love abides

My parents celebrate their anniversary at the end of November and I decided to make a fall themed card.  For inspiration I used the sketch from the Verve Stamps Blog and Embellish Magazine Blog current color and fall theme challenge. Also inspired by this Moxie Trigger

The paper is from Die Cuts with a View.  The tree stamp is from Hero Arts and the love abides is from Unity.  I cut out the little leaves from the tree from a sheet K & Company patterned paper.  I finished off the card by tying the ribbon with some jute.

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Hero Arts Picked Me!!!!

{If you are looking for the Unity FWF post, it is the next one down}

Hero Arts blog picked ME for an honorable mention!!!  ME!!!  I’m so excited.

I owe it all to the owl, he’s really the star!!!

Thanks Hero Arts, I am truly honored.

Happy {post}Thanksgiving!!!

I hope everyone had a super yummy Thanksgiving full of love and gratitude.  We had a very quite and humble little T-day.  But before we all disappear for Black Friday shopping, lets get some flair on!

It is Friends with Flair {FWF} Friday at UNITY… a day full of inspiration from Unity Stampers.  The list of participating Friends with Flair hoppers can be found at Angela’s Unity Blog.  Just a hint… someone has a secret blinkie that could win you some awesome Unity rubber when you leave a comment on that post!!!!

This fun little cuckoo clock is from the Unity {Folk Inspired} set.  I just think it has an old country feel that went with the pp from K & Company.  The pp and mat are cut from the Spellbinders Labels Three set.  I colored the clock with some Prismacolor markers and added some blue rhinestones for a little sparkle.  I finished it off with some crocheted ribbon for more of a country feel.

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Limelight Challenge #35

Happy Thanksgiving!!!  I hope you are spending the day with those you love.  I am very thankful to be with my husband and our two girls today.

Time for another Limelight Papercrafts Sketch challenge!  A HUGE thank you to Dawn McVey for contributing such beautiful cards for the challenge.  We are focusing on patterned paper this week and she is the queen of mixing and creating patterned papers.  Let’s get ready to play!!!

Babies are showing up everywhere around me!!!  I struggle with baby cards, but I think this one turned out darn cute due to the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love paper pad.  I cut out the clothing from the same set, popped them and then covered them with Glossy Accents.  I don’t use this stuff enough.  Sometimes you are looking to add just a little something, but don’t really want to cover up what it is… use some Glossy Accents.  It gives it a different texture and brings it to life.  And I have to emboss, so the “Welcome little one” is embossed in Chocolate Brown.

Here are the deets to play along with the challenge:

**Use the sketch on the Limelight Papercrafts Blog and focus on patterned paper.
**Keyword for SCS upload is LLPC035.
**Post a comment with a link to your card on the challenge post by November 29, 2009 at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday a.m.).
**PRIZE ~ One lucky winner will receive a 6 x 6 Basic Grey Wisteria paper pad.

Hope you will play along.  Check out the rest of the Chicks amazing work.

JenMarie
Christi
Amy
Lisa H.
Ryann
Kerry (Our Guest Designer)

Plus the Limelight Thanksgiving Sale is still on!!!

Enter TURKEY in the promotional code box at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!
Also, EVERY order placed this week will automatically receive a surprise goody from Limelight!

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Limelight Spotlight

I needed a birthday card for my dad and immediately grabbed my Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend paper pad!

I used some Chocolate Brown embossing powder for the dot background and for the sentiment.  I hand cut a tie from the green paper.  Thought the buttons just added to the shirt and tie feel. 

Masculine cards can be so hard.  I think I did ok with this one.  Funny thing is my dad is not a “tie” kind of guy.  Hope he likes it anyway.

Limelight Papercrafts is having a Thanksgiving sale all this week because we are thankful for YOU!

Enter TURKEY in the promotional code box at checkout to receive 15% off your entire order!  Also, EVERY order placed this week will automatically receive a surprise goody from Limelight!

I truly appreciate and read each of your comments.  Thanks for the love!

Owl ornament card

The challenge this week at the Hero Arts blog is trimmings.  I think you can take that to mean a lot of things, but I decided to use up my scraps (trimmings from other projects).

This is a version of my card from Friday for my Christmas card stash.  I love this Urban Prairie paper by Basic Grey and I have a lot of scraps lately since I am using it like crazy.  I decided to make the owl look like he’s one of the ornaments.  All the stamps are from Hero Arts.  The little snowflake has rhinestone for a little sparkle.  The ornaments were punched for an EK Success punch.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend.

Materials

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper (kraft)

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Urban Prairie)

Stamps: Hero Arts (CL238 Owl Christmas)

Ink: Versafine (Black), Copic and Prismacolor markers, Sharpie pen

Other: EK Success punch (ornaments), rhinestone

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It is Friday Flair time…

It is Friends with Flair {FWF} Friday at UNITY… a day full of inspiration from fabulous Unity Stampers.  The list of participating {FWF} hoppers can be found at Angela’s Unity Blog.  Just a hint… someone has a secret blinkie that could win you some awesome Unity rubber when you leave a comment on that post!!!!

This is a super quick card and I LOVE how it turned out.  I basically stole the idea from Kristina Werner’s card.  I used the Season of blessings stamp from Unity’s September 2009 KOM.  I need to use more stamps from this month.  They seem to be eluding me somehow.  I asked a friend today if she thought the saying was more for Thanksgiving or could I used it for a Christmas card?  She said, “Christmas is a blessed event, so why wouldn’t it be a season of blessings?”  I agreed.

The sentiment is embossed in Midnight Black embossing powder. Urban Prairie paper from Basic Grey has a repeat appearance in this card as well.  I love how this paper looked like a Christmas sweater and it wasn’t even trying to be.  In some spots you might find a part of a lady bug or caterpillar, but I tried to avoid them when I was punching out the ornaments.  Haven’t really heard of a Christmas lady bug… yet.

The ornaments were punched out from with an EK Success punch.  I don’t have the exact name, but all three ornaments are in one punch.  I will take a wild guess that the name has “ornaments” somewhere in it.  I just free handed the loops with a Sharpie pen and also used a ruler to draw the outline.

Limelight Papercrafts has a big sale going on:

*All TaDa Rubber Stamps 30% off!
*Smooch Accent Ink 15% off!
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Materials

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Urbane Prairie)

Stamps: Unity Stamp Co (September 2009 KOM)

Ink: Versamark, Sharpie pen

Other: EK Success punch (ornaments), Stampendous embossing powder (Midnight Black)

I absolutely love and appreciate all comments.  Thanks for the love!

Oh my gosh…

A big surprise was waiting for me today… I won Peter Reinhart’s new book, Artisan Breads Every Day from northwestsourdough’s blog!!!  I am jumping for joy right now.  I’m super excited to have lots of new breads to try and post about for my new blog Oven Spring!!!

You can check out my other blog Oven Spring where I hope to post about my new adventures with Artisan Breads Every Day.

Thanks Teresa for the super yummy giveaway!

Wanna win???

Check out the Scrapbook Trends blog for an awesome prize.

it’s a hOWLiday card

The challenge this week at the Hero Arts blog is to use glitter.  Ok, I’ll admit it… I don’t use glitter.  It is just way to messy for me.  I get it all over me, my desk and sometimes my dogs.  They don’t like it either.

But, I do love glitter when it is incorporated in other medias… such as a glittery embossing powder and glitter glue.  Not so messy that way.

I love this Urban Prairie paper pad by Basic Grey.  It is not a holiday theme paper pack but I love the non-traditional colors for a holiday card.  I guess that might be my unofficial theme this year for holiday cards… no Christmas red and green for me.  The pop of color is so unexpected.  I used some white embossing powder with a glitter in it for the branch.  The berries are colored in with a Copic marker and then covered with some Christmas Red Stickles.  I also used some Stampendous Chocolate Brown embossing powder for the owl.

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Materials

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Urban Prairie)

Stamps: Hero Arts (CL238 Owl Christmas)

Ink: Versamark, Copic and Prismacolor markers

Cuttlebug die cut machine: Spellbinders (Labels One)

Other: Stampendous embossing powder (Chocolate Brown, Winter Wonderland), Stickles (Christmas Red), snowflake brad, string

I absolutely love and appreciate all comments.  Thanks for the love!