Dream Boat Card

I had such fun working with purple in the Amethyst Challenge over at
Daring Cardmakers that I wanted to do another one. Plus I really want to win that pretty butterfly punch being given away by Craft Obsessions. (Wink.) This card has purple cardstock by American Crafts, dotted swiss cardstock by Bazzill and patterned paper by K&Company. The sticker is by Diecuts With A View, the embossing folder is by Sizzix and the jeweled square brad is by Making Memories. Found the colored paper clip at Targets a long time ago and the ribbon is some gingham by Offray. I'm loving all the purple! :)
Do you have fun weekend plans? If the weather permits, I'm going to take my youngest daughter to see the movie, "Dear John." She really wants to see it and I could stand an afternoon out at the moves too. It will make for a win-win situation. :)

Purple "Thank You" Card

Daring Cardmakers has an "Amethyst" Challenge this week. Create a purple card or something with an amethyst theme. I love the color purple so thought this would be a fun one to try (not to mention I want to win the pretty butterfly punch!) :) Daring Cardmakers and Craft Obsessions are giving away a gorgeous Martha Stewart butterfly punch (drooling here). ;) Although I love the color purple, I don't seem to do many cards with it as the dominant color. I had to do some searching in my stash before I came up with some things I wanted to work with. This card has patterned cardstock by Diecuts With A View (Taj Mahal stack) plus patterned paper by Crafty Secrets (from the Birds and Botanical booklet). The pearl swirl is by Prima Marketing (so pretty in person). The rubber stamp is by Hampton Art and the diecut label is by Sizzix. The pretty purple flowers are by Prima Marketing too. After working on this one, I made a promise to myself to do more purple cards!!! :)
Another cloudy rainy day in Alabama but I'm guessing it could be worse. (If you are in the "snow storm" area, I'll bet you are agreeing, huh.) :)

Love Bandit Card

The challenge at 365 Cards (Day 340) today was to have a heart theme on your card.
I did a quick card using BoBunny papers, flowers by Prima Marketing, and a Sizzix primitive heart diecut. It also has a rub-on and transparency by Diecuts With A View. The brads are by American Crafts.
Have you tried working with a terrible "crick" in your neck? :) That has been me today. Late this afternoon, I finally gave up and went to bed with it. It doesn't hurt if I don't move. :) Hopefully it will be better tomorrow....you know as Scarlett O'Hara says, "tomorrow is another day." :)

Cuckoo Over You Card

This card was inspired by the sketch over at CPS (#152). The card features patterned papers by BoBunny, flower by Prima Marketing, Sizzix heart diecuts and a brad by Basic Grey. I also used some white chipboard by Grafix for the base of the heart diecuts.
Hope your day has been a good one. Got to rush now and get dinner on the table. How does BBQ pork chops, baked sweet potatoes, green beans and cole slaw sound? Sounds pretty good to me....I'm hungry! :)

Friendship Violets Card

Fun challenge at 365 Cards (Day 334) to use the three B's which are blue, blossom and emBOSS. I managed to find a few minutes in my craft studio to create a card today. The pretty image is from a new booklet I have by Crafty Secrets called Birds and Botanicals. The embossing folder and diecut are by Sizzix. The rub-on is by Royal & Langnickel while the flowers are by Prima Marketing. The small square blue rhinestones are by Basic Grey. This card also fits the challenge at Cute Card Thursday of "Blooming Gorgeous."
Another week has nearly flown by. I have been sitting up late this week reading a good book which is by an Alabama native. The setting of the book is only about 60 miles from where I live plus it is set in the Depression. It is one of those books you hate to see end but can't wait to finish just so you know how it ends. Did that make sense? Anyway the name of the book is "The Mine and the Well" and is by Gin Phillips. If you like to read and like "good" books, grab a copy of this one. :) Thanks for stopping by and visit again soon. :)

Hello Little Princess Card

Fun challenge at 365 Cards (Day 331) called "Three P's." The three "P's" were pink, paisley and princess. I couldn't come up with a "princess" or "castle" stamp so I opted to use a vintage little girl and call her "little princess." :) I based the card on the sketch at MoJo Monday Sketch 123 too. The image is by Crafty Secrets, the embossing paisley folder by Sizzix and rubber stamp by Hampton Art. The flowers are by Prima Marketing. I "think" this was my "first" round card....won't be my last though...fun, fun, fun to make.
After a very wet weekend, the sun made a beautiful appearance in Alabama today. I had some serious de-germing housework as my youngest was sick a few days. She went back to school today so I wanted to clean, clean, clean plus spray anything that moved with Lysol. :) I got it all done this morning and was able to "play" a while this afternoon. I did this card plus three more that I get to show you the first of February. (That is the release date for The [Stamps] Of Life and they are CUTE!) This month has flown by! :)

Geisha "Thank You" Card

I got a package delivered by FedEx yesterday that had the new Cuttlebug Asian bundle of embossing folders. There are eight different Oriental themed embossing folders. I couldn't wait to "play" with them!!!! :) Here is one of my creations and it is based on the sketch over at Card Patterns this week. The Stamp Simply challenge was to do a vintage theme and I "think" my image on this one will qualify (maybe). :) The image which is from the Lunagirl Antique Japanese Prints and Photos CD is an old one anyway. The challenge at i{heart}2stamp is for thank you cards so it fits it too. The rubber stamps are by Hampton Art, flower by Prima Marketing, and brads are by Little Yellow Bicycle.
My youngest daughter is sick with bronchitis so we've been staying in today. Lots of movies, card crafting, and games....plus a night off from cooking. We ordered take-out which is always a "winner" with me. :) Thanks for stopping by and here's hoping your weekend is a fun one.