Hi friends! Are you getting ready for Thanksgiving next week? I went shopping today for all the Thanksgiving fixings. The store was hoppin'! I love this time of the year, except for what comes next...all the holiday shopping! I'm getting to dislike that part of that next holiday!
Anyway, Just Us Girls has a new color challenge for you this week and Maria chose the traditional Thanksgiving fall colors!
You can see more inspiration using these colors from my JUGs girls at these blogs.
Hello friends! My niece Maria is celebrating her 18th birthday today (her birthday is actually tomorrow, but the celebration is today!), and I wanted to make her a special card for this special day, Maria is a special girl. She is in her first year of pre-med at the University of Buffalo. She is very dedicated and a strong and level-headed young girl. I so hope she can make it through all this education needed to be an anethesiologist. I know she will try her hardest to make it!
So I created a fun card mixed with a bunch of different patterns. The products are all PTI except for the pattern paper and cardstock. The dp is from Bo Bunny's Hellow Sunshine collection and the cardstock from SU. I started by cutting out the green frame using the Fabulous Frames die. Then I stamped the herrigbone pattern from Fabulous Frames on white cardstock with Cameo Coral ink. The sentiment is from the We Go Together stamp set. I think that one says it all! Then I cut the bubble paper into a flag shape and die cut the numbers from Calypso Coral paper using the By the Numbers dies. Another die from Fabulous Frames was used to cut the banner. The sentiment is from Simple Little Things stamped in Cameo Coral.
And here is my sweet niece Maria. Happy 18th birthday!
Happy Saturday and Happy Veteran's Day weekend! Remember to thank a Veteran!
It's also time for a new challenge over at Just Us Girls! Marisa chose a fabulous technique...making a wreath out of ribbon. She found this great video tutorial that I had to watch a few times before mastering (sort of!) this technique.
I'm spending the weekend at a friend's chalet in a popular ski town here in Western NY and wanted to bring a little gift to thank her for putting us up (I think there will be 13 girls staying there!). I purchased a wonderfully aromatic balsam candle and a pretty metal candleholder on a stand for the candle jar to sit in. It just smells like the first day the Christmas tree is up in the house!
You can see more beautiful wreaths on these blogs.
Thanks for stopping by today! Have an enjoyable weekend!
Hello there! We're having Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year and when I saw this Pure Innocence set called Turkey Time from My Favorite Things, I thought I could use it to make some cute dinner invitations. I colored her with copic markers and paper pieced her dress. The papers I used are from Basic Grey's Life of the Party. It had that lovely orange color that I adore and the fun browns and blues too. I cut her out and mounted her on dimensionals. The Fancy Flourish die is also from MFT that replicates the steamy aroma coming from that delicious turkey! I didn't take a picture of the inside, but it says "It's Turkey Time, Join Us for Dinner".
That's it! I made four of these and they went in the mail this morning! I was so happy to actually make something and put it in the mail the next day! When does that ever happen? LOL!
Hi everyone! It's Saturday, my favorite day of the week! Not only because it's a day off from work and the start of the weekend, but because it's the start of a new challenge over at Just Us Girls! And this is my favorite week....sketch challenge week! Lynn has a fabulous sketch for us with room for lost of interpretation.
I just love sketches like these! I chose this large stamp from Impression Obsession that I purchased LAST YEAR and of course never inked up! I'm glad I got the chance today to use it. I stamped it in Memento Rich Cocoa ink and then colored just the pumpkin, leaves, boots and mat with copic markers. Then I sponged some Antique Linen and Tea Dye distress inks around it to tone down the white. It's mounted on Tangerine Tango paper and then Chocolate Chip. The bottom of the chocolate piece was cut with an MFT large scallop die. I then added some faux stitching (not sure I'm liking that). The pattern paper is from PTI's Autumn Abundance. I used the Bow Easy to make my bow and added a twine bow. There are some Star Dust Stickles on the leaves for some sparkle.
I'm also trying to play more at SCS. That's where all this started for me and I've been neglecting SCS! So for their Inspiration Challenge, I chose this picture to inspire my stamp choice.