Hoot & Holler Owl Card

Hoo knew I would love owls so much. I just love cards with owls. They are so cute and fun. I love this cartridge and am excited to make lots more cards. Just need more free time. I made this one while dinner was in the oven and my husband went for a run for himself (6.4 miles)  and then a mile run with our middle child, who loves to run.

I was planning to make this card some time this week or weekend, but when I saw the Jutterbuggin  challenge for an owl with a square and circle. I was excited I had circle eyes and a square sentiment.

Stay tuned for more cards made from Winter Frolic.

Christmas Cards 2010 sleigh ride

I just got this cart in the mail yesterday.  I love ebay, super cheap cartridges.  It is the Christmas Cards 2010 mini cartridge. There are a few cards from here that I am excited to try. I would like to try this same card using mainly blues and browns. I think it would give it a nice wintery look.

Copic markers give away

I saw this link this morning a big give away.  It includes 36 copic markers.  I don't have any of these markers, but I love what people do with them.   For  a chance to win, click here and here.

Two takes at one card

I saw this challenge this morning and immediately knew what paper and cartridge I was going to use. I have made a different card with these same colors before. It was nice to do this challenge. I am glad I had a few minutes this evening to play after the kids went to bed and my husband was gone. My inspiration came from this site. The challenge is here at Skipping Stones Designs. Below is the sketch.

Another fall card

I really did not know I liked fall cards as much as I do, but since this is my third one tonight, I think I am on a roll.  I really love this background paper. It is pretty fun. Again my leaves were cut in cream and pressed in some juicy ink to color.  I am really liking this for fall looks.

I found a new challenge blog that I have never used before.  The sketch was cute and I thought I would give it a go.  It is Cardabilities sketch # 13.

I made a different card  here for CCC#  48  a thanksgiving card using any cartridge and colors, but I think I will submit this one instead.  Hope you can take a chance to look at both.

Thanks for all the comments everyone leaves.  They mean so much to me.  Four cards finished  tonight, and I am off to bed.  It was so great to finally have some free time to craft.  I have a packed week ahead, so I am thrilled to have had today to play.

Pumpkin Fun

I am not sure what I do wrong, but some colors don't photograph very close to what it really looks like in person. The green I am using does not look so bright. I tried to use my picasa editor, since I am not a photoshop girl like my husband. So here you get a bright green when it is not nearly so toxic in person. All my colors were really off before my husband made me a photo box to shoot my pictures in. Buy every now and then I still have a few coloring problem.

Any way, I was trying to do the jitterbug sketch # 21 and I love the card in person, so so on the photograph. The challenge required use of cricut, embossing, and a pumpkin some where.  What a fun challenge.

Fall Thanks Card

I used Doodle Charms and Pooh and Friends to cut the leaves. I bought the leave pattern paper last year and never got around to using it. It was nice to finally play with it. The leaves were cut from a cream paper and brown. Then I just pressed them against various colors of ink pads that are really inky. I like the color effect it gives.

I made this card for two challenges:

FBBC # 32 use at least one fall leaf and the cricut
CPS  #190 sketch layout

Hope you enjoy. 

Just because...

Just because... I have not had time to craft for myself for a while.
Just because... I wanted to just do my own thing, with no rules.
Just because... I noticed afterward that  if I added a ribbon it would fit a certain challenge on Card Patterns # 87.
Just because... I needed a card for the cup cakes I made that I made for someone who did some plumbing work for us yesterday for free.
Just because... I really love this cut on this card.
Just because... Why not?

Have a grape day! MPS color challenge

This was a 30 min. challenge at My Pink Stamper. You had to make a card in 30 minutes using only the colors pink, green and purple. I recently bought the Preserves cartridge, but have not had time to use it. I have mixed feelings on these grapes. The sentiment is from MPS and I really like the double ribbon. It was fun to challenge myself to make this card in a certain time frame. Thank you Robyn.

CCC# 47

This is for challenge # 47 for CCC. It was a card for breast cancer awareness. Use any cartridge and any colors. I hope you play along too.


This was a hard card to do, because last May my mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has multiple sclerosis, so I wondered if she was going to win this battle. She went through chemo and is now almost done with radiation. They had to stop the chemo, because her immune system was not bouncing back from it and she was having complications. Her body is always so frail. The words I used in this card to me describe her determination to over come this awful disease. I wish more people would have her determination. I know for some it is just too late by the time they find out. Some battle it multiple times, only to lose in the end. I wish there was a cure so that so many women and a few men would not lose their lives to this. I wish that those who are suffering would be surrounded by love and comfort. I just wish that no one feel like that have to go through this alone.