The Cat's Pajamas Sneaky Peek Week Day 3!

Hello everyone! 

And welcome to Sneaky Peek Day 3! 

Today I would like to share with you one of the awesome dies that is so on trend right now! 

If you don't have a banner die in your collection you'll surely want this one.  

This fun die set has so many possibilities! 

For more inspiration from the Swankiest Stampers around head on over to 

the Dancing in Pajamas blog!

Just a few reminders: 

This months stamps and dies will be available in The TCP store August 27th! 

Make sure you stop by the blog to learn more about this months TCP Tuesday Challenge and play along. 

You can also join the TCP fun on the forums Here and you could be...

just by leaving comments HERE all week!

You'll want to join the forums early so you can come to

 the Pajama Party release night (August 26th) where you could win more

 awesome TCP stamps.  I'll be hosting BINGO!

So be sure to get your words in early to play along!

Have an awesome day! 

The Cat's Pajamas Sneaky Peek Day 2!

Hi everyone! 

It's hump day!  Woot! Woot!

Welcome to Day 2 of TCP Sneaky Peek week!

Today I have a fun Sneaky Peek to share with you.  

A set full of fun Birthday Sentiments. 

Perfect for a CAS card when your rushing out the door to meet your friend for their birthday. 

With this set you'll still have time to make them something handmade and fun.  

Congrats on being 29 AGAIN! 

Now isn't that sentiment just perfect for so many of your friends! 

I also used this fun new die.  

It's like getting 3 dies in one, how cool is that!

These stamps and dies will be available on August 27th in the TCP Store.  

Are you In It To Win It?  

If not...you should be! 

Just chat with us HERE for your chance to win!

And just an invitation to release night fun...

And of course you won't want to miss BINGO! 

Only at the TCP release party!  

I'll see you tomorrow with more of this releases awesome dies!  

Have a great hump day! 

Woot! Woot!  

The Cat's Pajamas Sneaky Peek! Day 1

Hello everyone!  

I'm so excited to be sharing the months The Cat's Pajamas Sneaky Peeks!  

What a line up of stamps and dies you have coming your way! 

I had so much fun playing with this first set.  

 Let's Bring On the Cake!  

I also used these fun new dies. 

You can also find the beautiful seem binding in the TCP Store.  

For more inspiration from the DT and guest stampers be sure to hop on over to 

 Nancy - You should have come from here. 
 Joyce - You are here
 Lori - Go here

Make sure you stop by the blog to learn more about this months TCP Tuesday Challenge and play along. 

You can also join the TCP fun on the forums Here and you could be...

just by leaving comments HERE all week!

You'll want to join the forums early so you can come to

 the Pajama Party release night (August 26th) where you could win more

 awesome TCP stamps.  I'll be hosting a game:) 

Thanks so much for stopping by and come back tomorrow for another TCP Sneaky Peek!

I'm Split Coast Stampers Featured Stamper!

You may have seen this on face book, but I wanted to take a post to share with you here as well.  I'm so excited and honored to be this past weeks featured stamper at Split Coast Stamper.  split Coast has become my crafting home. I have met so many wonder friends there. Honestly, most of my friends really do live in my iPad, and I cherish each and every one of them!

The most special part of being Featured stamper is that friends from Split Coast case your gallery and use it as inspiration to make a project.  I am truly honored by all the wonderful creations in the gallery HERE. Now you will have to join Split Coast to see it, so if your not a member take a few minutes to log in and checkout the awesome site.  Come chat, swap are just visit the gallery for inspiration. Whatever your please I would love to see you there!

Now as the week comes to an end I want to take just a moment to Thank everyone for making my week so special.  I made this just for you!

Enabler List

Stamps- Flourishes

Ribbon- May Arts

Paper- Prima

Card Stock- DCWV, PTI 

other, button, copics, twine

Happy Friday!

Hello, hope your Friday is off to a fabulous start!  I am feeling so fall inspired today after hopping through the Flourishes new release blog hop.  The blogs are just filled to the brim with the most beautiful fall milk can of flowers.  Don't take my word for it, you can check it out on the Flourished blog for yourself!  

Today I want to share with you a card I made for the Flourishes August Release All About Color Challenge. 

The challenge was to use these colors to create a project.  

And this is my project.  

Enabler list: 

Flourishes -Garden Gate Stamps

Ink- PTI smokey shadow

Card stock- PTI

Chalkboard Paper- DCWV

Webster's Pages trim

Ribbon- PTI 

other- copics, button, twine

Hope you have a creative weekend!  

Simon Says Stamp Monday Blog Challenge

Helo everyone! 

It just so happens that today's card share meets the challenges for both Simon Monday Challenge 

and Simon Wednesday Challenge.  

The Monday challenge is to use die cuts.  Which for this card I used both MFT and Spellbinders dies.  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge

I didn't realize you couldn't put more then one card in a post to link to the Simon Says Blog challenge so just posting my second card here again:)

Happy Thursday!

Hope you have fun and exciting plans for the weekend.  I'm planning on enjoying as much of whats left of summer as I can!  I've already started switching into Halloween mode.  I think I may decorate my house soon.  At least start getting the fall colored stuff out.

This summer my husband added a little lift to the jeep along with some snazzy new wheels.  The rain hasn't been cooperating so we haven't had the top off much, but I'm still holding out that we might get one more good weekend in.

Now back to our regularly scheduled card post.  How about a bit of green.  Green tends to be one of my favorite colors.  I made these 2 cards for Dare to Get Dirty at Split Coast stampers, and they both used quite a bit of green.  I love this little paper clip.  I keep looking for them but can't seem to find them anywhere!

This one I stamped my own background paper with the same color I stamped the focal image.  I really like how it turned out.

I'm entering these cards in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Challenge. 

The challenge was to make a monochromatic project.  

That's it for me today, see you next week!  

Work Space Wednesday

Hi all, 

Just checking in from my disaster of a craft room

 and thought I would share with you what I'm working on today.  

Cutting table

My cutting table is where I'm adding the finishing touches to the altered match boxes I'm making for a swap at 2 peas.
For this swap everyone is making a Halloween themed box with an assigned number. 

Stamping Station

 This is my stamping area where I stamp the spider and add his legs.

Finished Match Boxes

And these are what I have finished so far.  I have 17 more to go.  

I greatly underestimated the amount of paper these little spiders would take.  

Now i have to come up with something close to finish them.  

Wish me luck!  

What's on your work space today?

Down and Dirty Card Post 7

How about a couple of square cards today.  

Just a Note

This little mason jar is one of my favorite stamp sets.  I just love how many different things that go in it, or on it or work with it.  

Molly-Moo!

I made this card in honor of a friend on SCS.  The little stamp just reminded me of her.
I guess I should tell you her SCS screen name is MollyMoo.
The red card stock is embossed with cherries that matches the patterned paper perfectly.

See you soon:)

Down and Dirty card post #6

Today I thought I would share a few more cards from Dare to Get Dirty at SCS.  One of the challenges was to use the chalkboard technique. Its a very interesting technique, and adds a unique look to your projects.  I made several pieces, then incorporated them into several of my cards.

Sending Thanks

For this card I made use the chalkboard technique sentiment as the focal point for the card.  The butterflies are made using the the polished stone technique then punched with a butterfly punch.  I finished the card by adding pearls and a chunky ribbon.  

The Tiniest Things

For this card I layered patterned paper, a doily, sheer ribbon under the chalkboard technique sentiment.  I finished the card with a button and twine.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week! 

Enabling list...

Sending Thanks

Card Base- Coredinations

Chalkboard Paper- DCWV

Ink-Versamark

Embossing Powder- Zing white 

Ribbon- Offray

The Tiniest Things

Card Base- Coredinations

Patterned Paper- Prima

Ink- Versamark

Embossing Powder- Zing white

Ribbon- offray

Button and Twine- PTI

Down and Dirty Card Post #5

Happy Monday Blog world!  Up and at em!  There not time to waste, life is just to short not to live it.

What are you doing this week?  Hopefully making some fun memories.  

I don't do a ton of Christmas cards, but I do have to admit I do like this snowman.  

So I made him into a stay warm card that could be used for just about anything.  

Enabler List

Cardstock- PTI

Stamp- Florishes Stamp

Ink- Momento

Die- spellbinders

Embossing folder- Provo Craft

other, pearl jems, copics

Thanks for stopping by:)  

Down and Dirty Card Post #4

Hi everyone.  TGIF!  Any thing fun planned for the weekend?  

I'm hoping to get a break from the rain so we can take the top off the jeep and go for a ride.  

Of course I have a feeling that we may be doing corn this weekend.  

We will see how much is ready.  

I have 2 cards to share today that are from VSN at SCS.  

"Virtual Stamp Night and Split Coast Stampers"

There was a mini VSN this past weekend but the big VSN is September 7-8th.  

The theme is opposites attract. 

This challenge was to make a card for a man and a woman using the same stamp set.   

His

Enabler List
Cardstock- MFT
Paper- Jilly Bean Soup
Die- PTI
Stamps- MFT
other- PTI twine and button

Hers

Enabler List
Cardstock- MFT
Paper- Jilly Bean Soup
Die- MFT Washi Tape die 
Stamps- MFT
other- PTI twine, Prima flower, doily

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!  

Down and Dirty post #3

Hi All!  

Hope you are having a wonderful week!

It's shark week, so I've been actually turning the TV on.  My husband thinks its a bad idea as we are going on a cruise soon and plan on swimming in the ocean in open water. 

 Really I'm hoping to see a shark, just not to up close and personal.  

And I've done my research, there is only one shark bite where we are going and it sure does seem like that person was doing something they shouldn't have been doing.  

On to today's card share.  

This card I made for the challenge at StampTV.  

The challenge was to use the Polished Stone Technique.

I am actually quite pleased with how my card turned out, quite a bit better then

 the first try with this technique.  

Take a look at the challenge, pull out your GKD stamps and play along this week:)  

Down and Dirty card post...#2

Another card from DTGD at Split Coast.

                                      

This was my very first card for Dare to get Dirty. I loved how the palm tree looked colored so just drew from that inspiration to finish the card. 

Enabling list. 

Stamps- Markies Finest

Paper-MFT

Twine-PTI

Other- glimmer mist used like water color. 

Spellbinders die

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! 

Just had to share my excitement!

 

I made this card for the TCP Tuesday challenge during DTGD last week.  The challenge was to use a tag.  Well as you can see from my last few posts I love tags so this just came together perfectly!  Really the card is clean and simple but with the focal point stamping on the patterned paper, then on the white tag it just pops off the card.  Anyway, I'm posting at 3am because I just couldn't wait to share that I was chosen as Swanky Stamper of the month for The Cats Pajamas stamps. 

 I just recently found TCP stamps and they have already become an addiction.  

Be sure to check them out here, or play along with this weeks challenge here and you could be the next Swanky Stamper! 

Down and Dirty Card post #1

Hi Blog Readers!

Hope your having a fabulous summer! 

Here in  PA it seems like it took forever for summer to get here and today it's already 

starting to feel like its turning fall.  

My pumpkins are growing but the leaves are starting to turn yellow.  Today I made chicken veggie soup with veggies from my garden.  Fresh carrots, onion and parsley make for fabulous soup!  

The orchard at my parents is doing well, mine not so much.  

 And the garden is doing quite well.  

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Now on to crafty goodness:)  

This week I played along with Dare To Get Dirty over at Split Coast Stampers.  It was an awesome week of challenges.  I honestly don't know I did so many.  I ended up making all 41 challenges, and a few extra cards for other challenges and swaps.  I believe my total was 46!  

Here is my first Dare to Get Dirty Down and Dirty card.  

Be sure to stop back often because I'll be posting as much as time allows over the next few weeks.  I'm thinking it will take me much longer to get them all blogged.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

2 Peas Tag Swap

Hello everyone,
I was so excited to see a fall tag swap over at 2 peas in a bucket.  I love crafting with fall colors.  I made this fun tag for my partner and decided I should send a few extras for her.  Maybe it will get to her in time to use for her tag.

First, this is the tag I made.

I just love how it turned out.  

Then I added some extra fun Halloween stuff.  

Then I packed it all up in my favorite kraft bag tied with another fun tag.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day!