My Time Made Easy - day #3 peeks!

I've been waiting for a goodie just like the 'Any Way You Slice It' template that will be brand new in November ... and the waiting is no longer!! This little 'cutie pie' will be available in the My Time Made Easy shop starting tomorrow!

 How absolutely adorable is this sweet slice of cake ...  the template was so easy to assemble -- I cut the two pieces out with my Cricut and it went together in less than five minutes!

I used some new digital papers from the 'Timeless Tradition' and 'Candy Shop' lines - yummy!  I've become quite addicted to using digital papers since begining to work with MTME -- print just what you need, less waste, no papers in a 'pack' that you don't care for!

I love how the big polka dotted flower coordinates with the plaid patterned paper!  Lots of embellies added here, bead, berries, rolled roses, glitter, trinket pins, Cameo Beige Sugar Shabby Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop, vintage lace, pom-pom trim, wide grosgrain ribbon, embossed and glittered leaves, velvet rose, glittered chipboard - yummy!

The view from each side is so pretty!  I {heart} that big pink bow, don't you?

And, no gift set is complete, in my opinion, without a sweet little coordinating card!  The sentiments were stamped using the new 'Secret Santa' set ... which is also the perfect coordinating set for Lauren's 'In Suspense' template released last month!

Now, who wouldn't like to get a 'sweet treat' like this one this holiday season?!?

Please take a few minutes to visit the other Design Team girlies to be inspired by their awesome projects ...

you're NOT going to believe how creative the team got with their adorable takes on this sweet template!

My Time Made Easy Design Team:

Lauren Meader (owner)

Catherine Doucette

Pam Imholz

Debbie Marcinkiewicz (you are here!)

Be sure to visit the Designer's Galley for more inspiration!

Challenges for this project:

Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty #4 - gift

The Shabby Tea Room #33 - CASE a shabby girl (Debbie - colors)

Papertake Weekly - sparkly & bright

Simon Says Stamp - punches & dies

The Creative Cottage #26 - embossing

Simon Says Stamp at Papercraft Planet - buttons

4 Crafty Chicks #9 - punches or dies
Meljen's Designs #31 - two images
Vintage Findings - vintage elements (seam binding, trinket pin, buttons, lace, trims)
Waltzingmouse - Tag You're It

Pile It On! #43! and a FOND Farewell ...

I am sad while typing this post ... it will be my last as a Design Team Member for the awesome gals at the Pile It On! challenge blog.  I can hardly believe it's been six months since Dalis invited me to join her group of talented girls -- time flies when you're having a BALL :)  Although Dalis was so sweet to invite me to stay for another 3 month term, I've decided to step down for a while and maybe make room for some fresh talent over at PIO.  Rest assured, I'll be happy to play as often as my schedule allows with the weekly challenges ... I always have so much FUN {piling it on}!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our challenge theme this week is to create a card or project using a bear and a friend!  Our sponsor provided this sweet image and I had fun glittering it up:

That pretty red snowflake paper is from the 12 Days of Snowflakes collection from My Time Made Easy!

Be sure to pop on over to the PIO! challenge blog to see what the other DT girlies have created this week for your inspiration and enjoyment :)

Challenges for this card:

Pile It On! #43 - Beary Good Friends
The Shabby Tea Room #33 - Consider It Cased (Debbie's colors/Nicole's LO)
Taylored Expressions #132 - sketch
4 Crafty Chicks #9 - punches or dies
Color Throwdown #116 - riding hood red, vanilla, celery
Papertake Weekly - sparkly & bright
Simon Says Stamp - punches or dies
The Creative Cottage #26 - embossing
The Hybrid Chick - digital images

My Time Made Easy Peeks - Day #2!

Welcome to day two of the My Time Made Easy November peeks :)  I have a pretty little holiday card to share with you all today that I made using these new in November goodies from the shop:

Sugar & Spice stamp set (set of 17 images)

Secret Santa stamp set (set of 32 images)

Trendy Tags #5 cut file

And here you are ...

First I stamped the door from the Sugar & Spice set and colored the handle in with a gold pen.  Next I stamped the round window image from the set on a piece of vanilla CS, punched out the center and then glued snipets of punched pieces from a Martha Stewart holly bough punch around to make a wreath.  To finish off the door, I glued on a gold bow and added some red stickles' berries'!

The sentiment was stamped using the Secret Santa set on one of the tags from the Trendy Tag #5 cut file.  I love these tag cut files ... you can actually fit 3 whole files across a 11" wide piece of CS and cut out nine tags on your Cricut all at once!  I {heart} anything that saves time -- especially during the busy holiday season!

A pretty red ticking stripe bow, a satin flower and pearls, embossed leaves and some pretty punched borders and wha-la!  Classic elegance :)

I hope you've enjoyed this peek!  Please take some time to visit some of the other Design Team girlies' blogs to be inspired by their amazing creations!

My Time Made Easy Design Team:

Lauren Meader (owner)

Catherine Doucette

Tracey Cuccia

Lisa Kind

Debbie Marcinkiewicz (you are here!)

And don't forget to peek at the Designer's Gallery -- tons of creativity and FUN!

This sweet holiday card was designed for the Sweet Stampin' #50 challenge - a sketch!  Hop on over to the SSCB to be inspired by what the DT gals have created for you all this week!

Challenges for this card:

Sweet Stampin' #50 - sketch

The Shabby Tea Room #33 - Consider It CASED (Debbie - holiday colors)

Color Throwdown #116 - riding hood red, vanilla, celery

The Creative Cottage #26 - embossing

Simon Says Stamp - punches & dies

Papertake Weekly - sparkly & bright

CR84FN #1 - red, green, tan
4 Crafty Chicks #9 - punches or dies

Meljen's Designs #31 - two images

Vintage Findings - vintage elements (pearls, inking)

My Time Made Easy Peeks begin today - Day #1!

WOW, what a quick month October was!  It seems as though I was just here sharing adorable little peeks of all of the wonderful new Halloween-y things that Lauren offers in the shop, and now here we are again peeking at what is to be released in just three short days over at My Time Made Easy on November 1st!

I am beyond excited about the new stamp sets and templates this month ... so cute, so adorable, so pretty, can be used even after the holidays!  Be sure to hit the link list below each of my peek posts and check out what the other MTME Designers have created for your inspiration this month :)

Ready ... set ... here we GO!!!  Introducing:  Dashing Through the Snow (set of 22 images), Secret Santa (32 images) and The Gingersnap's (set of 17 images)!



I giggled with glee when I saw these adorable sets!!!  I have to admit, I think they have become my all-time favorite holiday stamp sets -- each little image is simply precious!  Look at that whimsical sled piled high with presents!  How about that sweet little reindeer with his glittered antlers and sparkly holly leaf and berry collar?  The gingerbread family set is a 'must have' and the sweet jingle bell is precious!

I decided to create a set of four 3.25" square tags in a very soft, vintage inspired palette!  The cardstock/ink colors are vanilla, blush blossom and sage shadow.  The Shabby Vintage Seam Binding is Paradise Aqua Mist from my Etsy Shop!

I cut out the sweet cards with the Sentimentals Cartridge on my Cricut - easy peesy!

Some buttons, pearls, glitter and coloring, and wha-la!  The patterned paper from MTME used for the flowers and leaves is Ga Ga For Gingham (Blushing) - YUM!  I adore gingham checks!

This fun little 'Winter Wonderland' set was also created for today's Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge #22!  Be sure to visit the blog to check out what the other F&F designers made for this fun challenge :)

I hope you enjoyed peeking at my sweet, vintage inspired project today!  Please visit the other MTME Design Team girles to see lots more delicious inspiration:

My Time Made Easy Design Team:

Lauren Meader (owner)
Catherine Doucette

Katie Shawger Cotton

Tammy Hershberger

Tangii Crain

Debbie Marcinkiewicz (you are here!)

Monique Hansen

And don't forget the AWESOME MTME Designer's Gallery - loaded with tons of inspiration!!!

Challenges for this project:

Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge #22 - Winter Wonderland

The Shabby Tea Room #33 - Consider it CASED (Clare - handmade flower/pink)
Papertake Weekly - sparkly & bright
Vintage Findings - vintage elements (shabby seam binding, buttons, baker's twine, inked edges)
Meljen's Designs #31 - two images
4 Crafty Chicks #9 - punches or dies (spiral flower die, cricut cartridges)
Stamp Simply #163 - CAS winter
Waltzingmouse - Tag You're It

Create for Cards Blog - Showcase!

The oh so pretty in pink, bling-y card that I made for the Card Patterns current sketch (which I am sponsoring with my Etsy Shop this week) was showcased on the Create for Cards Blog today -- the challenge was 'bling' -- YUMMY!

You can view my original post HERE!

Thanks to Paige and the Cards team :)

JustRite Holiday Recipe - WINNER!

I am over the moon excited and tickled {pink} ... I just found out that the project I created for last week's JustRite Friday #41 Challenge - create a project incorporating a holiday recipe into it - won first place!

I created a multi-part chipboard clipboard that can hold holiday recipes, menus, to do lists, cards or whatever you'd like to showcase!  I also created some sparkly, glittered clips to hold your holiday paper goods together - neat and organized - and lastly I included a recipe for some yummy-licious Candy Cane Brownie Lollipops which I made last year for my annual cookie exchange :)

You can view my original post HERE!  I {heart} to design cards, but my 'specialty' is gifts and altered items.  I adore creating gift sets and even more, I LOVE to give them to my friends and loved ones!!

A big thank you to Sharon and the girlies at JustRite Stamps :)

My Time Made Easy PEEKS begin tomororow!!!

November Pre-Release PEEKS begin tomorrow ... stay tuned :)

The Shabby Tea Room is Hopping with JustRite Stamps today!

Welcome to JustRite Stampers’ newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop #8! Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! And don’t forget that JustRite has some Christmas stamps in their newly released CLING line of stamp sets -- you can find them HERE. This week, the designers joining the JustRite design team are the Flower Soft and The Shabby Tea Room challenge blog design teams! So mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 9am Central for great Christmas gift, card & project ideas, starting at the JustRite Inspiration blog!

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I had sooooo much fun designing this adorable holiday clipboard that I can't wait to set on my kitchen counter once December 1st rolls around!  It seems as though the holidays give us all 'license' to use as much glitter as our hearts desire on projects (although I seem to use it liberally ALL year long!), so this sweet project is sprinkled generously with red, green and diamond glitter to make it sparkle and shine!  The JustRite stamped images on the clipboard are from the Christmas Nested Sentiments, Something Sweet and Baking Stamp Ensemble sets.  Patterned papers are from Cosmo Cricket and lots of yummy embellies added from Webster's Pages, Maya Road, Stampin' Up!, Prima & Really Reasonable Ribbons!

You can use a decorated clipboard such as mine for so many fun things ... here are a couple ideas I came up with:

To hold your favorite holiday recipe while you're baking in the kitchen ~

To hold your holiday menu so guests know what they will be dining on ~

To hold your 'to do' list during the hectic holiday season to keep you on track ~

I also made some coordinating glittered clips to place on your lists for the holidays, holds them all together, keeps everything neat and in one place and are not only practical, but CUTE too!

Candy Cane Brownie Lollipops

1 pkg. fudge brownie mix plus ingredients to prepare

24 candy canes

10 oz. chocolate flavored almond bark

Prepare brownies according to package directions.  Cool 20 minutes until slightly warm.  Cut off ends of candy canes to form 4 1/2" sticks.  Place candy cane tops in resealable plastic bag and crush.  Scoop out rounds of brownie, packing with hands.  Roll Brownie scoops into smooth balls.  Insert candy cane sticks into centers, mounding brownie around stick.  Melt almond bark in small bowl according to package directions.  Spoon melted bark over each brownie, coating completely.  Dip into the crushed candy canes and place in small foil cupcake line.  Enjoy :)

Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop today!

JustRite Inspiration Blog

JustRite Design Team:

Sharon Harnist
Angela Barkhouse
Sankari Wegman
Stephanie Kraft
Kazan Clark
Michele Kovack
Kellie Fortin
Barb Schram
Debbie Olson
Becca Feeken
Heidi Blankenship

Flower Soft Design Team:

Jeanne Streiff
Debbie Seyer
Gini Cagle
Linda Beeson
Deb Felts
Cibele Glazer
Vicki Garrett
Dina Kowal

The Shabby Tea Room Design Team:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Nicole Segnere
Clare Buswell
Pattie Goldman
Lisa Golzbein

Cathy Clark-Santie

Thanks for peeking :)

Challenges for this project:

Vintage Findings - use vintage elements (buttons, bloomer, trinket pin, satin flowers, lace, inking)

JustRite Friday Inspiration #41 - recipe swap

Create For Cards - bling

Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty #4 - gifts

Simon Says Stamp at Papercraft Planet - buttons

Papertake Weekly - sparkly & bright

The Shabby Tea Room #33 - CASE a Shabby Girl (Debbie - holiday colors)

CR84FN #1 - red, green, tan

Meljen's Designs - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog #49 - anything but a card

Simon Says Stamp - punches & dies

Truly Scrumptious #44!

*CARD SHARE mention at the Meljen's Designs Blog 10/29/10!

Welcome to the Truly Scrumptious #44 challenge - we have an awesome sketch for you to try this week and the option of using pearls, petals and/or bows too!

As you can see, I used some vintage findings like trims, buttons and satin flowers ... and inked the edges of all my paper elements to soften things!  The little digital poodle image is compliments of our sponsor this week - Meljen's Designs ... I printed the image twice and then cut out the poodle and flower, colored them, liberally added glitter and then popped each image up with a dimensional - YUM!

Please take some time to visit the TS blog to be inspired by the other Design Team girlies creations and then give this fun sketch a try!  I can't wait to see what you design this week :)

Challenges for this card:

Truly Scrumptious #44 - sketch and optional pearls, petals, pins
Vintage Findings - vintage elements (trims, buttons, pearls, satin flowers, inked edges)
The Hybrid Chick - digi projects
Create For Cards - bling
The Shabby Tea Room #33 - consider it CASED (Cathy - colors and LO)
Simon Says Stamp at Papercraft Planet - buttons
Meljen's Designs #30 - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - sparkly and bright
Simon Says Stamp - punches & dies

The Shabby Tea Room #33!

Good morning everyone and welcome to The Shabby Tea Room's 33rd challenge - WOW, how time is flying by!  I am your host this week and I've picked a totally fun challenge for us to play along with :)  This week's challenge theme is 'Consider It CASED' and I'm asking you all to create a card or project based on one of the Design Team cards this week ... and CASE IT - COPY AND EDIT SLIGHTLY!  How fun is that?  Here is my design ...

... how adorable is this sweet little folkart bear with his big ol' red glittery heart!   Ooohhh ... glitter ... YUM!

I colored and glittered his socks, added some found embellies from my treasures baskets like a button, twine, brads, snipet of crocheted doilie, chipboard and more glitter - Holiday Collection from Martha Stewart!!!  A bit of stitching to anchor the October Afternoon DSP down and a pretty little glittered folkart snowflake - Gingham digital paper from My Time Made Easy!

Why doesn't glitter show up in photos as yummy as it is IRL???

Our sponsor this week in the Tea Room is Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and I've used Primitive Bear -- isn't he the cutest??

Please visit the other Shabby Girls' blogs to be inspired by their creations this week and then pick your favorite DT card and CASE it!!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Cathy Clark-Santie

Clare Buswell

Lisa Golzbein

Nicole Segnere

Pattie Goldman

Challenges for this card:

The Shabby Tea Room #33 - Consider It Cased

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #20 - sketch

Crafty Creations #90 - red, brown, green

Create For Cards - bling

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #89 - sentiment as main focus

Meljen's Designs #30 - anything goes

City Crafter Challenge Blog #27 - vintage (buttons, twine, snipet of doilie, inking)

The Hybrid Chick - digital projects

CR84FN #1 - red, green, tan

Waltzingmouse - Tag You're It

Meljen's Designs Top 5 WINNER!

Thank you to Melissa and the team over at Meljen's Designs for picking my gift set HERE for one of their Top Five Favorites this week for the tags challenge!

All of the images are digital from Meljen's and the template is the Trendy Tool Tote from My Time Made Easy!

Card Patterns Sponsorship!

I have some fun news to share with you all today ... if you'd like a chance to win some scrunchy, shabby, yummy Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop, then hop on over to the Card Patterns Challenge Blog and give a try to the #87 sketch.  I am the sponsor this week and one lucky winner will win 10 yards of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop!!

Here is my take on this week's sketch:

Challenges for this card:

Card Patterns #87 - sketch
Stampin' Royalty #42 - ribbons
City Crafter Challenge Blog #27 - vintage
Meljen's Designs #30 - anything goes
Create for Cards - bling
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #89 - sentiment as main focus
colourQ #55 - black, regal rose, pretty in pink, pink pirouette, vanilla - YUM!

The Hybrid Chick site NEWS!

Good morning bloggity friends!  I hope you're enjoying a day doing what you love - paper crafting!!!

I'm busy in my design studio working on the new My Time Made Easy November peeks which will begin next week, so stay tuned :)  In the meantime, you can view my Designer's Gallery HERE!

I have some FUN news to share with you all this morning ...

I was contacted by Nicole from The Hybrid Chick yesterday and asked if I would be interested in becoming a designer for The DigiChick Shop!  How fun ... they have such wonderful goodies in the shop!

I will be in the company of some amazing designers, including one of my favorite stampy friends, Clare Buswell!  Clare's shabby and vintage creations just steal my heart each time I see them!  Truly wonderful!!   Did you see the Vintage Halloween Banner she created for THC posted yesterday?  I gotta make one of those!!!

Stay tuned ... looks like I'll be designing and submitting my first project for THC sometime in November!

Have a wonderful stampy day :)

Blog Candy and Seam Bindng WINNERS ....

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who became a new follower of my little ol' bloggity blog and to all the existing loyal followers too!  Hugs to you all!!

Thank you to everyone who made a sweet creation to submit for the 'Doilie Inspired' challenge too!

*The blog candy winner was randomly choosen from the 74 comments left on the blog post and the winner is someone who is currently following me, left a comment on the blog candy post and posted a picture and link to the blog candy prize on the sidebar of her blog for me to find.  I had to draw several names because the first person I chose did not have the blog candy picture linked on the sidebar of her blog :(  I wanted to share this information so it would be fair to all who participated with all the proper links and comments!

Drum roll please ........ and the WINNERS are:

$200 BLOG CANDY PACKAGE:  Denise from Lala's World

SHABBY VINTAGE SEAM BINDING:  Melissa Bove from Creating From the Heart

Congratulations girls!  Please contact me via e-mail to claim your prizes.  You will have one week from today to claim or forfeit.

Really Reasonable Ribbons WINNER!

Just a quick note tonight ... I wanted to share with you all some cool news!!  The adorable apple themed gift set I made last week using the My Time Made Easy 'Pinch Me' template won first place over at Really Reasonable Ribbons #9 - Fall and Ribbons!

You can peek at the original post HERE!

You can view all the projects I've made for MTME in my Designer's Gallery!

FINAL DAY to enter to win CANDY and SEAM BINDING ...

Don't forget, we're celebrating Simple Treasures 2nd Birthday with a week-long BASH!

We have TWO contests running for a chance to win approximately $220 in prizes!  These contests will end at midnight, EST, on October 19th.

Hop HERE and follow the directions under PART ONE for a chance (or two!!) to win the $200 BLOG CANDY prize!

Hop HERE and submit a card or project based on the inspiration picture under PART TWO for a chance to win 15 yards of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop (approximate value $20)!

GOOD LUCK to everyone who plays along!!

Stitched With Love!

I had some time today to 'just play' ... back to creating for teams and deadlines tomorrow!  I decided to look up a couple of my favorite challenge blogs to see what they had posted for challenges and found some fun ones to play along with this afternoon :)

The JustRite Friday Inspiration Challenge #40 is to make a card or project using fall colors and JR stamps.  I used the Applique set - one of my all time favorites!  I decided to make a miniature quilt with the Applique stamps, stitched it together with my sewing machine, bound the edges with twill tape, spritzed it with gold, tattered rose and vintage cream Glimmer Mists from Tattered Angels and then added some champagne colored pearls to the centers of each square!  I hung my sweet little paper quilt using mini clothespins and hung it on a line with rope twine!

The sketch I used for this design is this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch #19 ... they want us to use stamping as the main focal point of our design which I did with my little quilt!  Such a sweet and simple sketch and I just blinged mine up a bit with a few spritzes and embellies!!!

Other challenge this card fits:

The Shabby Tea Room #32 - chocolate covered autumn

Our Creative Corner - embellies/the more the merrier

Meljen's Designs #29 - tags

City Crafter Challenge Blog #27 - vintage *

*Paper Crafts Magazine has this definition of Vintage Style:  Soft, distressed elements, vintage images and found elements such as buttons, crochet trim, flowers made out of old dress patterns.

The Shabby Tea Room #32!

Week #32 in the Tea Room brings us this scrumptious inspiration photo ...

... and our host, Pattie, is asking us all to create a card or project using the colors in this photo, the theme or both!  I chose to create a gift set based on the colors and the yummy theme:

I used a template from My Time Made Easy called Trendy Tote - one of my all time favorites :)  It goes together in a snap and you can fill the inside with so many wonderful goodies!  I chose to fill mine with Pumpkin Spice coffee, chocolate truffles and biscotti cookies!

All of the adorable images are digital files provided by our sponsor this week, Meljen's Designs!  I printed out a page full of images that would coordinate with my fall themed gift and papers and set myself in front of my soaps one afternoon - coloring the afternoon away!

How sweet are these little scarecrow images!  Just precious!!  The 'Friends' tag was printed from a Freebie Monday image ... I thought it went well with these two little scarecrow buddies :)

I turned this pumpkin image into an adorable tag/card by backing it with some cardstock!

So here is my complete gift set ... kinda cute, don't ya' think!!!

Please take some time this week to visit the other Shabby Girls' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:

Cathy Clark-Santie

Clare Buswell

Lisa Golzbein

Nicole Segnere

Pattie Goldman

And don't forget ... there are two days left to enter for a chance to win some of the prizes -- BLOG CANDY worth approximately $200 AND 15 yards of Shabby Vintage Seam Binding from my Etsy Shop.  Click HERE for details!

Challenges for this project:

The Shabby Tea Room #32 - photo inspiration

Stamptacular Sunday #81 - no cards allowed

Flourishes Bringing Back Beauty #4 - gifts

Cupcake Inspirations #81 - photo inspiration

Crazy 4 Challenges #59 - fall/autumn card or project

Our Creative Corner - embellies/the more the merrier

Meljen's Designs #29 - tags

The Color Dare #80 - poppy, pear, chocolate, vanilla

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #88 - ink & edge distressing

The Pink Elephant #86 - orange & brown
There She Goes #77 - orange, black, green
Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything but a card
The Hybrid Chick - Digital Stamp Hybrid Challenge
Simon Says Stamp - 3 embellies, 2 DSP's (I have different DSP on the sides of the tote), 1 image
City Crafter Challenge Blog #26 - take flight (black bird)

The Pink Elephant #86!

Week #86 at The Pink Elephant brings us a color challange ... ORANGE and BROWN!

Our sponsor this week is Digital Doodles who provided the DTwith some very cute digi images to work with!  I thought the pumpkin, slice of pumpkin pie and apple were perfect for this harvest themed card!

Please take a minute to pop on over and visit TPE challenge blog this week to be inspired by the other design team girlies' wonderful creations!

Challenges for this card:

The Pink Elephant #86 - orange and brown

The Shabby Tea Room #32 - chocolate covered autumn

Card Patterns #86 - sketch

Cupcake Inspirations #81 - photo inspired

Crazy 4 Challenges #59 - fall/autumn card

Our Creative Corner - embellies/the more the merrier

Meljen's Designs #29 - tags

The Color Dare #70 - poppy, pear, chocolate, vanilla

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #88 - ink & edge distressing

Pile It On! #41

Hello everyone ... welcome to the #41 challenge at Pile It On! -- 'Kid-themed Halloween' :)

Isn't that vintage image the sweetest?!  Please do take some time this week to pop on over to the PIO blog to check out the awesome inspiration from the other design team gals and then give our Kid-themed Halloween challenge a try :)

Challenges for this card:

Pile It On! #41 - Kid-themed Halloween
The Shabby Tea Room #31 - pumpkins
Mojo Monday #160 - sketch
Papertake Weekly - 3 of a kind
There She Goes #76 - kraft base, splash of color, black & white, dry embossing
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #88 - ink & edge distressing
Stampin' Royalty #41 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbons #10 - Halloween & ribbon
Crazy 4 Challenges #59 - fall/autumn card or project
JUGS #55 - black, kraft, cream
Our Creative Corner - embellies/ the more the merrier
Cupcake Inspirations #81 - photo inspiration

Sweet Stampin' #48!

Hello bloggity friends!  Week #48 at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog brings us the theme of RIBBONS ... yum :)  I love using ribbons on my cards and projects and find it hard NOT to make a card with a ribbon somewhere on it!

This week at my card classes, we decided to make and trade Halloween themed ATC's (Artist Trading Cards)!  These were SO MUCH FUN to design and put together!!

I {heart} using banners in my paper crafting, so this one was particularly fun ... and the word 'BOO' fit perfectly across the sweet, little 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 ATC!  I used the A Spooky Surprise stamp set from My Time Made Easy - so spooky and cute :)

Please take some time to visit the SSCB to be inspired by the other design team girls' ribbon inspiration this week!

Challenges for this ATC:

Sweet Stampin' #48 - ribbons
The Shabby Tea Room #31 - pumpkins
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #88 - ink & edge distressing
Papertake Weekly - 3 of a kind
Stampin' Royalty #41 - Halloween
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbons #10 - Halloween & ribbon
Crazy 4 Challenges #59 - autumn/fall card or project
Our Creative Corner - embellies/the more the merrier

Fussy and Fancy #21!

Hello bloggity friends and welcome to the Week #21 Fussy and Fancy challenge - HALLOWEEN!

This was a FUN card to design!!  I used a mini calendar page, some scrumptious black and white striped grosgrain ribbon - pleated (yum), an adorable vintage image and My Time Made Easy's new A Spooky Surprise stamp set!  The picture doesn't even do this little sweetie pie justice, so adorable IRL!

I used the current sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You ...

... very simple, but with a little bit of bling, you can zuzh it up :)

Please take some time to visit the F&F challenge blog this week to be inspired by the other design team girlies' lovely creations!!

Challenges for this card:

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #21 - Halloween

2 Sketches 4 You #63 - sketch

The Shabby Tea Room #31 - pumpkins

Moxie Fab World - perfectly placed pleats

Sweet Stampin' #47 - bling

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #88 - ink & edge distressing

colourQ #50 - black, pumpkin, olive, concord, white

Crafty Creations #89 - numbers

Stampin' Royalty #41 - Halloween

The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween

Really Reasonable Ribbons #10 - Halloween and ribbon