Sweet Sunday

Time to turn in... after this Post...  Last card for the day... Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  I've always loved the color combination of green and brown after all, it's pretty much all we hope to see out of our windows in warmer weather. 

I'm making this fast as I am falling asleep...
Recipe:
Paper - Recollections
Ribbon - Close to My Heart
Stamp CtMH  "A Tree"
CtMH  Inks Pear, Sunny Yellow and Chocolate

Good Night!!

  

The Sweet Stop SSS149

Two more cards before calling it a day...  The Sweet Stop Sketch blog had a "sweet" sketch this week.  This card is for a 15th birthday.  All the paper is Recollection.  The stamp is Close to My Heart Celebrate Life inked with CtMH Black.  The ribbon is from my stash... 

Retro Sketch #2 {with felt}

Happy Sunday!!  Today is the first day of Daylight Savings AND it's a beautiful day!!  I love Sunday!!  Awesome morning of Worship, a quick stop at Michael's for some paper =), a bit of outdoor play with the dogs and it's still light out at 5:45!!  What a treat to craft in natural light! 

This afternoon I made a Birthday card for my friend Janice.  She is a musician.  I found the cutest images over at The Stamp Fairy.  I used Lenny with his violin and music stand.  So cute!!  The sketch comes from the second Retro Sketch - I love this one.  I actually flipped it on it's side to make it work with Lenny.  The papers are both from Recollection.  behind Lenny is a piece of white felt attached with 4 tiny black brads.  The Ribbon Carousel Challenge challenge this week is... 'Cause we FELT like it. 

Now it's time to get supper ready...

For Sentimental Reasons

Just one card before I go to bed...  Over at the CAS-ual Friday Blog, the challenge this week is to keep it Clean And Simple with the Sentiment as the focal point.  I needed a masculine Birthday card and this seemed to be just the right Challenge to do this Saturday night!

I used all Close to My Heart products, paper, card stock, stamp and ribbon.  The Sentiment:  CELEBRATE It's Your Day.
















Hope you are having a great weekend.  I spent a good part of today with my friend Juanita down on Cape Cod - one of my most favorite places here on Earth...  AND went to one of my most favorite Coffee Shops - The Daily Brew in Cataumet.  The day started out with snow and ended with sun shine - lots of coffee, laughs, and sunshine - a perfect day. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!! 

Simple Pleasures...

It's early Saturday morning, and of course I can't sleep so... I am making a card =)  Love to check the new week's challenges on Saturday morning. This morning's card sketch is from Sketch Saturday.  I was going to combine it with CAS-Friday, but once I got playing with the papers AND the flowers, the card became anything but "clean and simple"!!  So, another card will be in order...

I used papers from the retired Close to My Heart paper pack Mayberry - the name alone says simple pleasures =)  The bicycle stamp is also CtMH from the set Pair-a-Phrase and colored in with pencils.  The sentiment is stamped with Olive on grosgrain ribbon.

Enjoy your Saturday!!

It's a Double...

Tonight (after some house cleaning) I made a card for the Mojo Monday Challenge.  I also wanted to do the color challenge over at The Play Date Cafe, so I decided to Double Up!   I find it funny that since I've been doing these Challenges, which really isn't very long, so many of the color challenges have featured gray.  I don't think I had used gray before...  Anyway, all papers are Close to My Heart.  The Digi Image is from The Paper Shelter.  I found charcoal polka-dot grosgrain ribbon in my stash and layered yellow bakers twine tied off with a yellow button.  Three tiny buttons finish off the embellishments.

I am definitely hooked on these Challenges.  I look forward to sharing my cards with others and love to hear from other crafters.  I can (and do) lose track of time going from Blog to Blog checking out other crafters projects.  There are so many who do amazing work!!  Now I must grab some sleep before the sun rises... tomorrow is a day to go to one of my favorite Coffee Shops and stop by the ocean...  a day to seek inspiration...  Good Night All!!

Fun Folds!

Tonight I wanted to make a baby card and decided to make one for the Crazy 4 Challenges C4C126.  The card or project had to have dimension - they called this Challenge "Fun Folds".  It had been a LONG time since I had made a 3 dimenstional card.  I looked up the directions for a tri-fold card I had made in the past.  It looks more difficult than it is and turns out to be a fun card.  I used papers from my stash along with a LORi Digi Image.  The embellishments are Close to My Heart buttons tied with waxy flax, denim baker's twine from the Twinery and the stamp is CtMH.