Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

I've recently fallen in love with some really cute stamps.  And I'm not one to jump on the cutesy bandwagon that has been so popular this last year or so.  But these stamps aren't 'cutesy'....they are just darn cute and adorable!

I have some of Kim Hughes stamps from prior years as a designer for other companies, so it was fun to find out she now has her own company, Paper Smooches. (papersmoochesstamps.com)  She also has a blog where she runs fun challenges.  The current challenge (yes, I am down to the wire!) is based on this photo from Pinterest:

I am in the middle of making Christmas thank you cards and decided to make one using this challenge.  I used the adorable dog from Birthday Buddies and a sentiment from Sentiment Sampler.

Designer paper is from Basic Grey,  cardstock from PTI.  Colored with Copics.  Santa Hat is from a Studio G stamp.  Twine  is from May Arts.

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Merry Christmas!

So sorry for the lack of posts.  Life's been busy.  But, Christmas is winding down, so life should get a bit simpler.
Here's this year's Christmas card.  Found this stamp by Impression Obsession last February at a rubber stamp show in Clearwater.  HAD to HAVE it.  L.O.V.E. it!  Had so much fun coloring it with my copics.  Kept it simple.  Remember this post?   This stamp inspired that.

I hope you all had a wonderful and enjoyable Christmas.  I did!
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Stamped Tile Card

This past weekend I was reminded by someone, who shall remain nameless, but she knows who she is, that I haven't posted in a while.  Yes, I'm guilty of that.  The history of my blog shows that.  It all has to do with the mojo.  If it isn't flowing, it isn't happening.  I have plenty of cards that can be posted, but again, it's the mojo thing, whether it is creating cards or posting them.  It's all lumped together for me.   And, lots of time, I'm busy, or I just simply forget.

So, to break the current rut, here's a card I made a couple months ago for one of my brothers-in-law.  He is a hunter and loves dogs....I think this was the perfect card for him.   I sat down and made it right after I got my issue of the Autumn 2011 Take Ten magazine.  In it there were Stamped Tile Cards by Amber Demien on pages 52 & 53.  Absolutely loved the concept and I'll certainly make other cards like this.  Susan over at Simplicity was also enthralled with these cards and recently did a similar post here.

Cardstock by SU, corrugated & twine from my stash.  Inchie stamps by Inkadinkadoo, sentiment by A Muse.

Inside:

Sentiment here from Rosie's Roadshow, punch from EKSuccess.  Dog bone punch by Marvy.

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LIM 39: Lucky Dip - Stars

I really wanted to play along with the Less Is More crew last week when the theme was polka dots.   Love me some polka dots....my hands down most favorite pattern....any color, any size dots!  Time was not in my favor last week, but it is this week, so I combined this weeks theme of stars with last weeks polka dots.   I also LOVED the sketch layout over at the Clean and Simple blog last week (FTL 163), so I combined all three to make the three cards posted below.

First and second up are 2 super simple creations.  I used the retired SU! small star punch and sentiment from Morningstar.   The patterned paper are tiny scraps from my scrap drawer....have no clue who the manufacturer is, and popped up the stars with dimensionals.

This card doesn't apply to the LIM theme this week as it doesn't have any stars, but it does have polka dots and uses the same sketch.  The flowers are made from a SU! flower punch and EKSuccess circle punch, and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear set.

Ahhhhh.....  Feels good to get back to some challenges!
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Happy Halloween!

Just a quick post to share the halloween cards I made this year.   I am down to the wire getting them posted....so sorry for being a baaaaaaad blogger.

Enjoy!  If you need any image/sentiment details, just let me know via the comments or email!
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Skipping Stones Sketch 96

I follow the new sketches over at Skipping Stones every Tuesday, but I don't often get the chance to play along. But, this week I did!  I needed a birthday card and this sketch fit the bill!

Cardstock is SU!, patterned paper is Bohemia by My Mind's Eye.  The stamped balloon patterns are from Hero Arts, Memory Box and Red Lead, balloon punch is by Martha Stewart.  Used Mat Stack 1 from PTI to mount the balloons.  The birthday sentiment is unknown...got the stamp for $2.00 at a garage sale and there are no manufacturer markings at all on the wood.   Fiskars border punch and DMC pearl cotton colored with Copics.

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LIM 35: The Colour of Your Eyes

The great thing about all the card challenge blogs out there is that they give you a jumping off place to begin especially when you need one in a hurry.
The Less Is More week 35 challenge helped me greatly this week when I needed to make a 'thinking of you' card.   Their challenge this week is to make a clean and simple card where the primary color used is the color of your eyes.   Can you guess the color of my eyes???

This card came together quite quickly...SU cardstock, Fiskars patterned paper, Sizzix die cut, Impression Obsession sentiment, and some seam binding dyed with my Copics.  IRL, the seam binding ribbon looks a lot less bright and more muted like the card.  Perhaps it is my monitor playing games with the color.
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