Caardvarks Red Heart Challenge

Hi all!

It's been awhile since I played along with a challenge, but I came across this one in my blog hopping a few days ago and decided to give it a try.   If you'd like to play along you can find the challenge here.

I stamped the heart (Great Impressions) on red card stock with Colorbox black pigment ink and clear EP.  I embossed it, cut it out, and then sponged the edges with red ink and chocolate brown ink.   The papers are all K&Co. and I believe the metal slide is from Making Memories.  

I'm thinking I may give this card to my hubby because it's kind of masculine with all the blues.

I hope you're all having a great weekend!   Hugs!
Sue :o)

Snow Buddies

Hi everyone!

Boy I've been neglecting this little blog all week, haven't I? Busy, busy, busy! Ah, it's all good though. I'm getting my house cleaned up, my paperwork in order, and shopping for the Christmas shoebox project which I'm in charge of at church. This weekend we have our big Thanksgiving dinner at church and next week I have to wrap up and deliver all the Christmas shoeboxes to a church in Illinois. Whew! I may have to start drinking some energy drinks or something.

Any-whoo, I did get some stamping done this week and I'm finishing up a lot of projects for myself and for my Etsy shop. I always swear I'm going to start Christmas stamping in July so I'm ready by December, but --- I never do. LOL.

I think this card turned out so cute! The stamp is from Great Impressions and it's one of those I seem to reach for all the time. It's stamped and colored on watercolor paper, and I sponged the edges with both both turquoise and navy blue ink. I found a few scraps of heavy duty foil card, so I punched some stars and added them around the snowmen.

I hope you're all having a great week, and please - if you haven't already done so, take a moment today to remember our veterans. We are so blessed to live in this country where we are free to worship God without fear of persecution, and I'm grateful to the men and women who fight to protect that freedom. May God bless you all too, Friends! Have a beautiful day!

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Another Quick and Simple Christmas Card

Hi everyone!

Here's another quick and simple - and shiny Christmas card! This one is pretty straightforward too. I embossed the image (Great Impressions) on watercolor paper and then colored it with my ZIG markers. The snowflake punch is from Martha Stewart and I attached the button with Diamond Glaze. The shiny snowflake background was made by taping the turquoise foil paper to a piece of light blue card stock and then running it through my Cuttlebug with the snowflakes embossing folder.

I'm happy to report that I did find a place to purchase more foil paper and card stock! I found the link on True's blog for The Paper Temptress. Oh my goodness. This place is to-die-for as far as paper goes. I'm sure I will be spending a lot of $$$$ there in the future.

Today is the first day this week I am able to stay at home and play in my craft room, so I'll be working on cards all day today and hopefully listing a bunch of new ones in my shop on Saturday or Sunday. Be sure to pop in for a visit!

I hope you're all having a lovely day!

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Polka Dotted With Hugs

I might have gone on a bit of a polka-dot spree on this card, but I like the way it turned out. I've had these bubble brads in my stash for ---- well ---- a long time and I finally decided to set them free. The little mouse is from Great Impressions, the "hugs" sentiment is from Penny Black, and the sentiment inside the card is from Stampin' Up! I don't normally decorate both panels of the inside of the card, but I have a ton of this polka dotted paper so I thought I might as well go for it. :o) I may start doing this on a regular basis because I think it really does add something to the inside of the card.

I'm trying to keep this post short today because I seem to be having internet problems. It's on for awhile and then POOF - my connection is gone and the internet thingy on the desk is blinking red. Now in addition to needing a personal assistant I need tech support. LOL. Lucky for me, I'm married to pretty cute computer dude who should be able to fix it a lot faster than I can.

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Tulips For You Thank You Card

Happy Monday everyone! I just finished adding some new cards to my shop so I thought I'd post a picture of one of them. This is an OLD stamp from Great Impressions and it's one of my favorites. I used watercolor pencils and an aqua painter on this card. I tend to reach for my markers all the time so I forced to use something else - just to keep myself from getting in a rut. The papers are all K&Co. I taped the first 2 layers together and then ran them both through the Cuttlebug with the circles embossing folder and then I added some punched flowers to the corners. Simple!

I just wanted to say that I am having SO much fun blog hopping lately! I've had my Etsy shop for a year now, and before that I was only browsing on Etsy, Flickr and Ebay for inspiration. Then I joined Split Coast Stampers and that' when I discovered blogging. Now I just love getting up in the morning and looking around at what everyone else has created. I'm surprised every day by the talent out there! I've got all my favorite blogs listed on my side bar, so check them out!

Well, I just heard my evil, wretched dryer buzzing from downstairs so I best get down there and fold before things get wrinkled. :O) I wonder if there's a way to break that buzzer. It's really annoying!

Hugs!
Sue :o)

Week 3 Winner & Sale Announcement

Hi everyone! Before the day gets away from me I better announce this week's winner! The lucky winner of the snowmen Christmas card pictured above is...

Terry T.!

I have your address Terry, so I'll mail it out tomorrow morning. Congratulations!

This week I'm having a sale in my Etsy shop! Every item is either marked down or it has free shipping. Now would be a great time to stock up on cards! The sale runs through August 31st. Click here to visit my shop!

I've had a great time celebrating my 1 year anniversary with Etsy and I hope you have too! Thank you to all my customers and my blog followers. I love papercrafts in a BIG way and sharing it with you makes it all the better. I'm looking foward to another year!

Be sure to check back here later for a new project! I finally have a day I can spend at home so I'm in my craft room working on new stuff for my shop!

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Anniversary Celebration - Week 3

This week's anniversary celebration give away is this adorable Christmas card and you can win it by doing at least one of the following:

1. Leave a comment here on my blog.

2. Place an order from my Etsy shop.

3. Convo me from my Etsy shop and let me know you'd like to be entered in the drawing.

If you do two of the three things, you'll be entered twice. You don't have to be a customer to enter the drawing either!

This week's prize measures 5.5 x 5.5 and it comes with a coordinating envelope. As you can see in the pictures above, the inside of the card is decorated as well!

Beginning this Sunday evening, August 23rd and running through the end of August- there will be a BIG SALE in my shop. Every item will be either marked down or have free shipping. If you have your eye on something, you'll want to check back on Sunday!

I will announce the winner of this week's giveway on Tuesday August 25th and I will post it here on my blog.

STAMP CREDITS: Snowmen/Great Impressions -- Sentiment/Stampin' Up!

Have a great day!

Sue :o)

All Those Scraps

I'm sure I'm not the only one who keeps every scrap of leftover background paper. I'm also sure we all have our own way of organizing them. Me? I have a basket where I keep my smaller scraps. Large scraps (over 1/2 a sheet) are kept in plastic envelopes up on my shelf. The smaller ones are sorted by size and color - one baggie for big scraps and another baggie for small scraps. Am I bit compulsive about sorting? Maybe. I've posted a picture of the scrap basket so you can draw your own conclusions. LOL.

Anyway, I'm always looking for a way to use up these scraps and I've had this idea in my head for awhile so yesterday I decided to try it out. It was really quite simple and didn't take much time to do. I just took a sheet of 5.25 x 4 card stock and began laying out coordinating scraps of background paper on it until I found what patterns and shades worked together. Some of the scraps fit perfectly and others I had to trim down a bit so they fit on the card stock, but really I didn't do much cutting. I use double sided tape on all my cards, so once I was happy with the way my papers looked, I taped them down. Then I ran the whole sheet through my Cuttlebug with the Paisley embossing folder - to give it a quilted look. Then I just used that sheet like it was a piece of background paper for my card. I think it turned out really pretty!

Stamps credit: Great Impressions

I hope this is helpful to other scrap hoarders out there!
Blessings!
Sue :o)