Dynamic Duos #71 ~ You Are Simply THE BEST!

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend, we are having a blast! Just got home from celebrating our niece's 3rd birthday and now {after I finish this post} I will be heading up to the kitchen to get dinner on the go as we are having friends over later on :)

Here is my Dynamic Duos card for the week... Crumb Cake & Basic Black and if you like to add dessert we are experimenting with Wet Embossing!

We would absolutely love for you to come and join in the fun with us! Our challenge ends on Thursdays at Noon (PDT). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

• Any project is welcome...paper crafts, scrapbooking, digital, or crafts...
• Please ONLY use the two colours listed for your project. Neutrals are welcome.
• Combine us with as many other challenges as you would like, except other colour challenges.
• Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.
• Any offensive or inappropriate posts will be deleted respectively. Thank you.

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Crumb Cake & Neutrals DSP Stack

Inks: Staz On Black & Versamark

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree & Simply the Best {Paper Sweeties}

Embellishments: Black Embossing Powder

Tools: Embossing Buddy & Heat Tool

Please feel free to stop by and say hello to the rest of the Dynamic Ladies!


Alison Barclay / Debbie Henderson/ Janet Bagnall/ Janet Zeppa / Lori Turner / Michelle Williams / Susie Wittwer / Tracey McNeely / Tara Bourgoin / Lesley Croghan (Challenge Creator) / Anne Marie Hile (Challenge Manager)

Rachelle Anne Miller's Christmas Collection!!!

I had just about the most FABulous morning of crafting with two lovely friends of mine. Claire had one heck of an EPIC nap and so I was able to create not one, not two, BUT a collection of THREE child themed cards with my brand new Rachelle Anne Miller Stamps!!!

It is so fun to be friends with such a talented designer and see her creations come to light in so many fantastic ways. I will be ordering a few cross stitch patterns which she just had launch to create presents for our daughter and two nieces :) 

I am entering these cards in a few different challenges! 

Card #1 was created with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and I am also entering it in the child theme challenge over at The Paper Players!

My Challenges:

My Card:

Card #2 was created using the sketch from Try Stampin' on a Tuesday and I am also entering it in the child theme challenge over at The Paper Players!

My Challenges:

My Card:

And card #3 was created with the sketch Seize the Sketch challenge and I am also entering it in the child theme challenge over at The Paper Players!

My Challenges:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe (as the same products were used throughout the collection!)

Card Stock: Old Olive, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Champagne Glimmer Paper & Season of Style DSP

Inks: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Smokey Slate & Blush Blossom

Stamps: Simply Stars, A Letter to Santa, For Someone Special & Santa and Pup {Rachelle Anne Miller} 

Embellishments: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter & Basic Rhinestones

Tools: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Argyle Embossing Folder, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Circles Collection Framelits Dies & Large Scallop Edgelits Die 

CAS(E) This Sketch & The Friday Mashup ~ Love...

I wanted to take part in the challenge over at the Friday Mashup this week as it is something close to my heart but I have honestly had a hard time sitting down to create anything. Their challenge this week is to create a card to commemorate National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, which takes place next month.

I have such mixed feelings about this as October brings such painful memories of sorrow as we remember the two babies we lost in 2011 but also a tremendous sense of joy and peace as we celebrate the birthday of our sweet baby girl we welcomed last October. It is a very difficult thing to cope with and we mourn the lives of those two babies who were not meant to be but also celebrate the blessing that Claire has brought to our lives! We simply cannot imagine our lives without Claire and if things had turned out differently she never would have been.

I decided I would keep it simple and create something that spoke to the way I am feeling and so here it is. I have used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch to create this card.

My Challenges:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!


Project created with Stampin' UP!s My Digital Studio  

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #21 ~ Your the Best...

Here is my Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge post for the week. We would LOVE for you to pop by and join in! Here are a few helpful guidelines to remember to keep the challenge fun for all!

• You can create ANY project (card, scrapbook page, altered item, etc) as long as it uses our sketch.
• Any and all products accepted; no limitations - GO NUTS!
• Each entry must be a new project! It is fun to create afterall!
• Your project must be shared with us using the inlinkz submission tool.
• We ask that you submit a direct link to the project photo of your entry/blog post.
• We ask that you create a link back to our challenge that you are entering, it must be visible on your blog post or in the photo comments if posting through an online gallery (if your link is from Photobucket, Facebook, Flickr, etc the photo privacy must be set to "public" otherwise we won't be able to come see your great project.
• Feel free to combine your project with other challenges (except other sketch challenges of course!).
• Must be submitted by the deadline, and...
• MOST important: Have FUN creating :)

My Project:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla & Epic Day This and That DSP

Inks: Gumball Green, Pool Party & Crumb Cake 

Stamps: Open Sea & You Are The Most Wonderful {Paper Sweeties}

Why not stop by and show a little bloggy love to the rest of the AHSC team!

Michelle S (blog co creator) / Darla (blog co creator) / Anna / Anna-Carin / Barbara / Beth / Brandi/ Candra / Caroline/Carrie /Chantal / Jessica / Krista / Lajeania / Lucy / Margaret / Mary / Michelle H / Pam / Rebecca / Shari / Tarah

Dynamic Duos #70 ~ Live Simply

A happy Saturday to you all! I am here waiting by the phone for a call to inform me I will be on my way to help welcome a sweet baby today :) A good friend and client of mine is going to become a mama for the second time and I am over the moon excited about that!!! 

We have had a busy week here with Ethan being in school and trying to get Claire settled into a new routine and it has all gone very well {knock wood}. But now that our lives are a little busier than usual it is nice to be reminded that sometimes it is nice to "live simply" :) 

Here is my Dynamic Duos card for the week... So Saffron & Pistachio Pudding! 

We would absolutely love for you to come and join in the fun with us! Our challenge ends on Thursdays at Noon (PDT). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

• Any project is welcome...paper crafts, scrapbooking, digital, or crafts...
• Please ONLY use the two colours listed for your project. Neutrals are welcome.
• Combine us with as many other challenges as you would like, except other colour challenges.
• Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.
• Any offensive or inappropriate posts will be deleted respectively. Thank you.

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Whisper White

Inks: So Saffron & Pistachio Pudding

Stamps: Swallowtail & You Are Simply the Best {Paper Sweeties}

Please feel free to stop by and say hello to the rest of the Dynamic Ladies! 

Alison Barclay / Debbie Henderson/ Janet Bagnall/ Janet Zeppa / Lori Turner / Michelle Williams / Susie Wittwer / Tracey McNeely / Tara Bourgoin / Lesley Croghan (Challenge Creator) / Anne Marie Hile (Challenge Manager)

Fusion & Merry Monday ~ Merry Christmas :)

Supper is prepped, laundry out on the line & the little lady is have one stellar nap so I had time for a second card this morning!

This card I created with the Fusion & Merry Monday Challenges in mind...

My Challenges:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Old Olive & Soft Suede
Inks: Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Garden Green & Soft Suede
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree & Petite Pairs
Embellishments: Basic Pearls
Tools: Stampin' Sponge, Ovals Collection Framelits Dies, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch & Distressing Tool 

Seize the Sketch & House of Cards ~ So Kind of You

Good morning everyone :) Hope your week is going well, but just in case it is not we are half way to the weekend! The kiddos have a cold this week so we have been having a few more wake ups at night and cranky days than usual. Yes we have a little guy is school now, start the year of GERMS lol Hopefully his poor little sister will have her immune system built up by everything he is bringing home so by the time she starts school she will be A Okay! :)

Moving on to a simple little card I made this morning for the lovely mother of my FABulous friend Tara. She was in town visiting last weekend and she took us out for dinner before a lovely evening of crafting so I thought I would send a long a little "Thank You". 

To make this card I have used the sketch from Seize the Sketch and the colour theme and CAS challenge over at House of Cards. 

My Challenge:

My Card:

Take the time to let your creativity bloom!

Card Recipe

Card Stock: Very Vanilla
Inks: Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry & Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Six Sided Sampler, Gorgeous Grunge & Sweet Essentials