MIA

Where have I been you ask?
We lost Internet service Tuesday evening, and have been working with the Internet provider to get things resolved, but still nothing.
So how am I posting this, you ask? I am sitting in my beach chair in my front yard, connected to my neighbor's network....crazy!
Hoping to be back by early next week with some really exciting things to share! A huge box of stamps and supplies arrived last week and I haven't had the chance to play with them yet, so I hope to have a few new things to post.
Hope y'all are having a great August....my kids go back to school in 3 weeks, which should allow me to really have some time to myself to stamp and craft. It feels like I haven't been able to do much this summer, but I guess that's the price to pay for spending time with my kids!!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day.

A CAS Bling Challenge

SHHHHHH! Don't tell anyone!

I'm supposed to be cleaning the craft room.

But I couldn't resist making this card when the idea came popping into my head.

Gonna make this a real short post so I can get back to work!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Paper: Crumb Cake (SU)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)

Stamps: Apple Blossoms set (SU)

Other: Brown String, Corner Chomper, Colored Rhinestones

A Button Challenge: EBTKS #20

I had the chance to make a couple of cards yesterday, and this was one of them. I absolutely love using buttons on cards, so this was a super fun challenge for me. It was fun too, because I got to use a stamp set that has not seen ink yet, which is always good!

I have a real itch to craft today, but so far I have forced myself to work on my craft space. I know y'all are probable sick of me talking about what a mess I have and what a task it has been so far and will continue to be for some time. With the baby, I only have time to do a little here and there. What I really need is an entire day! Even though I still have a ways to go, it feels so good to clean everything out. My hopes are that with fewer things, I will use what I have, more. Does that make sense?

Kellan is sleeping right now, he didn't have a very good night last night, so I'm hoping to get a couple hours out of him, so hopefully I can get a good amount accomplished and then reward myself with making a few cards!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Paper: Whisper White (SU)

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Chocolate chip (SU)

Stamps: Playful Pieces (SU) Signature Greetings (PTI)

Other: Yellow Stickles, Vintage buttons (PTI)

A Moxie Fab Clean & Graphic Challenge

Happy Monday all!

I cannot believe it is August already! Wow! It has been a little while since I have made a card. So much is going on,and my craft room is still in complete chaos. It is such slow going trying to to go through every little piece of everything, and find new homes for things and decide what to keep and what to give away! I think I've only gotten through like maybe 5 % of my stuff!

We took the kids and got out of town for a bit last week, which was so nice and much needed! And now we are back and I'm wanting to get a few cards made for a few different challenges. We'll see if that happens!

Here is the card I made for the Clean & Graphic Moxie Fab Challenge....I wanted to submit a card for each of the four categories, and this is my third one......the only one I have not completed my card for is the Classy & Elegant category......since my craft room is a catastrophe, I have not been able to find the exact ribbon I wanted to use....so if I want to get my card in, I think I might have to use something else....we shall see!!! I digress.

I loved the card by Heidi Van Laar which used squares and rectangles which had some of the corners rounded to create a really awesome pattern, so I used that to an extent with the black card stock on my card!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black (SU)

Ink: Poppy Parade, Pear Pizazz, Basic Black (SU)

Stamps: Image & Sentiment (Impress)

Other: Corner Chomper

Moxie Fab: Shabby & Vintage

I am completely out of my box on this one. This is not something I am comfortable with. Shabby and Vintage is a total style challenge for me, but I am proud to say that I triumphed. (And when I say triumphed, I mean that I finished the card!)

Normally when I see a challenge that isn't my style, or that I don't think I would have an easy time with, or get a good result out of, I just pass that challenge by..."no thank you," I say. But when I saw the 4 style challenges over at the Moxie Fab World Blog, I told myself that if I was going to enter a card for one category, that I had to play in all of them.

Here is my take on the Shabby & Vintage style:

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Paper: Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla (SU) Farmhouse (October Afternoon)

Ink: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Dusty Durango (ink refill to dye flower) all SU

Stamps: French Flair, Carte Postale (SU)

Other: Jute Twine (PTI) Fabric Flower, Beads, Pearls (SU)

Embellish Ric Rac Challenge

I know I'm supposed to be down here cleaning out and organizing my craft stuff, but I had to play along with this challenge! (Thanks, Karen!) I made a really simple card. I originally had three rows of ric rac on the brown, kinda behind the flower image, but just didn't think that it worked, so I took two off. I really liked this card at first, but now that I am sitting here blogging about it and looking at it more, I think that it is lacking something. But I can't put my finger on exactly what that might be.

Gonna keep this short....I can hear the baby waking up and I SO need to clean this place out!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla (SU)

Ink: Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip (SU)

Stamps: Flower -Savvystamps, Sentiment-Impress

Other: corner Chomper, Orange Ric Rac, Orange rhinestone, Sponges, Swiss Dots embossing folder

Moxie Fab Challenge: Fun & Cute!

Here is the first of the cards I am making for the Moxie Fab Card Style Week Challenges!

This one is for the fun and cute category. This category was pretty basic for me. It feels like home. One of my favorite styles, so I didn't feel too much out of my comfort zone! I used the Bake a Cake stamp set from Lawn Fawn that I won off of the Lawn Fawn blog a while back(A big shout out to Kelly Marie - Thanks!) I have wanted to ink these ones up for some time now, and I finally got the chance.

Also, I wanted to use some cutsie pie patterned paper as well, and since y'all know what kind of state my craft room was in, I was very lucky that this pad of Cosmo Cricket paper was still out on my table!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Real Red (SU) Garden Variety (Cosmo Cricket)

Ink: Basic Black, Not Quite Navy, Daffodil Delight (SU)

Stamps: Bake a Cake (Lawn Fawn)

Other: Corner Chomper, Yellow Stickles, Rhinestones, Yellow Rick rack ribbon