Holiday Hug In A Mug Card

Rainy day crafting going on at my house this morning and let me say it was WONDERFUL!  I love a good sketch to get the creative mojo going.  Jingle Belles has a great one for their current challenge.  I also wanted to join the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge for September which has a cookies and candy theme.

Jingle Belles Challenge (Merry SKETCH-mas)

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge  (Coffee + Candy or Cookies)

Thanks for dropping by.  I seem to be on a Reese's Book Club "kick."  I just finished her August selection Tom Lake (and enjoyed it very much).  Today I started Reese's July selection of Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale.  It has made me smile a few times so I know I'm going to like it.  What is the last book which made you smile?  Better get going as I have reading to do!

 

Boo To You Embossed Background Card

Woke up to a rainy morning which was a very nice surprise!  After hurrying through my household chores and walking outside for exercise (carrying an umbrella), I headed to my craft room.  There were fun challenges to inspire me and here is my first creation.  Can You Handle The Pressure? has an optional trees theme this time.  I've started working on Halloween cards and remembered an older Sizzix embossing folder in my stash.  It has a tree on the left side of the folder.  I embossed it on orange polka dot paper.  The dry embossing shows up better "in person."  (I photographed the actual embossing folder so you could see all the detail better.)  

I'm also linking this card up at Colorful Options Challenge which is celebrating Outrageous Orange for the month of September.

AND the boos will be linking up at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge too.

Thanks for dropping by.  For those of you who like to read, I finished the newest book by Ann Patchett yesterday Tom Lake.  I loved it and would rate it 5 stars.  My copy was borrowed from the library (a digital copy read on my Kindle Oasis).  Remember your local libraries and USE them.  That's all my wisdom for today....wink.

 

 

Retro "Hop" Card

Still hot and humid in Alabama so playing in my craft room is definitely more fun than being outside.  I love my new Fifties Dee stamp set by AALL & Create and the retro challenge at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is perfect for it.  Thanks for dropping by and stay cool daddy-o!

 

Let It Snow Card

I can't resist a good sketch challenge so was happy to see the newest Jingle Belles Challenge is "Merry SKETCH-mas.  I decided to go with a snow themed card for the sketch.  I'll also be linking this card up at Christmas Kickstart Challenge which has a "Chillin' With My Snowmies" theme.

Jingle Belles Challenge (Merry SKETCH-mas)

Christmas Kickstart Challenge 

Thanks for dropping by.  I was hoping September would bring cooler weather but so far it is still hot and humid in my area.  So it was fun imagining being in snow with this card....wink.

 

Retro and Vintage Cards

I hope you are having a great Labor Day weekend.  It has been a fun one here getting in the last joys of summer with pool time, fixing yummy foods to eat, reading good books and just a little card making.  The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers has a new challenge of R is for Retro.  I couldn't resist seeing what I could come up with for it.  I used a photo stamp of a 1950's glamour gal from Time To Stamp (have had it for years in my stash).  If you stamp the photo stamps on glossy white cardstock, they look almost like "real photos."  The sentiment was computer generated using a retro typewriter font.  Easy peasy but fun card.

Next I wanted to create a card for the current Jingle Belles vintage card challenge.  I used some older cling stamps by Hampton Art (Graphic 45 Twas The Night Before Christmas set).  Christmas embossing folder by Spellbinders (monthly embossing folder club) and oval diecut by Spellbinders made for a fast and easy card.  My sweet daughter cooked supper for us tonight so I was able to slip in my craft room to make these two cards this afternoon since the "cook" had the night off (wink).  Thanks for dropping by and a big

Happy Labor Day to you and yours.

 

Groove It Card

One good thing about this terrible heat wave is spending more time in my craft room.  The last few weeks I have not been card making as much as I was staying out and about by the pool.  Then when I finally did come inside I had lost my "crafty mojo."  But this week the heat has been extreme and not even the pool feels cool so the conditioning in my craft room made my muse return....wink.  I've enjoyed getting back into the swing of things making cards for challenges (and mail to friends to make their mailboxes smile).  This fun card uses the AALL & Create stamp set (# 778 Fifties Dee).  I stenciled the music background using the Mini Music Sheet by The Crafter's Workshop (TCW579s).  The word bubble die cut was done with my Silhouette Cameo (#39210 Hero Arts Conversation Bubbles).  I'll be linking this groovy chick up at:

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (#242 M Is For Music)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Bright and Cheerful)

Crazy Is Our Fame - Stencil Are Our Game Challenge (Anything Goes)

 

Hello Gorgeous Card

This heat wave has driven me to my craft room where it is nice and cool.  The Penny Black Saturday Challenge has an optional one layer challenge and I wanted to join in on the fun.  I have to confess though when I see one layer card, I struggle.  I keep wanting to add layers....wink.  Since I am out watering my flowers at daybreak each day, I wanted to use one of my favorite Penny Black cling stamps.  I colored the image with yellow and green alcohol markers.  I'm linking this gardening lady up at:

Colorful Options Challenge (Yellow and Green)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge (One Layer Cards)