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My Gal Pal and Uber-Stamping Guru is hosting a blog hop! YEAH JONI! Click on the picture to the left to start from her blog. joni is showcasing some stamping spaces. Go check out all the great places we work!

Happy Halloweenie!

This is a pocket card for Kate's 3rd annualy Ghoulfrinds Swap. I included a packet of grade and a packet of orange kool-aid, along with directions to make Black Widow Punch, so Halloweenie, right!??!?!

Orange, Black and Purple Core'dinations cardstock
White GP cardstock
glitter spider paper from Target $1 spot (last year!!!)
silver eyelets
mini spider stamp set JA $1 spot
heat embossing powder




Meet Franny K. Stein, a favorite character of many second and third graders. I made him into a card with the help of some punches and a ultra fine tip sharpie. Not a whole lot of stamping on here, but still cute!

Fern green and black cardstock from DCWV
White GP cardstock
silver mini brads
small oval punch
deco-edge scissors

punch and cute parts, then assemble and draw in nose, mouth, and stitches.

I see spots!

Well, here she is! Since Joni got me started on the whole The Greeting Farm thing, and it was because of her that I bought Mermaid Anya, this card is dedicated to her! I used a business-sized envelope card (4x9), orange, and did some paper piecing. I wanted Anya to look a bit more enchanted and from a fantasy water-world, hence the color of her hair, the silver stickles on her eyes and in her hair. Tail fin is paper pieced, coloring with copics and prisma markers, shell top is colored in Chinese Orange copic, then covered with star dust stickles.

Inside opens up and says, "Make a Splash!"

CAS & Sweet Sketch Wednesday

I tried my darnest to combine 2 challenges in one, ok, well, technically it could be considered 3 challenges. To begin with, I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday's blog for Sweet Sketch #3, where from card making sup~ah star friend Sher is on the DT (GO SHER!), but in addition to the sketch challenge, there is a color challenge to go along with the sketch (hence, 2 challenges in 1). THEN, I hopped over to Splitcoast's Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge, where this week you had to paper piece one of Joni's (Digi Designer Sup~ah Star!) fav techniques.

So, as Ed McMahon would have said, "HERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE's my creation!"

Cardstock: Bazzill green, yellow, and white

Stamps: $1 star, sentiment from stampendous (set of 5)

Ink: SU! Pink Passion, Green Gable, So Saffron

Embelli's: Stitched Pink Ribbon, green bling dots, dimensional dots, scallop edge scissors, 1/16" hole punch

Technique: paper piecing (the midding solid star within the dotted star outline)

MMMMMMMMMM, doesn't that look tasty???? When I think of summer time, I think of the times we made homemade ice cream at my grandparents, visiting our fav dairy for fresh ice cream (Tofts Dairy) after a long day on the lake. They have THE BEST "Strawberry Strikeout" ice cream made with Slider strawberry fudge curving through cream cheese ice cream sinking with strawberry filled surprises for a perfect pitch combination. ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, yeah!

Anyways, here is my card creation for the challenge. This is a 5x5 card with rounded corners, layers of brown and pink BAZZILL cardstock, ice cream background paper is available in a previous post, pink 2-sided silky ribbon, and a blingy brad. The ice cream come is hand cut from the same cardstock as the base layers, stamped with mini-hearts from a Heidi Swapp clear stamps tag set, and dusted with star dust stickles for just a bit of ice crystals to gleam all over! Also, for added texture, I cuttlebugg'ed the ice cream scoop with the Swiss Dots dry embossing folder.

I will also be posting the "How Sweet" DigiPhrase as soon as I get it formatted for ya. For now, grab a spoon, and enjoy the sweet creamy coolness!

Let Freedom Ring!

A few days back, last week I think, I posted a DigiPhrase for Independence Day, or any day if you prefer. The phrase simply stated, "Let Freedom Ring!" This is what my FANTASTIC-UBER PAPER CRAFTING Gal Pal Sher created. The image is by Inktegrity by Joni (it's a freebie for now, so pop on over ther and snatch it up right quick!)

My DigiPhrase is available below , now let's see what you can create! Please post a link in the comments below, or email me a pic and i would be more than thrilled to post here!

Here is my creation for a Shoebox Swap for the HPC (if you are one, you know what that is) over on SCS. It is based upon the CAS Challenge on SplitcoastStampers. This card is 5x5 square, I used SU! Crayon Cuties, and "Just a Note" from Prickly Pear stamps. Ink is Brocade Blue and Real Red from Stampin Up!, miscellaneous embelli's from JoAnn's.

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This is another Clear and Simple Challenge from SCS and the wedding themed challenge over at The Pink Elephant. My friend is getting married 10/10/09, and asked me to design her invites, response cards, programs, and ALL OF IT. This is a card I made for her and her hubby-to-be, I will insert one of the best gifts ever-- a gift card to a restaurant-- and give to them as a gift, in addition to the stationery. Congrats, Michelle and Nathan!

(Their (Her) wedding colors are Earthy Sage and Chocolate, and I REALLY like the Tangerine Tango as an accent color.

This is a surprise I am also making for her, 300 thank you cards, in addition to the other sets of 300 stationery. These gotta be clean and simple in order for me to do 300!