Sunday Musings

Hello and welcome to another edition of Sunday Musings, which is actually done on Saturday night!  Today I am sharing a card that I put together for one of my cousins, she recently suffered a loss and since I wasn't able to make the trip to see her I wanted to send her a greeting even though I had already spoken to her on the phone.  I just can't seem to step out of comfort zone but I did manage to pull out my Spectrum Noir markers to color the cross which is a stamp from the Pink Bow Ties set called  Soulful Sunday.  The rest of the card  is just paper scraps from my stash, a few pearls and a  stamped sentiment.

I am sharing this card for the following challenges:

Hiding in my Craft Room - #207 Super Scraps

Scraps of Color - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - #200 Anything Goes

Thank you for visit, I hope you will come back again, take care and have a wonderful week.

Lazy Day

Saturday is almost over but I decided to still post this card that I just finished.  I was up late last night into this morning because I hung out online over at Scraps of Color chatting and working on challenges.  So today I was sleepy and didn't feel like doing much of anything since it was a cloudy, rainy and stormy day.

Today I am sharing a card that was inspired by challenge #403 over at Mojo Monday.  I used papers from Recollections and Paper Studio, I cut the sentiment  and the circle with the SLICE.  The little star gems have been in my stash forever!  I am also sharing this card for the any holiday challenge over at Hiding in my Craft Room and the red, white and blue challenge over at Scraps of Color.

Take care and enjoy!

Happy Birthday Sharon

Today I am sharing a card that I made for one of my friends that I met some years ago on the Cricut message board.  Happy Birthday Sharon, sorry I have to miss your celebration so I am sharing your card on my blog today.  I was planning to bring it to the party but as life would have it I can't attend.

I am sharing this card for the Use Your Stuff sentiment challenge and the  Scraps of Color embossing challenge.  When making this card I used a few items from my stash for the first time, the cuttlebug folder (Anna Griffin Poppy) and the lacey square  Spellbinders Nestabilities  dies.  I got both items from Michaels for a  good clearance price.  The sentiment was cut with my cameo, the flower is from Recollections and a few gems and the card was done!

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Hello Summer

Hello Friday, I am back today to share a card that I put together for the Summer blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  I originally wanted to do a LO but I wasn't pleased with the beach pictures that I had taken last year so I wasn't motivated to scrap them.  I used my cameo for the cuts and scraps of paper from my stash and the card was done.  I like it and it will make a nice card to send an unexpected greeting to someone once all this rain clears.  I am also sharing this card for challenge #201 Freestyle over at Hiding in my Craft Room.

Take care and have a good weekend!  Let's hope for some dry weather next week since there will be lots of outside activities.

She's Growing Up

My baby girl has grown up way too fast, she is headed to high school next year.   I think we all are starting to feel some anxiety so I am feeling the urgency to get her pictures scrapped.  I need to get more pictures of her with her grandfather, my FIL who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer, please pray for our family.  I need to spend more time with my parents too as time is so precious and it waits on no one.

 Today I am sharing a LO using pictures taken of my daughter the morning of her birthday on February 6 as we were heading to the car.  The inspiration for this LO came from Tiare Smith Designs  Desk to Done sketch challenge #53. The base of the LO is corrugated glitter card stock from American Crafts, the title is a file from the Silhouette online store, embellishments include felt fusion and the use of metal brads a frame and a TH word band.  The band reads "encourage your hopes, not your fears."   I am sharing this LO for the Scraps of Color blogger challenge #6 - Use Metal.  LO #17 for 2015 complete and added to her book!

Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Happy Valentine's Day

It's Thursday and we've had a little bit of a wintry mix here; the kids were out of school yesterday and went in two hours late today. DH was able to work from home but I had to wrap up, clean the car and come in both days.

Today's card is another project from my mountain of scraps, the more I use them the more I want to just toss them!  I think if I had organized them from the start I wouldn't feel this way.  I cut the heart from the artiste cricut cartridge and ran it through the cuttlebug and the little gems are from EK Success and I think I picked the stamp up from HL on clearance last year.

The sketch inspiration for this card is from sketch #380 over at Mojo Monday.  I am also sharing this card for the first 2015 Anything Goes blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  Let's see if I can keep up this year since there's a new format.

Take care.

Card Sharing

It has been sometime since I shared on my blog but I pushed myself today to get some cards ready to go postal this week.   Today I am sharing a card that I am sending to a child that has cancer and has requested handmade cards.  Several requests for cards have been shared on facebook and posted as challenges on other blogs.

I used an embossing folder for the sentiment, the echo park deer came from the SIL store and was cut with the cameo, a layer of snow, added some stickles and stars and the card was complete. I am sharing this for  week #48 anything goes blog challenge over at Scraps of Color,  I have just one more project to post and I will have participated in this challenge for the entire year!

Black Friday

Hello Friday and this is a first no shopping day for me, I really don't need anything so I am at home trying to finish up a few projects which brings me to what I am sharing today.  It's a TH tag that I created to include in care package to a very special person.  I just stenciled the tag using some distress ink and a stencil from The Crafters Workshop, added some glimmer mist and stamped one of my favorite sentiments..  Other stash items used included  the MS bird cage sticker, the wood veneer typewriter and ribbon.

Today's tag is being shared over at Scraps of Color for week #46 blog challenge Power of Words.

Wishing you a wonderful day and weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving

So much to be thankful for, I would never be able count all my blessings, just trying to complain less and live a life of gratitude and thankfulness.  We have less than two weeks before Thanksgiving so I decided to put together some really simple cards.  I sure hope I am able to finish them and get them in the mail.  This simple card was made using some paper scraps and a cut from the Thanksgiving cricut cartridge, I used some stickles on the stem.

Today's card is being submitted for the week #45 Give Thanks blog challenge over at Scraps of Color and  for the  HIMCR #174 Think Fall challenge over at Hiding in my Craft Room.

Take care and have a wonderful week.

Veterans Day

Thank you to all veterans currently serving, have previously served and those that made the ultimate sacrifice.  

I put this simple card together using the Autumn Celebrations and Create a Friend  cricut cartridges.  The red layer is embossed with the cuttlebug star folder,  the pattern paper is from American Crafts and the stars were made with a punch.  I will give the card to one of my co-workers   I am sharing this card for week #44 blog challenge over at  Scraps of Color.

Take care and have a wonderful week.

Hello Sunday

I can't believe it, I've shared on my blog three days in a row!  Today's post uses a stamp set that I have had in my stash for about five months, I recently purchased two more stamps from Pink Bow Ties so I decided I should use the first set before I use either of the two new sets. The card base is 5.5 x 5.5 and the pattern paper is from the Hero Art Ki Color Crush 6x6 paper pad, the ribbon, charm and gems from my stash.  I like how this card came out so I am looking forward to using my other new stamps.

 Sharing this card for week#43 Anything Goes blog challenge over Scraps of Color.

Wishing you and yours a wonderful week.

Thinking of You

Today I am sharing one of the cards that I made last weekend, when I was trying to get some cards made using scraps.  I am so behind  so I'm making these generic cards and trying to get them in the mail as soon as I finish.  All items used have been in my stash for sometime and included some soft spoken stickers,  a button and twine.  I am sharing this card for week #40 blog post over at Scraps of Color, where the challenge was to  pick a card any card!

Today marks the start of my marathon packing task for my upcoming retreat.  I am not sure that I'll get to finish everything that I wanted to do before I leave but I do know that I've got to get this packing done so I can get something done at the retreat.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend.

Stay Cool

Hello and happy Monday, today I am sharing a card that I made for one of our nephews birthday.   He turns 13 on Saturday and he thinks he is so cool so he will get a chuckle out of this card.  I cut the fan using the Suburbia cricut cartridge, cut the letters with  my sizzix sidekick and I used paper from an old DCWV paper stack called Indian Summer Fall Stack.  I am sharing this card for  Week 36: This ~or~ That. "Beat the Heat" or "Keeping Cool." blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  Wishing you and yours a great week.

Back2School Shopping

I am back today to share a LO that I started several weeks ago and finally finished this morning, it uses pictures taken of my daughter during one of her back to school shopping trips.  We actually shop all summer but we took these pictures one weekend while we were on a little weekend getaway.  The LO actually looks better in person, I cut the title using the Designer Calendar and Wall Decor and More cartridges.  I used a TH kraft glassine pocket to hold some of the tags and the butterfly paperclip is from K&Co, the file folder is from Jo-Ann's and has been in my stash forever along with the other embellishments.

I am sharing this LO for the following challenges:

Scraps of Color - Back to School

Hiding in my Craft Room - #163 Freestyle

Scrap Our Stash- Stash Challenge #18 Back to School

Thank you for your visit, have a wonderfully blessed weekend.

Hello Sunday

The Labor Day weekend is winding down and I'm feeling like I need just one more day!  Today I am sharing a card that I'll be giving to one of my coworkers.  I should have put it in the mail but I couldn't find her mailing address so I'll just put it on her desk and she'll get it when she returns.  I used the "For You" julie Nutting cling stamp for the doll and the sentiment, I have mixed feelings about the doll stamps and I'm not sure when I may take on the task of using one again.  I really wanted to give them a try since there just seems to be a lot of rave and fanfare for the doll stamps right now, I have several in my stash but I probably won't be adding anymore!  The doll was colored with color pencils, the pattern paper is WeR Memory Keepers and just a few other items from my stash and the card was done.  I am also sharing the card for the Anything Goes weekly blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend.

Special Moments

Today's LO is one that has taken many twists and turns and I am happy to report the use of more of my stash.  I used paper from a Crate Paper paper pad that I picked up fromTuesday Morning earlier this summer.  I  used Glimmer Mist on the base for some added color, cut the model with the Forever Young cricut cartridge; the embellishments and Thickers have been in my stash forever with the exception of the camera sticker which is Recollections.

I am happy to report that I am able to share this LO for three different challenges.  The sketch inspiration is from Tiare's Desk to Done.   In honor of  both  National Sisters Day and  National Girlfriends Day the blog challenge for week #33 and the monthly creative challenge  over  at Scraps of Color  is to create a project celebrating  these relationships.  I used pictures taken of my recent trip to Raleigh, North Carolina where I met SOC family members for the first time!

Summer Fun

Hello and happy Friday, it's raining here and I really want to go back to bed!  I have way too much to do so I must press on!  Today's project is a LO using pictures taken on July 4th when my daughter and I attended a community outreach event at one of the local churches.  I used pattern paper from DCWV year round paper stack, washi tape, foam star stickers, and jellies.  The word summer was cut using the cricut gypsy wanderings  cartridge and I used K&Co epoxy stickers for the word fun.  The sketch inspiration for this LO is  from Tiare's Desk  to Done challenge #41 and will be shared for this week's Anything Goes blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend.

Holiday Greetings

It's cloudy and raining here so I decided to try to get another project completed before I head to church this morning.  The weekly blog challenge over at Scraps of Color was to create a Christmas in July project or one that uses the colors shared in the inspiration picture.  I decided to create another holiday card and use the colors in the picture too!  In addition earlier this week one of the designers from Scraps of Color Espire shared a post on creating using minimal time and effort and of course this was a post about something that I do all the time.  My card uses a cuttlebug folder, I cut the wreath and bow with my cameo and I just added some classy red rhinestones from Queen and Co. and the card was done!  I have just two more cards to complete the five card challenge.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful week.

Going in Circles

Hello and happy Monday, nothing exciting and grand to report here!  It's cloudy and humid here but I'm thankful that its not scorching hot.  Today's card is one one that I completed for the weekly blog challenge over at Scraps of Color.  The challenge for week #29 was to use circles on your project, I used pattern paper with circles from American Crafts that has been in my stack for sometime along with a few other items and the card was done!  The sketch inspiration for this card is sketch #234 from Operation Write Home.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful day!

Christmas in July

Today is my Friday as I am off work tomorrow, well I will be working but not at my regular day job!  I've struggled this week to create and share it seems the adrenaline that helped me get through last month's challenge has subsided.  Oh well such is life and we all do the best we can with what time and resoures we have.  I've been enjoying the moderate temps for the last few days after we had thunderstorms the early part of the week, this post is sounding like one of my Wednesday Wanderings.

Today's card is one that I'm sharing for three different challenges; two different challenges over at Scraps of Color.  The blog challenge for week #28 was to create a project using the colors black and white with a splash or hint of one other color and of course I used red.  This card is the first of five that I'll be sharing for the July creative challenge - Christmas in July.  I'm also sharing it for the Super Scraps Saturday challenge #157 over at Hiding in My Craft Room.  The card was created using scraps of paper from my scrap stash, the pattern paper is from a HL paper stack, the ornament was cut using the Artiste CTMH cricut cartridge, the sentiment is an AC sticker along with some bling.