rose 'Wild Poppies' 6x6 paper pad and my black striped background panel is from the Say it with Stamps 'Neutral' 6x6 paper pad. 

    

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!

As always . . .

 

Wood Block Wednesday Challenge

Hello Friends

Amy Tsuruta has her Woodblock Wednesday challenge up and running and I've been trying to join in each month as it gives me the opportunity to play with all my old wooden block stamps which don't get the love they deserve since clear stamps came about.

  

 The wood block stamp I've used today is an old Stampabilities (circa 2010).

 After stamping my image, I colored the butterflies using Tombow markers then die cut using the largest die in the Tutti Designs 'Stitched Scallop Rectangle' die set.  The background is from the Brutus Monroe 'Butteflies' 6x6 paper pack and a few extra butterflies were punched out using a VERY old Martha Stewart punch.

 Why not pop over and check out her blog and play along ... you know you have wood block stamps that need some love just like I do!  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!

As always . . .

Tag:  #Woodblockwednesday #woodblockstamps

GRAPEful for You!

 Happy Tuesday friends ... 

With there being over 12" of snow on the ground, looks like I'm once again staying inside and playing in my crafting cave!  I spotted a couple of challenges online that I've combined to create a fun card to share with you today.

 Here's what I've created ... hope you like it!

 The challenges I've designed this card for are:

Addicted to CAS ... where the theme is 

 

and Make My Monday #270 ... where the theme is CAS. 

 

My sentiment was computer generated and my focus stamp is an old stamp by Inkadinkado called grapes.  I've used Tombow markers for the coloring then fussy cut them using a swivel craft knife.

 Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day ahead!!
Those of you dealing with all this cold & snow ... stay safe & warm ... 
and remember . . . better days ahead!

As always . . .

 

So Sorry

 Hello Friends . . .

I hope all of you that were in the path of that CRAZY Snow/Ice storm over the weekend are safe & warm.  Here in Akron Ohio we got around 13-14" but luckily no ice, so it's 'manageable'. 

I thought I'd create a card to share this morning and since I just recently purchased another pack of these fun & fabulous Penny Black 'Premium Cardstock 3.25 x 4.5 design cards', that is what I chose for the focus image today.  This one comes from the 'Vintage Beauty' pack.

 

My background paper is from the Brutus Monroe 'PLAIDpetals' 6x6 paper pack and the sentiment is by The TON called 'Easy Expressions Sympathy'.  A strip of scrap card stock used behind the image and black Nuvo Crystal Drops were used as an added accent.

 

   

Challenges to share in:

Penny Black January Saturday Challenge - ATG or Something New ( closed 2/6) 
Crafty Calendar January Challenge - Anything NEW (Penny Black images) (1/28)
Dragonfly Dreams January Challenge - Floral (1/31)
Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #268 - Add Pink Flowers (2/3)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!!

As always . . .