Sketch N Scrap - Flash Back Friday

Good morning my crafty friends! Happy Friday! I hope all is well with each and

every one of y'all! As y'all may know, World Cardmaking Day is in October so over

everyone is celebrating over at Sketch N Scrap and for this Flashback Friday 

Lisa has reached out to us previous design team members and asked if we would 

like to participate in a special Flashback Friday for WCMD! I hope y'all will come join us!

Here is my take on the sketch:

Enabler's List:

Paper: Doodelbug - Ghouls and Goodies

Stamps - CTMH - small block alpha

Ink: CTMH - black

Misc: Doodlebug - Franky 3D sticker

Word Art Wednesday #252-253

Good morning crafty friends! I sure hope all is going well with y'alls weeks! 

Today I am excited to share that I will be a Guest Designer for this

month at Word Art Wednesday! It has been one of my favorite challenges for

quite some time. I love each weeks blog post and the encouragement

that each scripture gives. This weeks scripture is Proverbs 8:17.

Here is my card using the scripture image:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH (retired)

Dies: Nestabilities small and large circles

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots, Recollections - paper flower

I am also entering this card at Viva la Verve using the sketch

Verve August Release Retrospective Hop

Welcome back to Day 4 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop! 
Today is the Retrospect Hop and Product Release!

It's an exciting day as there's new Verve in the store this morning! 2 beautiful new stamp sets, 

3 die sets and a sequin mix just released and they're all available to order right now!!!

To celebrate our new release, we're putting on another blog hop! Today's featured 

focus is designer's choice, so you might just sneak a peek at a whole bunch of must-haves!

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For this first card I used a verse from Scripture Medley 4 with my CTMH paper and ink and due cut the stars using Verve's Starry die.

For my second card I used a wonderful quote from the Kindness Matters stamp set. I used a cute paper pack from Paper Studio and made a double loop black grosgrain bow with my Zutter bow-it-all.

For my final card I used a wonderful verse from the Potter's Clay stamp set as well as the flower from that set and coordinating Pottery die set. I embossed my flowers in gold and watercolored them with my CTMH ink. I used a retired CTMH paper for this card.

Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? Today's prize is a BIG one. We'll be picking

a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win our ENTIRE new release!

So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances!

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee 7. Betty 2. Stacey 8. Charmaine 3. Maureen 9. Laurie 4. Lesley 10. Teresa 5. Marisa 11. Christyne 6. Hillary (Guest) 12. Autumn (Guest)

I will also be sharing my cards over at Word Art Wednesday!

Verve August Release Spotlight Hop - Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of our Anni-VERVE-sary August Release Spotlight Hop!

The Verve Divas and we guests are back for another day of spotlighting our new release!

Everything previewed this week will be available to order in the Verve online store

on Friday, August 26. Today we're sharing our first projects featuring

 the Kindness Matters stamp set and coordinating, Great Kindness Die Set.

If you hopped over here from Marisa's blog, then your in the right place!

For my card using the new set I followed the August week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.
I stamped one of the wonderful sentiments from Kindness Matters in CTMH Slate
on a white circle cut out with Nestabilities Small Circles. I cut out the two smallest
flowers from the set using the Great Kindness Die Set and then I stamped
the flowers in Versamark and embossed with Recollections Silver Powder. I then
used my CTMH inks in Buttercup, Glacier, Sorbet, and Sweet Leaf along
with a water brush to color in the flowers to match the CTMH Zoey paper that I used.
I popped the flowers up using 3D Foam Squares and finished off with silver enamel dots.


Next up on the hop is the fabulous Betty! If you just stumbled upon this hop, you
can check out the master list at the bottom of my post and start from the beginning!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the

hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little

comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! 

Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new 

products and all the prize info and deadlines!

1. Julee	7. Charmaine
2. Stacey	8. Laurie
3. Maureen	9. Teresa
4. Marisa	10. Christyne
5. Hillary (Guest)	11. Autumn (Guest)
6. Betty

I will also be sharing my card over at Word Art Wednesday!

Mojo Monday #456

Good evening friends and happy Saturday! I hope y'all are having a great

weekend so far! We are hopefully getting a new house soon! That's our weekend

news! We had the inspection and are waiting to hear what the owner

is willing to fix. One of the AC units is not working properly, it isn't cooling

down enough so it is staying on 24/7 to attempt to get to proper temperature so 

hopefully that is an inexpensive fix. He said depending on the price

of that will depend on what else he'll fix. There isn't a bunch that's terribly

pricey, just a bunch of little things. It's a 40 year old home so I figure it's all pretty

normal. We will also have to put in a water softener. It has some crazy

hard water. It needs a lot of updates but is in good shape over all so our plan is

to move in it as is and after we sell are current home, use the money

we get to start doing upgrades such as all new floors and kitchen and bathroom

remodels. I'm also getting a huge craftroom! Even bigger than my current 

one! It's actually a 12x14 dining room, but since the living room is so huge we

decided to incorporate a dining room in there so we'll put a door on

the opening from the living to my new craftroom so it'll just seem like an office.

Since we'll have so much work to start doing ya'll might not see me as much

for a few months. When we move in and until we sell the current house I'll be starting

to paint 2900 square feet of walls and trim during my free time. I will also

have about 1,000 cabinet doors to paint. I'm exaggerating of course, but this house

has so many little storage cabinets all over the place. Not to mention the kitchen 

cabinets and some awesome laundry room cabinets. Seriously the laundry

room has more countertop and cabinet space than most peoples kitchens. I have

no idea what I'll use it for. Hopefully nothing for a while! I don't want

to fill up all the wonderful storage space just yet!

Anyways. hubby is watching little man and gave me a bit of alone time this

 evening so I got caught up on some DT cards and figured I should get 

my weekly Mojo Monday card done and entered!

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Zoey

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow and Scripture Medley 1

Ink: CTMH - slate, whisper, sorbet, and glacier

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

I am also entering this card into challenges at:

Word Art Wednesday - #239 Anything Goes

Viva la Verve July week 1

Good morning crafty friends and happy hump day! I hope y'all are having a great

week so far! This afternoon will be my first day back to work! I am only

working on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the time being so I don't think it'll

be too traumatizing for me to be away from Elias... We'll see! lol!

I made a card during nap time yesterday following the 

July week 1 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Blossum

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow, Great Friend, and Beautiful Things

Ink: CTMH - black, pear, crystal blue, and hollyhock

Misc: Really Reasonable Ribbon - grosgrain light blue

I am also entering this card here:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - #144 Summer Flowers

Craft Dee-Bowz - July Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - #238 Anything Goes

Mojo Monday #454

Happy Sunday afternoon crafty friends! I hope y'all are having a great weekend!

We spent last night at my parents house having a cookout, playing some

corn hole, and lighting off some little fireworks. We had a fun time! Little man

didn't seem to mind the fireworks. The ones he didn't like were ones

that had a high pitch, like a squeal. The big booms didn't bother him in the slightest.

He's been a bit grumpy the last few days. Eating more and wanting to be

held often so wondering if it's a growth spurt... That's why I haven't had a chance

to make any cards this week until today. He is sleeping soundly in his

Rock N Play next to my desk. I was able to get a card made for the current 

Mojo Monday challenge that I want to share with y'all!

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Happy Times

Stamps: Verve - Good Work and Bloom and Grow

Ink: Versamark

Misc; Recollections - gold embossing powder, Paper Studio - enamel dots,

Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers

I am also entering this card at:

Fashionable Stamping Challenges - #112 Beautiful Blooms

One Stitch at a Time - #265 Flowers

The Artistic Stamper - July Challenge All Things Bright and Beautiful

Word Art Wednesday - #237 Anything Goes

As You Like It - Favorite Markers and Why: My favorite are my Zig Clean Color

Real Brush markers because I can color with them like a regular marker

or add some water and they turn into watercolor! So versatile with beautiful colors.

Creative Knockouts - #148 All About Flowers

Stampavie and More - #266 Flowers

Try Stampin on Tuesday #277

Good morning Try Stampin on Tuesday fans! I hope y'all are having a great
start to your week! We have another fun sketch for y'all this week!

Here is my take on the sketch:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Georgie

Stamps; MFT - Beautiful Baby and Verve - To the Moon

Ink: CTMH - Juniper, slate, and honey

Dies: MFT - Beautiful Baby

Misc: Really Reasonable Ribbon - grosgrain buttercup and Paper Studio - enamel dots

I am also entering this card into these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday - #237 Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon - #143 Summer Colors w/ ribbon

Craft Dee Bowz - June Challenge Anything Goes w/ a bow

Aloha Friday - #74 Baby

CRAFT Challenge - #369 Animals

Moving Along with the Times - #23 New Baby

Mojo Monday #453

Good morning crafty friends and happy Saturday! I hope everyone is having

a great weekend so far! We are going to a big sale and food truck party

out at local tree farm and nursery. We are planning to redo our front flowerbed.

We want to extend it and add a seating area as well as pull out the current

shrubbery and replace it prettier, easy maintenance shrubs and flowers. We sorta

have an idea of what we want so we are going to get an idea of the cost.

Before we get ready and head out I wanted to share a card I made last night.

I was sitting at my desk trying to think of what paper and stamps I wanted to use for

this Mojo Monday card and then it dawned on me that I should have gotten

my Verve Stamps order of their newest release so I went and checked the mail and

sure enough! There were my new shiny Verve's! So I made a card with them!

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - La Vien Rose

Stamps: Verve - Love Everlasting

Ink: CTMH - black

Misc: CTMH - red shimmer trim and Paper Studio - enamel dots

Simply Create Too #112

Good morning Simply Create Too fans and happy Friday! I hope y'all have had

a great week and are going to have any even better weekend! We have

a new challenge up for y'all for the next two weeks:

This week's challenge:

Christmas in July

Here is my Christmas card:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - White Pines

Stamps: CTMH - Reason for the Season and Christ is Born

Ink: CTMH - chocolate and cranberry

Misc: Recollections - enamel dots and RRR - grosgrain aqua

Viva la Verve June week 2

Good morning crafty friends and Happy Hump Day! I hope y'all have been having

a great week so far! We have been doing pretty good! Little man is now

eating about 4 ounces every 4 hours! It's nice to only get up twice in the night.

I feel like I am getting better rested. I wanted to share I card I made

yesterday during nap time. I followed the June week 2 sketch from Viva la Verve.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Zoey

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow, Great Friend, and Scripture Medley 2

Ink: CTMH - slate, sorbet, glacier, and sweet leaf

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

 

Try Stampin on Tuesday #276

Good morning Try Stampin on Tuesday fans! I hope y'all had a great weekend and

are having a great week so far! We have had some great entries for our last few

challenges. I can't wait to see what y'all come up with using this sketch.

Here is my take on the sketch:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Magical

Stamps: CTMH - Happy Father's Day mini

Ink: CTMH - cranberry

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots and Tree House - sequins

MFT Card Challenge #285 and Summer Coffee Lovers

Good Monday afternoon crafty friends! I hope y'all are having a great day

so far! Little man and I spent to morning at the pool! My Sunday school class does

a thing once a month called Monday Mornings with Mom where they

usually get together for Bible study, snacks, and crafts. They decided today to switch

it up and hit the pool at one of the ladies' in laws house. I decided it's never

too early to get a kid used to the pool! He seemed to like it... or at leas he didn't

dislike it. lol I had two cards I wanted to share today that I made last night.

Unfortunately since I didn't get this post up before I left this morning the Linky has

closed for entering one of them but I'll share it anyways.

This first card I made is following the current sketch from My Favorite Things.

I am also entering it into the the Summer Coffee Lovers Hop.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Paper Studio: Ninth Street

Stamps: MFT - Perk Up

Ink: CTMH - black

Dies: MFT - coffee cup

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

Here is the second card I made. I was supposed to link it up to Freshly Made Sketches

but I forgot that their linky closes at noon on the due date. I am a few hours late.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Happy Times

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow

Ink: CTMH - fern, pomegranate, and blush

Misc: Recollections - aqua ribbon and Paper Studio - enamel dots

Here's a pic of me and little man at the pool!

Mojo Monday #452

Good morning crafty friends and happy Saturday! I hope everyone has a fun weekend planned! My pawpaws sisters are in town so my little man gets to meet his 3 great aunts today! I'm so happy to get to see them! We're lucky if we get to see them every few years. That's what happens when your family is spread all over the country. Well before we get this day going i wanted to share the card I made last night following the current sketch from Mojo Monday.

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - Happy Times

Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow, and Proverbs 31:25 PJ

Ink: CTMH - fern, pomegranate, and blush

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots, misc doily, and

Really Reasonable Ribbon - grosgrain aqua

Sunday Stamps #128

Good morning crafty friends and happy Thursday! I hope y'all are having a great

week! Yesterday my little man turned 4 weeks! I can't believe it's been 

that long already! What a fast 4 weeks! I'm really starting to think that I'm not

sure I want to go back to work after the Independence Day holiday...

I never thought I'd be one that wanted to be a SAHM... At least without working

part-time. Hubby told me way back that I don't have to go back if I don't

want to. I think I'll leave it up to my boss. If he's willing to give me the shifts that

I would prefer, then I'll stay. If he isn't willing to work with me on that, I'll

take it as my que to leave. The problem with working part-time at my job, which

I've been doing since October, is that some weeks I'll work one day, the next

week I'll work 4 days and/or some of those shifts will be for only 2 or 3 hours so

it'll just make it weird to find help watching little man when I don't have a

set shift. Now if I can work 2 or 3 days specifically with the pain management

doctors then I'll have a set start time and end time within 30 mins. W'ell see what

happens! I'm going to call him on Monday and see if he wants me to come

in and discuss it... Oh and here is my little pic I did for little man's one month:

I also want to share a card I made following the current sketch from Sunday Stamps:

Enabler's List:

Paper: Paper Studio - Murphy Square

Stamps: CTMH - Loads of Fin

Ink: CTMH - slate and pear

Misc: Paper Studio - enamel dots

Try Stampin on Tuesday #275

Good morning Try Stampin on Tuesday fans! I hope y'all are having a great week
so far! We have another great sketch for y'all this week created by Kaylin.

Optional theme: Sun and Shore


Here is what I created following the sketch:

Enabler's List:

Paper: CTMH - La vien Rose

Stamps: CTMH - I Do and Mr. and Mrs.

Ink: CTMH - cranberry and black

Misc: Recollections - pompom trim