Cocoa Blog Hop

Hello!


The design teams at Sweet N Sassy Stamps are having a Cocoa blog hop, and we can link into the hop also!

My card uses the digi baseball Cocoa:

I uses some Echo Park Dp and some Baker's twine with my GKD white and SU black cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Summer Card

Hi there! I think I am done making Christmas cards, and felt like going in a completely different direction with this weeks sketch from The Sweet Stop.  My card uses the digi of Rhubarb and his innertube, which I just received as a prize in the SNSS VSN a couple of weeks ago.

It is snowing here in upstate NY tonight, but I would really prefer Rhubarb's swimming weather.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lighted Snowman

Hi there! I have another card from the Sweet N sassy Vsn this past weekend, this challenge was to use a snowman on the card.  I downloaded this cute snowman digi from SSNS:

Isn't he just adorable?  And the sentiment comes with it just as shown, which made the layout easy to come up with .

Thanks for stopping by!

More VSN

Hello!  I have a couple more cards for the VSN that went on this past weekend over at the Sweet N Sassy Connection.

This is my gift card holder, which is a modified version of a pocket card.

And this card is for the challenge to use a Christmas song for inspiration.  Can you guess what song I used?  Yep, it certainly was Rudolph!

I hope I will have some more for tomorrow.  Have a great night!

Some VSN

Hello!

The Sweet N Sassy Connection had a Christmas themed VSN this weekend, and I was able to make a few cards yesterday.

This one is for a "white card" challenge:

and this next one is for the "touch of gold" challenge:

There is still time to participate, the deadline is Dec. 2nd, with a ton of great challenges to participate in!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello!  I have a couple of cards to share today.

First I have a card for the StampTv Friday challenge to CASE DT member Emily.  This is the card I came up with :

My next card is a pocket card, inspired from a tutorial over on SCS:

My post is super short today, preparing for the big meal tomorrow and hoping to get some stamping time in later.  Have a great day!

Musical Cocoa

Hi there!  My card today is for this weeks sketch over at the Sweet Stop.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great Thanksgiving!

Smile spots

Hi there!  Are you getting ready for the big turkey day?  I am, but squeezed in some time today to make a card for the Sweet N Sassy inspiration challenge over at SCS.  This is the inspiration picture:



and here is my card:

Images and sentiment are from SNSS Seeing Spots set, cardstock is GKD, and DP is Echo park.

Thanks for stopping by!

Aloha

Good morning! 

I made a card for a girl celebrating her 13th birthday and having a Luau theme.  So I thought the GKD set Aloha would be appropriate.  Theresa Momber has a lot of great tutorials for sunset and island scenes to make with this set, and I used a few of them for this card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Loss

This post has nothing to do with crafting, just some personal thoughts to share.  I am from a very small town with a small school, ( my son's senior class has less than 40 kids in it).  So when tragedy strikes, it affects so many.  Last night, our community lost a 19 year old young man to a tragic accident.  For such a small town and school, we seem to lose a young person either still in high school, or in their 20's almost every year for various reasons, accidents, illness, and even suicide.  The causes of the deaths don't make the results any harder or easier to bear.  I feel so much for our children and young adults of this community who have been forced to deal with grief so many times now.  So, if you have taken the time to read this, please pray for our families and our school and  town and hug your kids even tighter today.  And remember to tell them you love them everyday, because you never know what tomorrow will bring.
Thanks for listening.

Another Rhubarb

Hello!  I have another Rhubarb card that I made for this week's The Sweet Stop sketch challenge.

I stamped Rhubarb on GKD white, colored and cut him out to pop up on the card.  The other cardstock is all SU, and the dp is Basic Grey.

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Sweet Cocoa

Hello!  Did you ever just fall in love with a card you created?  That's how I feel about this one that I made for the Sweet N Sassy inspiration challenge over at SCS.  Here is the inspiration photo:



and here is my card using the digi Donut cocoa, and the sentiment from Rhubarb' Christmas:

I am sooo happy with how this card turned out, I hope you enjoy it too!  Oh yeah, my inspiration was the pink icing and sprinkles, so fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Turkey Day

Hello!

My card today is for 2 challenges, the Sweet Stop sketch and Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge to use fall colors:

That cute turkey is Templeton, a digi from Sweet N Sassy Stamps. I typed the sentiment up on my computer.  Card stock is GKD, and Dp is Basic Grey.  I've had those little pumpkin eyelets for years, and this is my first time to use them, lol.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Challenges

Hi again!  So, the snow storm yesterday allowed me to get some stamping time in, and I was able to participate in some StampTV challenges.

The Monday challenge was to make a tag book and tags:

and the Friday challenge was to make a one layer Christmas card:

All stamps are from Gina K Designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lily Pad Sketch Challenge

Hello!  It's been a while since I've been able to play in my stamping room, but a freak October snow storm makes a great excuse to stay home and stamp finally!  So, here is the sketch from Lily Pad Cards:



and here is my card:

The sweet image and sentiment are from Sweet N Sassy's Rhubarbs Christmas.  Cardstock is from Gina K Designs, and Dp is Bo Bunny.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Patterns 135

Hi there!  I have another card featuring that adorable Cocoa from Sweet N Sassy stamps based on this week's sketch from Card Patterns.

Cardstock is Gina K and the Dp is Bo Bunny.

Thanks for stopping by!

Some Rhubarb and Cocoa

Hi there!  Hope you are enjoying your weekend!  I have some more cards to show today with images from my new Sweet N Sassy sets, Rhubarb's Christmas and Cocoa's Christmas:

This first one is also sketch and color challenges over at SCS

This next card uses the paper and twine from the kit of the month for September

I am having so much fun coloring these guys!  And they are both just so darn adorable :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Blessings

Hello!

I finally ordered some Sweet N Sassy stamps and they came in last week, so of course I had to use them in this weeks sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:



And here is my card:

I used the newly released Rhubarb's Christmas and Cocoa's Christmas.  These are such fun images to color!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Patterns and Markers

Hello!

My card today is for 2 challenges, Card Patterns 133 and Touch Twin markers challenge to color  people images.

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Facebook Challenge

Hello!

My card today is for the StampTv facebook challenge to use 3 different patterned papers.  Check out the fan page for StampTv for details.

I used fun Echo Park papers for the background panel and to paper piece the puppy, house and balloons.  Stamps are GKD Warm and Fuzzy and Tag Lines.  I finished it off with some twill ribbon that I colored with an orange marker (love how it matches the dp of the doggie house) and a couple of stacked buttons.

Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Blocks

Hello!

Gina K Designs had a new release party earlier this week, and one of the challenges was this color block sketch challenge from Donna.

I used the sets Branching Out and Holiday Greetings for my image, embossed with CB houndstooth folder, and used Dp scraps in colors to match my cardstocks, which are from GKD and SU.

I really like how it turned out, and may make a few more in preparation for the holiday season.

Go check out the challenge, you could win a free stamp set!

Thanks for stopping by!