Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge

Congratulations on making it halfway through the week! I'm counting down the days until my Christmas vacation starts to get me through. How about you? This week the SSS Wednesday Challenge is to make a card featuring food or drink, and the focus products are Mama Elephant. This was a bit of a stretch to…

MFT Sketch Challenge 360

Happy Monday and welcome back! I know I'm having a rough morning, returning to work after a week off! Hopefully your morning is better! This week's sketch challenge was a bit...well...challenging for me. I just so happen to have the Mod Rectangle Stax, so I had the base shape. But the 2 stripes? That stumped…

Christmas Card Prep Week 5- Hero Arts

Happy Friday! Now that you've feasted and are full, make yourself comfy and settle down for a long winter post! This week I wanted to feature the cards I made using the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero October kit. I'll share a couple of cards from the MMH November kit, but as I'm still being…

Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #15

Happy Wednesday! I can't believe tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Where did 2017 go? I'm a little bummed, as I put my daughter Caitlin on an airplane on Monday, to spend Thanksgiving with her Dad. Their whole family is getting together, which does't happen very often. I'm happy that she gets to spend time with that side…

MFT Sketch Challenge 359

Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Today is the start of vacation for me, from my day job. It hasn't sunk in yet, but I'm sure it will by the time I have to go back! This week the sketch was pretty simple. So simple, I guess I felt I had to…

Christmas Card Prep Week 4-CZ Designs Coolest Yulest

Happy Friday! I am especially excited for THIS Friday, as it is the start of a week of vacation!!! This week I want to share with you the cards I made using CZ Design's Coolest Yulest stamps and dies, along with the Hos die set. This set is only available from Simon Says Stamps. When…

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 16

Welcome back! I'm participating in challenge 16 over at the Lawn Fawnatics challenge blog. Challenge 16 is to use the oldest Lawn Fawn set you have. For me, the oldest Lawn Fawn set I have is "Hats Off To You." I picked this set up for the graduation cap, and it's from 2010. I could…

Hero Arts November 2017 Kit-Unboxing

Welcome back! I wanted to write a quick post to share the new My Monthly Hero kit with you! This kit is full to the brim with Christmas goodness, especially if you like to make tags! This is what is included in the kit (sorry, it's sold out). ►6x8 Clear Set ►4 Tag Dies ►4…

MFT Sketch Challenge 358

Happy Monday. Today I would like to share with you the card I made for this week's MFT Sketch challenge. I really liked the sketch this week, especially since it gave me a chance to use that new Mesmerizing Mandala die. Here is the sketch: And, here is my card: As I mentioned, I used…

Christmas Card Prep Week 3-MFT Handwritten Holiday

Hello and welcome back to my Christmas card prep series. Today's post features cards I made with MFT's Handwritten Holiday's. This stamp set includes several large sentiments, written in a beautiful script. Several ideas popped into my head when I first saw this set. Let me share what I did as far as "mass production,"…