Folding with Friday Mashup

It's Friday and you know what that means.....another Friday Mashup challenge!

I feel bad...for what I believe is the first time ever I didn't mash up the challenge(sorry Kasey!). I just had too much going on this week and so I decided to do the special fold challenge of the Mashup.

I scrolled through Splitcoast, checking out the various folds and I finally settled on the joy fold card because, well, it's easy, LOL. I cant lie, I wanted a fold that wouldn't take me hours to figure out the math, or where to cut or how to fold. With the joy fold you can get down to business and be done in 15 mins or less. Now THAT is my kind of fold :)

Here is the entire Mashup challenge, brought to us this week from the creative Kasey!

1. Make a project using " a Special Fold".
2. Or Make a project using the " Tic Tac Toe Board".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Special Fold card using Tic Tac Toe".

Make sure you head over to the Friday Mashup blog to check out all the great projects from the design team and then play along with us!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Take It to Heart

Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Pear Pizzazz

Acessories: Framelits Hearts, D'Vine Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug, Dazzling Details, sponge, dimensionals

Another Fundraiser Card

The response to the fundraiser I've been having for my daughters soccer team has been amazing but that's means I have been trying to crank out cards like crazy! Yesterday I got 2 orders for 15 cards each and today I got another order for 10 cards. How awesome is that! (I've been offering a deal, 5 cards for $10.00).

One of the cards I created today was this one. I'm really glad I've got so much retired DSP because this has been an awesome way to use the paper up!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Up in the Air, Fresh Fillers

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo

Accessories: Blender Pen, Old Olive Ribbon, sponge, dimensionals

Grillin' for Fathers Day

I needed a Fathers Day card for a fundraiser I've been having for my daughters soccer team and so I pulled out the King of the Grill set. It was a bit hard for me...the last time I used this set was in 2010, when I made my dad a Fathers Day card with it. It was the last Fathers Day card I got to make for him, as he passed in Oct.2010. I guess subconsciously I kind of pushed this set to the back and ignored it, even though its one of my favorites. However today I dusted it off, shed some tears and then got to work. I think my dad would like this card :)

Supplies(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: King of the Grill

Paper: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Naturals White, Well Worn DSP

Ink: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Silver Metallic, Going Gray

Accessories: Cajun Craze Brads, Modern Label Punch, Aquapainter, various SU Watercolor Pencils, sponge, dimensionals

Playing along with Freshly Made Sketches....as a Guest Designer!!

Wooohooo, I am SO excited! When I got an email from Lesley asking if I would like to be a guest designer for the month of April over at Freshly Made Sketches I didn't even hesitate...I said yes right away! I love the talented women over there so to be able to join in this fashion is just awesome, so a big thank you to Freshly Made Sketches for having me!

This weeks sketch is from Jennifer T. and I just love the crisp lines of this sketch. It was really fun to work with and went right into my folder of favorite sketches! You could also easily flip the design, it works wonderfully no matter how it is laid out.

April 4th was my Grandmas birthday, and today she would have been 90 yrs old. We lost her June of 2008 but she is always with me, and today's card was made in honor of her. My Grandma loved her tea and at certain times of the day we could always find her at the kitchen table having a hot cup of her favorite tea. I don't care for tea myself but I just loved to sit by Grandma and she would pour milk or soda for me and we would just sit and talk. My Grandma was pretty awesome :)

Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches to check out all the great cards from the design team and don't forget to play along!

Grandma, me and my Grandpa, several yrs ago. See, she has her tea <3

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Tea Shoppe

Paper: Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP

Ink: Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, 1 1/4" circle punch, DMC White Floss, sponge, dimensionals

Flying High with Friday Mashup

Happy Friday to everyone! I have to say I am happy this week is coming to a close, it's just been one of those weeks and I am ready for the weekend and some time to relax.

It's time for another Friday Mashup challenge and this one happens to be the challenge that won our Fan Favorite contest. This week we are supposed to make a project and incorporate colorful twine or create a project featuring kites. The stamp set "Send Me Soaring" in the Occasions Mini is perfect for this challenge!

I love this weeks sketch over at The Paper Players so I used that as my starting point for this card and just went from there(and I'm getting the card in just under the wire for their challenge, whew!). Even though I am not happy about spring and all my snow melting I think I did a good job bringing a spring vibe to this card! I'm also not a big fan of twine but I did manage to incorporate some on my card!

So here is the Friday Mashup:

1. Make a project using "Colorful Twine".
2. Or Make a project featuring "Kites".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with " Kites and Colorful Twine".

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup blog to check out all the great projects this week and then play along with us!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Send Me Soaring

Paper: Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Attic Boutique DSP

Ink: Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Basic Black

Accessories: 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug, Early Espresso Bakers Twine, Paper Piercing Tool, sponge, dimensionals

Tried Something a Little Different

I spent yesterday and today working on a specific project. Here in Alaska the Aurora Borealis, aka Northern Lights, have been amazing this winter and as one of my hobbies I love to "chase" the lights and photograph them. One of my friends from the aurora shooters group asked if I could create a card for her with an aurora theme to give to one of her friends, who is also an aurora photographer. I said I couldn't promise anything but I would do my best!

Now, I cant draw my way out of a paper bag. Seriously. I have no artistic ability at all. That's one of the reasons I love stamping. I can color and arrange the images however I want, but someone else has done the hard part of coming up with the image in the first place.

For the first card I went with a watercolor image that focused on the dancing green bands of light that my area tends to see. The area by our homes is heavily wooded so the friend who asked for the card frequently takes photos of the aurora as seen through the trees around her place.

The 2nd card went darker and brought in purple, as the girl who will be receiving loves the color purple and further north of us the Fairbanks area often gets wonderful bands of green filled with purple and red.

I like both cards for different reasons and this definitely challenged me, that's for sure. Both cards were a hit with the gal who asked for them so I breathed a huge sigh of relief for that!

And the inspiration for the photos:

March 19, 2012

The Northern Lights dancing above my daughters high school on March 13, 2012:

Enchanted with Paper Players

My only goal for today was to play along with The Paper Players, lol. Yeah, I know, rough day here :0) This is such a great sketch and I knew I had to make time to make a project with it.

I finally broke into my pack of Everyday Enchantment DSP. It's good because it forces me to use colors I normally wouldn't go for, such as Calypso Coral, but I have to say that color does look nice with the Lucky Limeade and the Soft Suede!

If you haven't already definitely go check out The Paper Players and the great inspiration provided by the DT!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Take it To Heart, Loving Thoughts

Paper: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink: Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Very Vanilla Brads, Calypso Coral Ribbon, Big Shot, Swiss Dots EF, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Framelits Hearts Collection, Decorative Label Punch, sponge