Hello, Bicycle!

Here's a card for the challenge over at Moxie Fab World in celebration of the Stamp It! Cards publication that hit stands a couple of weeks ago. And boy am I celebrating this publication!

I don't know if you know....but I had 3 cards published in this sweet issue! So if you haven't picked up a copy, you definitely should.....and you can see some of my creations! This card was one of the ones published in there!

Gonna keep it short and sweet!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Textured White Card Stock by Bazzill.

Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight Ink by SU

Bike Stamp by Hero Arts. Hello Stamp by Impress Rubber Stamps. Crosshatch stamp by Impress Rubber Stamps

Stampin Write Markers in Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizazz, Pink Pirouette, and Regal Rose by SU

Poppy Parade Ribbon by SU

Rhinestones by SU

Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers

Rainbow Birds

Here is another card I whipped up super quick for this week's Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab world! This week's trigger is right up my alley. I have really been in love lately with cards using a rainbow effect. And I love birds too, so this was perfect for me!I bought this stamp some time ago, but this was the first time it has seen ink! What a fun challenge for it to make it's maiden voyage!

This trigger picture of these brightly colored spools is simply divine, or as Cath would put it...... absolutely Moxie Fab! Thanks Cath, for such great inspiration and a great challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Bazzil Textured Card Stock

Birds on Wire Stamp by Penny Black

Cherry Cobbler, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizazz, Tempting Turquoise Ink by SU

Jute Twine by PTI

A Rainbow of Butterflies

This weeks Tuesday Trigger: Rainbow Bright, over at the Moxie Fab World inspired me to make the following card!

I have really love the Modern Basics stamp set from PTI, and have wanted a chance to play around with it more, but really haven't had the time. These butterflies were perfect, I thought to lend to the rainbow effect! The sentiment is also from PTI: Think Big Favorites #2, I believe! The inks and paper are all Stampin' UP!

Gonna keep it short today, as I have lots I want to accomplish!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Tuesday Trigger: Take Two!

I made a second card yesterday for this weeks Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World. I made it while I was writing the post for the first card I made.

I was going to add it to the original post, but wanted to get a decent photo of it and it was kind of a gloomy rainy day, and I ended up running out of day......where does the time go?I used the same stamp as my first card,(love this stamp) but changed up how I used the colors and switched the sentiment and added a few different embellishments. I think I like this card better than the first one.

Today was the first day since the beginning of April that we have not had something going on. No soccer practice. No games. No Cub Scouts. No Track. No activities of any kind. So I'm going to keep this really short so I can go and enjoy the evening with all my boys!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Chocolate Chip Card Stock by SU, Whisper White Ink by SU,

Doily Stamp by Impress, Sentiment by Savvy Stamps.

Ric Rac by May Arts, Pearls by K& Company

Tuesday Trigger: Neapolitan

My kids LOVE Neapolitan ice cream. Even better are the Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches. And I have fond memories of eating Neapolitan ice cream at my Grandmothers house when I would go and spend the night there on Friday nights as a child.

So I just had to play along with this weeks' Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab World! Isn't this picture just yummy?Here's the card I whipped up, being inspired by these wonderful colors!

Gonna keep this one short today....I'm trying to get a bunch of things done while the baby is sleeping!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

'Sew' Happy to make this Card!

I had just a second this morning to take a little peek around blog land, and came across the latest challenge over at the Moxie Fab Word: The I'm Sew Excited Challenge.

With all the craziness that I have been experiencing lately with the school year finishing up, I have not had as much time to craft as I have wanted. So I seized the opportunity this morning when the idea for this card popped into my head.

When I came across the challenge, I so wanted to play along, but among my enormous collection of stamps, I don't have any that have to do with sewing. I have had my eye on the Sew Lovely set from Lawn Fawn for a while, but in my efforts to try not to spend money on stamps or crafting supplies until I see the money from my upcoming to be published cards, I just haven't purchased it yet.

I did remember however, that I had a little mini deck of Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl paper, so I pulled that out, and put the card together! I can't believe I did not use a single stamp! Wow! I found some letter stickers from K & Company that I had lying around to make my sentiment, since again, I didn't have any stamps that would work exactly! Improvise, improvise, improvise! I then threw on some buttons and twine, and there ya have it!

Gonna get going now, the baby has been a bit cranky through my efforts of creating this card, so I'm going to go love on him, and encourage Sam to get dressed for school!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Tuesday Trigger: Inspired by Pyrex

When I saw this picture for the Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab World, I immediately fell in love! The colors, the images, everything just stirred up emotions from my childhood! I so remember the patterned Pyrex bowls my mom had in our kitchen growing up! We didn't have this exact set, but we had ones with flowers and mushrooms.....totally 70's......totally cool!
Aren't these bowls just amazing? For a moment, I almost thought about collecting vintage Pyrex. In fact it lasted for more than just a moment! I found myself on a couple of different blogs, craigslist, and even eBay! Then I decided I don't have the time, money or space to have this addiction.....perhaps I'll have to claim it later in life!

Okay, so onto the card, or cards in this case! I just loved the colors in the trigger picture, and I also loved the images of the birds as well, and thought of this Unity stamp set that I have that I thought would be perfect! I made two different cards, and I posted them both because I just couldn't decide which one I liked best. The first one is more simple, but I am just in love with this cross hatch background stamp. I think I have used it on like 3 of the last 4 cards I have made!Do you have a favorite? Let me know, I would love to know what y'all think!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!
Supplies:
White textured card stock by Bazzill. Whisper White smooth card stock by SU
Real Red and Tangerine Tango Ink by SU. Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black.
Crosshatch bkgrnd stamp by Impress, Bird stamps by Unity, Hello stamp by Savvystamps
Black hemp twine and rhinestones by SU, Corner Chomper

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Skirting the Issue!

I can't remember the last time I played along with Tuesday Trigger! It's been a while. And I must say that it was quite refreshing to make this card today! Last night was crazy for me trying to get all my cards submitted for the Nov/Dec Issue of Paper Crafts! I always tell myself I am going to submit the cards online as I make them, but it never happens....it seems like every Monday night deadline, here I am sitting at my computer until super late trying to get it all done!

Anyway, enough of that rambling! Like I said before, I really enjoyed making this card for the Tuesday Trigger Challenge over at the Moxie Fab World! You should check it out and play along if you get the chance!

Love all the spring colors in this skirt! I decided to go with the lines on the skirt and try to incorporate them into my card, and I knew exactly which stamp I wanted to use! So I grabbed a handful of ink pads that seemed to somewhat match the colors in the skirt, and in what felt like no time at all, the card was finished! Quite CAS, I must say! And I couldn't resist adding some little pearls around the sentiment, too!
Well, I'm happy I got a post in today! Didn't think that was going to happen! And now I am off to fold a few loads of laundry while Mr. Kellan is sleeping, and before I have to go pick up the other 3 boys from school! Cody has a soccer game tonight as well as Scouts, so I only have about another hour of peace before the craziness of my afternoon and evening begins!

Thanks for Stopping by and have a beautiful day!
Supplies:
Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla Card Stock by SU
Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Pink Pirouette, Peach Parfait, and Chocolate Chip Ink by SU
Long Stripe w/Dot Border Stamp by Savvystamps. Hello Stamp by Impress
Pearls by SU, Old Olive Satin Ribbon by SU
Corner Chomper, Sponges for distressing

In My Beautiful Balloon....A Moxie Fab World Challenge

I don't know why I am crafting right now. The baby didn't sleep at all last night, and Dylan came home from school mid morning not feeling well, but when I saw this challenge over at the Moxie Fab World, I just couldn't resist playing along. It's all about hot air balloons, and there are some mighty cute cards along with some super fun images....so go check it out!

I only had one problem. I do not own one hot air balloon stamp. Not one. I know this might come as a shock to many of you who know of my stamp collection, but there ya have it; and item I do not own. How in the world was I going to play along with this challenge?So as you can see, I had to get a little creative. Or inventive, as Cath said on the challenge post! Usually when I have to get inventive with something, it takes me a while to come up with what I want to do, but this time around, I knew exactly what I wanted to accomplish.

Over the past couple of days, I have been really into stamping in a rainbow spectrum of colors. I have seen this tactic many different times on various blogs and in magazines, but never really thought of it as my style. But the other day I tried it, and I loved the result that I had (I have several 'rainbow' cards to post over the next number of days~!) so I thought I would give it a try for this challenge with the balloons. I love how it turned out!

I even braved the POURING rain to take the picture outside.....I only will o that for cards that I really love! Otherwise they have to wait for a nicer day!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Circle Circus Stamp Set by Stampin UP

Sentiment by Rosie's Roadshow

Cherry Cobler, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry, Certainly Celery, and Tempting Turquoise Ink by Stampin Up

Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black

Whisper White and Basic Black Card Stock by Stampin UP

Black Divine Twine by Wisker Graphics, Rhinestones by Stampin Up, Corner Chomp, Dimensionals, Two Way Glue Pen

Moxie Fab The Cityscapes Are On the Rise Challenge

Oh what a fun challenge! I just had to play along with this Challenge over at the Moxie Fab World. You should check it out, as Cath has put together a delightful array of cityscapes to look at for inspiration. Also, be sure to see what other creative minds have come up with for this challenge. I took a look myself this afternoon, and there are some REALLY cute cards out there, folks!

Well, here's my card for the challenge!

I had a lot of fun with this card. I knew as soon as I first saw the challenge that I wanted to use these houses from Memory Box. They are so fun and cute! I made a little scene using them along with the little tree and fence....so fun! I colored it all in with Copics and a couple of Stampin' Write Markers too, and then put it on dimensionals and stuck it over the top of the city buildings I created with textured card stock in various blue colors, making the windows on the skyscrapers with a blender pen in some Marina Mist ink. I added some clouds to the card base, threw everything else on, and lastly added the little banner between the two taller houses using some Divine Twine and some Pumpkin Pie and Pear Pizzaz card stock!

I have to say I had a ton of fun making this card.....it is totally what I needed to get me back into the swing of stamping for fun since I have been so busy with stamping for publication submissions......

Gonna run....the baby just woke up and needs to get back to sleep. Someone forgot to give Kellan the memo about daylight savings time. Needless to say he's had a bit of a rough day with waking up and napping.

Can I just say I am SO NOT a fan of daylight savings time? This has to be my least favorite day of the entire year. Don't get me wrong, I love having it be lighter out later, but do we have to switch back and forth every six months? Maybe I just need to move to Arizona. Oh well!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trgger in Yellow

Hi all-

Gonna keep this short, it's Friday night, and we spent the evening playing games with the boys. They are all now in their pajamas watching Spongebob, trying to wind down, and I came down to pay some bills online, and realized that I had not yet posted the card that I had made a few days ago, for the Tuesday Trigger Challenge over at the Moxie Fab World. (Mostly because when I looked at the card to photograph it, there were some changes I wanted to make to it, but I just haven't found the time. Anyway.

Here's the Trigger Pic,

And here's the card:

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Moxie Fabin' It With Decorative Tape

Happy Wednesday, Everyone!

I actually got some time to stamp yesterday, and was able to make a few cards for a couple of Moxie Fab Challenges that are going on right now.

This card is for the 'Get Daring with Decorative Tape' Challenge.

I found this decorative tape deep in one of my drawers of ribbon, and thought that I would use it. It's from Martha Stewart Crafts. I like the sky blue with the poppy color. I think they work well together. I started out making a card that looked a bit different in my mind, but this is what it turned out to be like. Sometimes I guess cards just take on a life of their own!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:
Poppy Parade Card Stock by Stampin Up
Whisper White Craft Ink by Stampin Up
Decorative Tape from Martha Stewart Crafts
Flower and Thanks stamps by Impress
Rhinestones by Stampin' UP

Moxie Fab World Paper Piecing Challenge

Hi all!

Happy March to everyone! It doesn't feel much like March here, we just got finished with about a week of below freezing temps and snow, but it's supposed to be in the 40's now......oohhh, balmy!

Here's the card I made for the Moxie Fab World Paper Piecing Challenge.

I made this card last night while submitting my entries for the Paper Crafts Go to Sketches call. I only submitted 5 cards, so we'll see if any of them get picked up! If not, I will have some fun stuff to share in the coming days!

I've been having so much fun with these little poofy flowers from Martha Stewart Crafts. And I just can't get enough of this Memory Box Paper either. I used it about a week ago or so to make my niece's birthday card, and just love the pink and green combo, so I thought it would make a cute pieced cake as well.

Gonna keep this short.....the kids all went back to school yesterday after having a week off for mid-winter break, and now I finally feel like I am able to get my house clean! But who knows, if the baby goes down for a good nap, I might have to stamp! Spoken like a true craft addict, eh?

Hope the beginning of March is treating all of you well.

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Whisper White Card Stock by Stampin' UP

Whisper White Textured Card Stock by Stampin' UP

Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black

Bake Me a Cake Clear Stamp Set by Lawn Fawn Stamps

Happy Birthday stamp from Handwritten notes by Papertrey ink

Memory Box Patterned Paper from the Pixie Collection

Rhinestones by Kaiser

Flower Stickers by Martha Stewart Crafts

Dimensionals by Stampin UP

Third Post For The Day: Moxie Fab Jewel Tones Challenge

Whew! What a crazy blog posting day it has been!

When I first saw all of the color challenges over at the Moxie Fab World earlier this month, I had great intentions of participating in all of them.

Somehow life got in the way of that.

As I was posting card in two of the other challenges earlier on today, I realized that this challenge was one that I really wanted to do. So I had no choice but to make a card; which I did. And here it is. (Thanks to the baby taking a 4 hour nap - he's never done that good before! I guess I was meant to craft today!)

Third post for me for today, so I'll keep this short! I am just happy that I was able to play in 4 out of the six color challenges! If you haven't seen them you should check them out over at the Moxie Fab World.

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay Textured Card Stock, Daffodil Delight (all SU)

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight (SU)

Stamps: Bird - Inkadinkado, Island Blossoms (SU) Background Basics: Retro (Papertrey Ink), Warm Words (SU)

Other: Buttons (Basic Grey), Organza Ribbon (SU) Slot Punch (SU), Sizzix Top Note Die (SU), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Jute Twine (PTI), Rhinestones (SU)

Color Inspiration for Card Makers: The Neutrals Challenge

Wow, this is my second post for the day! Feeling pretty good about that considering all the kiddos were off from school today. Usually when I'm out of my normal routine, I don't get anything craft related accomplished.

I actually made this card a few days ago for this Moxie Fab Color Challenge but just didn't get around to snapping a picture of it or posting it, and since today is the deadline......I figured I better get 'er done!

And since this is the second post for today, I'm going to keep it really short!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies

Paper: Marina Mist, Whisper White (SU)

Ink: Crumb Cake (SU)

Stamps: Little Pieces and Thank You Kindly (SU)

Other: Corner Chomper, Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon

Moxie Fab Color: The Monochromatic Challenge

Hi All-

Happy Monday! All the kiddos are home from school today due to a teacher work day, and they have friends over, so I have a house full of boys! So much fun.

I realized last night as I was making this card, that today was the last day to enter! Where has January gone? I can't believe that tomorrow is February!

Anyway, here is the card I made for the Monochromatic Challenge over at the Moxie Fab World. I had a different card I was going to submit to this challenge, but it really didn't do any thing for me, so I waited a little while and the idea for this card came to me.

I had a really tough time getting the letters to turn out. I used alphabet letters, and anyway, I won't bore you with the details, but with placement issues and embossing issues, I think I ended up making this card like 5 times before I was happy with the result. And then I thought to myself....is it really worth it to make a card 5 times? I was driving myself crazy, but as a bit of a perfectionist I couldn't just let it go. I even made a different version of the card (below) using a different font of alphabet, and it was much easier, but I didn't like it as much. So I went back and tried it the original way one last time, because I knew if I didn't get it, it would bother me all day.

I just realized I wasn't going to bore you all with the details and well, I pretty much did! Sorry! It was kinda funny because as I was attempting this card over and over and over again, Cody was playing Madden Football with one of his friends and they were talking about third down conversions, and I realized that I was '0' for '5' on my ability to convert into a finished card. So if anyone ever asks you if card making is like football.....you can answer yes.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies

Paper: Pink Pirouette (SU)

Ink: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink (SU) Versamark

Stamps: Flourish by Impress, Letterpress Alphabet, Funky Alphabet (SU)

Other: Clear embossing powder, Rhnestones

The Final Gray Challenge Card

If you can believe it or not, I actually made qutie a few more gray cards for the Moxie Fab 'The Gray is the New Black Challenge', but I just didn't get around to posting them. And actually a couple of them weren't as good as I wanted them to be and I just haven't found the time to re-do them. Perhaps I will get a chance in the coming weeks to get them to my liking and post them later.


This card I am posting here is one that I made for the challenge. It is probably my most favorite card that I did. And the reason I haven't posted it unitl now is that I have been contemplating whether or not to submit it for publication or submit it to the Stamping Royalty Contest. I would actually like to see if anything I make could get published!
Well, you can see that I chose to enter it here, for the Gray Challenge.



Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:
Paper: Whisper White and Basic Gray Textured Card Stock (SU)
Ink: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight (SU)
Stamps: Essence of Love (SU)
Other: Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestones (SU)

Moxie Fab Color Challenge: The Bright and Bold

I actually made this card a number of days ago, but I'm just now getting around to posting it. Above were the colors for the challenge. I'm usually not one to pick these bright colors together to use for a card, so I was a bit out of my element.

I thought these little birds would be absolutely cute in these bright colors, though.

Gonna keep this short, as Kellan is fussing, and I want to have some play time with him before we have to run off to an appointment and then grab the other boys from school!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Paper: Whisper White CS, Melon Mambo textured CS, Tangerine Tango CS (SU)

Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango

Stamps: Aviary, Happy Moments (SU)

Other: 5/8 Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, Rhinestones

More Moxie Fab 'Gray Challenge' Cards

Well, my friends, I am really having fun with this gray challenge over at the Moxie Fab World.

Yea for Gray!

Here are a couple more cards that I made tonight, plus as I was cleaning this afternoon, I found the other card that I made a couple of days ago, but didn't post because I misplaced it before I had a chance to snap a picture of it. (It is the flower one with the yellow ribbon, not my most favorite card I have made, but thought I would share it anyway.)

The pink and gray one, was inspired, (almost cased) from the first card of the Moxie Fab inspirations. I really liked that color combo, but I think mine has something to be desired. I have had that butterfly stamp sitting on my table for a few months......I won it in a blog giveaway, and it had yet to see ink....so i gave it a whirl!

I think the owl card is my most favorite.

Gonna keep this short, Kellan did not sleep at all last night. I should really get to bed. Poor little guy has a cold. At least he picked a good night to keep me up.....it snowed about 5 inches all during the night, and it was fun to watch. Hopefully he will sleep tonight, so that I can too!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Thanks Card:

Paper: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla (SU)

Ink: Crushed Curry, Certainly Celery, Basic Gray (SU)

Stamps: Silhouette Burst (Hero ARTS) Sentiment: Impress

Other: 1/8 " Taffeta Ribbon in Daffodil (SU), Yellow Stickles

Inspire Card:

Paper: Pink Pirouette (SU)

Ink: Basic Gray (SU)

Stamps: Inspire Butterfly Collage (Memory Box)

Other: Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon (SU), Jewel Bauble

Hello Card:

Paper: Kraft (SU)

Ink: Soft Suede, Old Olive, Basic Gray (SU)

Stamps: Spring Solitude, Halloween Frights (SU) Sentiment: A Muse

Other: Basic Gray Satin Ribbon (SU) Rhinestone (SU) Corner Chomper

Moxie Fab "The Gray is the new Black Challenge"

I so very much needed something to get my stamping/crafting mojo going, and when I landed over on the Moxie Fab World, and saw this challenge, I knew that this was exactly what I needed.

Gray has actually been my thing lately, those of you who received a Christmas card from me are aware of this. (I don't think I ever posted the card I sent out.) I also had a brief chance in December to make a couple of snowflake cards which incorporated gray. If you would like to see those, you can find them here and here.

So since this challenge so inspired me to 'get my craft on' once again, I just couldn't stop with one card. So here are the cards I have been working on today.

I did make one more card, but couldn't locate it in my messy craft area. I also have a few more ideas in my brain, so perhaps I'll post a few more 'Gray' cards here in the near future!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies:

Love Ya Card:

Paper: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla (SU)

Ink: Basic Gray, Read Red, Pink Pirouette (SU)

Stamps: Lovey Dovey Tree (Memory Bos) Sentiment (Inkadinkado)

Other: Rhinestones (SU) Corner Chomper

Carry On Card:

Paper: Poppy Parade Very Vanilla(su)

Ink: Basic Gray (SU)

Stamps: Keep Calm (rubber soul)

Other: Basic Gray Satin Ribbon (SU)

Hi Friend Card:

Paper: Very Vanilla (SU)

Ink: Basic Gray, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango (SU)

Stamps: Dotty Tree Birds (Memory Box) Sentiment (A Muse)

Other: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Happy Birthday Card:

Paper: Whisper White (SU)

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Basic Gray (SU)

Stamps: Upsy Daisy (SU) Sentiment (PTI)

Other: Basic Gray Satin Ribbon (SU)

Thinking of You Card:

Paper: Basic Gray, Old Olive, Very Vanilla (SU)

Ink: Basic Gray, Taken With Teal, (SU)

Stamps: Dotty Tree Birds (Memory Box) Birch Trees (savvy stamps) Sentiment (SU)

Other: Rhinestones