Cozy Christmas

Hi!  Today I'm sharing with you a card I made for the November color challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  The colors to use are purple and green, which I LOVE together!  In fact, my living room is purple and green:

The picture is a little dark but you get the idea.  So with that in mind, here is the card I put together:

What do you think?  A bit unconventional, but kinda fun!  Also linking this with Word Art Wednesday's challenge #209 "Anything Goes".

Supplies:
Cardstock, baker's twine, inks and pearls:  Stampin' Up!
Dies and stamps:  My Favorite Things

Thanks so much for visiting, and have a wonderful day!

Denise

Ho, ho, ho!

Greetings!  It's getting closer and closer to the holidays, and I can almost hear the jingle bells!  I spent my day off yesterday at an outlet mall and had so much fun shopping!  I'd rather avoid the madness in December, so all the Veteran's Day sales worked out perfectly for me, and it was also a gorgeous day.

Since December will be here before you know it, I thought I'd share a cute card that goes together pretty quickly, using primarily products from My Favorite Things.  I'm also teaching this card (plus a few other Christmas items) at Angela's Happy Stamper in Herndon, VA on December 5 -- come join me!  Would love to craft with you!!

I used the Santa Suit and Tag Builder 4 Dies, plus the coordinating Gift Tag Greetings stamps.  So easy!  Inks, card stock and twine are from Stampin' Up!  

Also  linking this post to Word Art Wednesday, whose weekly posts inspire both my spirituality and creativity!

Thanks so much for visiting,

Denise

More Word Art Wednesday 207

Hi!  I was busy over the weekend, working on my Christmas cards plus some swaps I'm doing for a Stampin' Up! event next weekend.  I was asked to make a personalized anniversary card, so I worked on that as well.  Here is what I came up with:

I'm not big on fru-fru, so I made a trip to my local stamp store to find those gorgeous papers -- they're from Bo Bunny's Juliet collection.  They're so pretty - I think I'm going to go back to get some more!  Here are the other supplies I used:

Gold twine, pearls, banner triple punch, card stock and window framelits:  Stampin' Up!
Heart, "love", and scallop dies:  My Favorite Things

I used a French Script font that was already on my computer to make the greeting.

Linking up with Word Art Wednesday, since their "Anything Goes" challenges are easy to comply with!!

Thank you so much for visiting, and have a creative day!

Smiles,
Denise

Hey Ghoulfriend!

Happy Halloween!  Thought I'd share the card I made for my friends:

It was a bit labor-intensive, but worth it! I'm also linking this to Word Art Wednesday's challenge "anything goes".

Here's my supply list:
Card stock:  Stampin' Up!
Stamps and ghost dies:  Lil Inkers
Pumpkin die:  Impression Obsession
All other dies:  My Favorite Things

Thanks so much for visiting, and hope you have a faboolous Halloween!

Denise

Open if You Dare!

Greetings,

I loved putting together this cute card, as it combines fall and Halloween:

To design the card, I used a My Favorite Things sketch for Blueprints 20.  The DSP is Fall Blessings from Carta Bella, and the stamps and ghost dies are from Lil Inkers.

It's going to be a rainy weekend here -- perfect for crafting!  Hope you find some time this weekend to get your crafting on.

Smiles,
Denise

Sending You Warm Thoughts

Hi, long time no see!  I know I've been quiet lately -- went away for the long weekend with my husband.  Told him I was giving up three days of crafting!  He still loves me.  :)  We really had fun!  We sailed to St. Michael's, Maryland, and stayed two nights in a B&B.  Lovely couples escape!  Here's a couple of shots of the harbor.

It's a beautiful little old town, so yea, it was worth giving up three days of crafting!

When I saw MOJO Monday's latest sketch, I instantly fell in love with it.  It's so versatile!!  Easy and perfect for so many card options!!

Here's the sketch:

 

I changed it up a little bit but not much. 

 

Supplies:

Plum cardstock:  Bazzill

Green cardstock, ink and embossing folder:  SU

Stamp and all die cuts:  My Favorite Things

Designer Paper:  Graphic 45 Rare Oddities

 

I would be totally remiss if I didn't honor those who lost their lives on this day 14 years ago.

In remembrance,

Denise





Fabulous is a Frame of Mind

Hi!  "Fabulous is a state of mind" -- don't you love that saying?  I thought it would work perfectly on MOJO Monday's latest sketch, so here's how the card came out:

This is the sketch:

Supplies:
Card stock, inks and ribbon:  SU
Dies and stamps:  My Favorite Things

Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a creative day!
Denise

An Autumn Birthday

Even if Fall isn't quite yet in the air, I'm feeling it in my craft room!  The glorious colors of Fall are so beautiful, which I tried to capture in this card:

Each season offers its own unique beauty, but I love everything about Fall!  It's the one season I wish lasted longer than all the others!

Linking this to the awesome Word Art Wednesday blog, which is a lovely destination for spiritual and creative inspiration.

Supplies:
DSP, cardstock, gold cording, inks, stamps and leaf dies:  SU
Rectangles, banner and button dies:  My Favorite Things

Have a wonderful day,
Denise

Boo!

Hi!  Thanks for clicking by today!

In another effort to hurry fall along, I made this Halloween card using this week's MOJO Monday sketch:

Here is the sketch:

This is my supply list:
DSP:  Bo Bunny 
Cardstock:  SU
Ghosts and Stamps:  Lil Inker Designs
Dies:  My Favorite Things

Since the weather is getting cooler, I think my posts are working!! :)

Have a great day,
Denise

Happy Birthday, My Love

Today is my best friend's birthday, who just happens to also be my husband!  All his life he has loved cars, and really appreciates the older, classic models.  So in preparation for his birthday, a few months ago (I've never been a last minute person) I decided to try to find the long retired stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Classic Convertibles, which is a set of three stamps with a T-bird, a Chevy and a Corvette.  During my search I learned this set must be rare and highly coveted because there were very few for sale and I couldn't find it for less than $80.  Sheesh!  I love my husband but that is highway robbery.  Since I had time, I decided to be patient and kept checking for new listings.  Finally one popped up for less than $40, so I grabbed it.  Still too much money, but better than $80.

Then I was faced with making a "masculine" card.  I hate that!  They're just no fun.  I had some really nice vintage-looking masculine designer paper from Fab Scraps, Gentlemen's Club collection, so using dies from My Favorite Things and card stock from SU (including retired Baja Blue -- sniff, miss that color!), I managed to put this together, which I don't think came out half bad:

What do you think?  I made a saying for the inside, which looks like this:

Cute, huh?  It works!  The typeface is Will & Grace, and you can download it for free from Dafont.
Here's a photo of the whole stamp set, apparently worth its weight in gold:

I'm also linking this to Word Art Wednesday's Challenge #197:  Anything Goes. 

Also thought I'd share some birthday pics with you!  Here he is showing off the masterpiece pizza he made for dinner:

And it's hard to tell, but he just opened the card I made him in this one:

All in all, a success!!

Thanks for visiting -- it was fun sharing this with you!

Smiles,
Denise

Thankful for You

Yesterday I had some time after dinner to study this week's MOJO Monday sketch.  I'm trying to do my share of bringing fall on, so I put together this card based on the sketch:

It's a bit out of my comfort zone, but I think it works!  This is the MOJO sketch:

The stamps and DSP are retired SU products.  The dies are all from My Favorite Things. 

Thanks for clicking by!  See you soon,
Denise

So Sorry

Hello to you today.  I'm afraid I needed to make another sympathy card.  This was for a neighbor that lived a simple but creative life, so I wanted the card to reflect that.

I hope I got it right for his family.

Linking this to Word Art Wednesday for their Challenge #196 - Anything Goes/A Family Friendly Challenge.

Supply list:
Papers, Ink, Stamp, Oval and Shaped Dies:  SU
Bow and Stitched Rectangle Die:  My Favorite Things

Thank you for visiting.  See you soon!
Denise

Hello, How are You? / MOJO409

Hi!  Happy weekend to you!  I needed a few "hello" cards, so I decided to make some based on this week's MOJO Monday sketch.

Here's the sketch:

This is a classic sketch that can be used over and over again for great results!!

Here's my supply list:
DP:  Bo Bunny, Somewhere in Time Collection
Cardstock, Ink, Stamps, Flower Punch, Pearls:  SU
Dies:  My Favorite Things

Hope you find some time to create today!!

Best,
Denise

Keep Calm and Chat On!

Now, this is my kind of message!!  I love my iPhone and all the clever takes on the Queen's mantra, so this combo is perfect for me:

   

For this card, I used papers, inks and the "S'UP?" stamp from SU.  All the dies and the "Keep Calm" stamp are from My Favorite Things.

 



I'm linking this to MOJO Monday's sketch challenge 408, which is this:

And, I'm not forgetting Word Art Wednesday's challenge 194, Anything Goes/Family Friendly!

Thank you for clicking by.  Hope you get some time to create today!

Smiles,
Denise

Dahlia Birthday / WAW193

Today is my mother's birthday, so it's a special day indeed.  My mother is an amazing woman, so I tried to make a card worthy of her!  I hope I succeeded.

The striped paper is from Recollections at Michael's, the dies are from My  Favorite Things, and everything else is from SU. 

I'm also linking this to Word Art Wednesday for their weekly challenge Anything Goes/Family Friendly.

Thanks for visiting!  See you soon,
Denise

Hello Baby! / WAW #191

Hello!  Happy day to you!

Everyone loves buying cute clothes for new babies, and cards for them can be just as fun.  Here's an easy one I recently put together:

All the products I used are from Stampin' Up!, except for the rectangular stitched die, which is from My Favorite Things.  I'm also posting this for Word Art Wednesday's challenge #191, which is "anything goes / family friendly".

Thanks for clicking by!!

Smiles,
Denise

Hello, Love / MOJO404

Greetings!  Can you believe it's already the last day of June?!  Wow! 

The past couple of evenings I've been struggling with MOJO 404, but I think I'm finally finished with it:

The sketch is really cute, which is why I wanted to work with it:

The "love" and circle dies are from My Favorite Things, the "hello," stamp is from Alt & Neu, the polka dot paper is from Bo Bunny, and all the rest of the products are from Stampin' Up!

I hope you like it.  Thanks for visiting!

Best,
Denise

Celebrate Your Big Day!

Hi, happy day to you!

Today I needed to make a bunch of birthday cards, but I didn't want to spend hours and hours on them.  I came up with the card below.  Probably what took the longest was tying the bow!  I'm just not very good at bows!  

The design came together fairly quickly because all the dies I used are from My Favorite Things, so they work nicely together.  The designer papers are actually from Michael's!  The rest of the papers, ink, embellishments and stamps are from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for clicking by!  Hope you're inspired to do some creating today!

Smiles,
Denise

Be You {Tiful} / WAW #189 and CMCC #77

Greetings!  I'm glad you clicked here!  Today I'm sharing with you a card that mixes two challenges -- the color challenge from Colour Me and Word Art Wednesday's "anything goes/family friendly" challenge.

I love the freedom of the "anything goes" challenges, and the colour challenges really make me think outside my comfort zone.  This is the colour swatch:

Now I love orange and pink together, but I probably would not have thought to put plum in the mix, but it works!

For this card, all the papers, inks, embellishments and sentiment I used are from Stampin' Up!  The flowers and dies are from My Favorite Things.

Have a fun and creative weekend,
Denise

I Thank My Lucky Stars for You / MOJO403 and Word Art Wednesday #188

Happy Monday!  I'm here today to share with you a card that fulfills two blog challenges  - one is MOJO Monday #403, and a new blog I heard about called Word Art Wednesday.  What a nice blog, with lots of great ideas!  I definitely recommend it!

The challenge from Word Art Wednesday is "Anything Goes/Family Friendly", and this is the MOJO sketch:

The designer papers I used are part of the Timekeeper Collection from Marion Smith Designs.  The rest of the papers and the ink are from Stampin' Up!  All the dies and stamps are from My Favorite Things.

Thanks for clicking by!  Stay cool by stamping near an air conditioner!!

Smiles,
Denise