getting down on the farm...

Hello and Happy Friday! I am just stopping in to post a couple of cards I have been neglecting to get posted...I will keep it short and sweet today! :)

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!!!

Supples: (All Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise noted)

Happy Mother's Day:

Stamps: Fillable Frames #4 (sentiment), Fillable Frames #8 (frame), On the Farm (little flourishes)

Paper: Rustic Cream, Stampin' Up patterned paper

dies: On the Farm, Filigree border, Fillable Frames #8

Ink: Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Sweet Blush, Vintage Touch Tea Die Duo

Other: Chocolate pearls by Queen & Co.

Herd it's Your Birthday:

Stamps: On the Farm, Background Basics: Farm & Barn, Crackled Mini

Paper: Stamper's Select, Soft Stone

dies: On the Farm, Double-ended Banner

Ink: Soft Stone, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, New Leaf, Vintage Touch Tea die duo

Other: Fiskar's circle punch, Prismacolor pencils



Make it Monday #72

Hello and Happy Hump Day! Over the half way point to the weekend! Yay!

I'm just stopping in to share a quick card I made for this weeks Make it Monday, in which Dawn is challenging us to Step up our Embellishments! I have missed quite a few MIM's now, and with my June goodies making a landing on Monday (I ordered late, because I was out of town), I just had to play along! And this is what I came up with:

And here is a side view where you can hopefully see the dimension a little more:

I stepped up this embellishment on my card by adding lots of layers. I also heat embossed with clear EP the Pretty Peonies butterfly, and the Fancy Flourish. I stamped the Mat Stack 5 with the Mat Stack 5 Collection. It is a little hard to tell in the photo, but the bling matches the Winter Wisteria doily better IRL. Anyway, I hope you like my interpretation of this weeks challenge! I had a lot of fun with this card! I will be back soon with some cards I made and never posted using On The Farm.

Thanks for taking the time to visit and have a GREAT rest of your day!

Supplies: (All Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise noted)
Paper: Stamper's Select, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Winter Wisteria, Raspberry Fizz Pattern Pack
Stamps: Pretty Peonies, BB: Rainbows, We Go Together, Fancy Flourishes, Mat Stack 5 Collection
Dies: Mat Stack 5 and Layerz, Pretty Peonies, Fancy Flourishes, Doily Details
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Winter Wisteria, Smokey Shadow, Hawaiian Shores, Versamark
Other: Raspberry Fizz Saddle Stitch ribbon, Clear Filigree EP, Basic Grey rhinestones

Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop

Good Morning on this Monday morning, blog hoppers! Life has been kind of hectic around here lately, and last month I made a card for the hop, but was about 2 minutes late in getting it posted, so I wanted to make sure I had something ready to go this month! This month we had a beautiful inspiration picture to work from:




I always tend to take these challenges quite literally, and this month was no exception...

Not a lot of stamping on this one. Again, time was of the essence, and I think I spent the most time scouring my patterned paper stash trying to find a pattern that resembled the beautiful fabric in the pillow. I used a Harvest Gold 4 1/4 square base. I had cut the leaves from Ocean Tides felt, and made the little flower from Aqua Mist saddle stitch ribbon, and finished it off with a Tiny Tags stamped in Harvest Gold and New Leaf.

I have a few more cards I'll be sharing this week, and I'll be working on getting some life back into my neglected blog!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

WMS Sketch Challenge #100

Hey there! Happy Monday! Boo! Just stopping in to share another card I made for Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge Blog and their 100th sketch celebration!

Here is the sketch:



And my take on the sketch:

In a hurry, gotta run! I will update the supplies later...

Thanks so much for stopping by and all your sweet comments!!

WMS Sketch Challenge #100

Hey there and Happy Saturday! I'm just stopping in to play along this week with the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge Blog! It's their 100th Challenge, so I just had to play along! It is my first time participating with their challenges. This one is a big one, so it seemed like a good time to jump in! If you'd like to play along too, just click the link above! They have some great prizes, too! :)

This was the sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch:

I want to thank one of the mischief makers, and my sweet friend, Renee, for the very generous RAK I received yesterday! Almost everything on this card came from her, plus I have enough left to make many more cards! Thanks so much Renee! XOXO

Can you believe I even dusted off and used my Itop brad maker on this card? I've had that thing for at least over a year, and this is maybe the second time I've used it! I made the brad on the little doily flower that came from Renee.

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope to get more cards for this sketch posted soon!


Supplies:
Stamps: Paris Nouveau (WMS)
Paper: Venice by 7 Gypsies
Dies: Tiny Tags, Chevron borders, Mat Stack 4 and Layerz (PTI)
Other: Itop brad maker, doily flower, ribbon, twine, gem flourish

Celebrating 18

Hi there! Hope your week is off to a great start! Is it too soon to mention how much I'm looking forward to the upcoming Memorial 3 Day weekend!? If I'm honest, I've been looking forward to it since January! ;)

Our Nephew turned 18 on May 1st, and graduated high school last Thursday! It was such a sweet ceremony. We are so proud of him! This was my first time attending a graduation ceremony since moving here from Florida. What a difference! His graduating class consisted of 20 kids! My high school had hundreds! I think I would've liked going to school with the same 20 people every year! I don't do well with crowds, and in my high school I felt lost in a sea of kids! Anyway...

This is the card I made Sam for his 18th birthday.

I just want to share one more thing real quick...a new addition to our family!

Sorry for the bad photo...I took it with my phone this morning. But that is our new dog, Izzie! We are so excited and in love with her! Friday night we were on the front porch, and she came running up all excited with her brother, and they were just like, 'we're home!'. We woke up Saturday morning and they were still on our front porch! My mother and Father-in-law took her brother, the black lab who they named Max, and we kept our Izzie! They seem to be older puppies, less than a year, maybe? So, we suspect that someone probably dumped them off on the side of the road somewhere, and we were lucky enough that she found her way to us! She is just so sweet and good! If you haven't followed my blog long, or don't remember, my Miniature Pinscher of 13 years passed away a couple days before Christmas. We'd really been wanting another dog, but also wanted to wait until it was the right time and the right dog. Well the right time was Friday, and the right dog was our perfect lil' Izzie! I will definitely have more and better picture soon!

Thanks so much for humoring me and hanging in there while I gushed about our new baby! :)


Supplies: (All Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Movers and Shakers Sentiments, Modern Wood Mats
Paper: Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, Rustic White, Echo Park for patterned paper
Dies: Mat Stack 1 and Mat Stack 1 Layerz, Large Scallop border
Other: Rustic Cream Button Twine, Vintage Wood buttons

MIM #66

Hey there! Hope you are having a nice weekend! I finally got around to playing around with a Make It Monday again. I made a card for one a couple weeks ago, then didn't get around posting it. I actually have a few cards I need to catch up on posting, so I'm hoping to catch up this week a bit.
Anyway, this week Ashley challenged us to use our border dies to create flowers for our cards, and this is what I came up with:

I used the rickrack border die to create my little buds. I also used some felt I just got in from Ellen Hutson in Buttercream and Mac ~n~ Cheese. I think Mac~n~Cheese is a funny name, but it is the perfect way to describe the color! I actually used the rick-racks that I cut out on the card, and used the negative cuts to make the flowers. I recently bought the Sweet Baby set off the forum, and got the dies with my April order, so wanted to use them. I don't need or make baby cards very often, but I'd always loved this Sweet Baby set and just got the Gingham background set by Impression Obsession, also from Ellen Hutson, and thought this MIM would be a good excuse to use them together!
Anyway, I'm going to get back into my craft room while I have some weekend left! :) Time just flies so quickly on the weekends, and there is always so much to do!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll be back real soon!