I'm Back

Yep, I'm back in the saddle again!  Boy, I had a lousy cold and felt like doing nothing.  Crafting didn't even get me going.  I missed last week's Ways To Use It challenge as I could barely get myself off the couch.  I forced myself upstairs to make this card with attached bookmark for Collette's challenge.  And, of course, one little crafty project has got me totally in the mood.  Good thing tomorrow is World Card Making Day and hubby has agreed to take our five year and entertain her for the day.  Tomorrow is an exciting day for another reason too.  You will have to stop back by tomorrow to find that out though.  In the mean time, I will give you a couple of pictures of the rest of the card.  It's pretty simple, but did turn out nicely!  Thanks for stopping by!

Front

side view

Details: Stamps: Floral Symphony (Verve); Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Sweet Pea dsp; Ink: Early Espresso, Versamark;  Accessories: Corner Chomper, papersnips, Sweet Pea felt flowers, scor-tape, neutrals eyelet, crop-a-dile, Early Espresso taffeta ribbon, perforating tool.



Smaller Than Your Average Bread Box

Scor-pal is hosting a September Designer Challenge to make a box, any kind of box.  I browsed some tutorials and came up with this bread box.  I made a mini loaf of Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread to go inside it.  I followed the tutorial and it was fairly uncomplicated.  Next time, I would take my time a bit more with the edges of the flaps.  I'm not sure I like the pinked edges as well as I would something else, say scalloped edges.  We'll see next time!

To embellish my bread and box a bit more, I used the same patterned paper and colors to create a belly band and label for it. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Vintage Labels; Paper:  Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, SU dsp; Ink Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip; Accessories:  Decorative scissors, circle punches, scor-tape, stampin' dimensionals.

Going to Court

I think this might have to be my theme card for next week.  Last weekend, I received a subpoena to testify in court.  I'm supposed to appear next week.  I have spoken to one witness advocate (I think?) who said I should probably know more by Friday about when I would have to appear.  She's fairly certain that jury selection will eat up the first day.  She was also fairly certain that the prosecutor would want to prepare me.  Hmmm, I guess the prosecutor would have to contact me first, right?  I'm a little nervous.  This information is from 8 years ago and I barely remember the client.  My girlfriend, who is a police officer, was excited for me.  When I wasn't excited back, she told me it might even come to a plea agreement and then I wouldn't have to testify.  I felt a little better then.  In any case, I think I will stash this card in my purse.  I know it is only paper, but the idea is powerful!

The crafty connection here is the Verve Get Your Diva On challenge, Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge and the My Favorite Things sketch!

Details:  Stamps: Sunny Days (Verve), Words of Wisdom (Verve), Making A Statement (Verve); Paper: Whisper White, Concord Crush, In Color Patterns Pack, Wisteria Wonder; Ink: Concord Crush, Versmark; Accessories: Loopy Blooms die (Verve), Leafy Sprigs die (Verve), corner chomper, stampin' dimensionals, M's rhinestones.  

Flashing Back Fall

It seems like an eternity since I participated in Flashback Friday. It's now up to Flashback Friday 15.0 and the theme for this month is Fall.  So here is the oldest Fall card I could locate in my files.  I recognize some of my style from even then.  I posted this a little more than three years ago on Splitcoaststampers.  It's pretty clean and simple with some scoring and masking!

I find it a bit coincidental that this is a Unity image and that this month's sponsor is Jenny Johns.  Jenny is offering up some Ippity stamps (a sister company of Unity) and I first encountered her via Unity and Hip Hop Thursdays.  I daresay that my photography has gotten a bit better, other than that, I like the card!

Happy Sunday!

Details - Stamps: Hugs & Wishes, Tiny Trinity by Unity Stamp Company; Paper: Whisper White; Ink: River Rock, Basic Brown, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie; Accessories: Scoring blade, Chocolate grosgrain ribbon, mini glue dots, post-its, blender pen, stampin' sponges.

Missing People

Sorry, I didn't mean to alarm you.  There are any real people missing, just a large category of stamps that are missing from my collection.  I have a large gap in my stamps:  there are only a handful of people.  I have flowers galore, but no peeps.  Well, I did manage to rustle up there two lovely ladies, though.  I'm sure they were an impulse purchase one day at Michael's.........Whoa, the mail man sure can lay on his horn!  Oh well, he is forgiven, as he brought me some new crafty goodies!  Maybe I will play with then later.  (Again, no peeps!!!!)

These little gift cards were created for the new Touch Twin Challenge to color some people.  I just did the best I could with these little gals.  I have a new coloring goal I am working on and we'll see just how it works out.

Thanks for stopping by, Happy Saturday!

Details - Stamps: Studio G; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Square Lattice ef, scalloped oval punch, large oval punch, WCC, blender pen, M's pearls, M's rhinestones, AC ribbon, pink Sharpie, stamping dimensionals.

Using the Chalkboard

This week's Ways To Use It challenge follows this month's theme:  Back To School.  Teresa is our hostess this month and her challenge is about the chalkboard technique.  I had planned on making a card, but just wasn't feeling it.  I wanted to make something for my sweet little girl after her tough day at Kindergarten.  You see, she is exhausted from the start of school and hasn't been getting enough sleep as she is super excited.  It all culminated in a major crying meltdown in the hallway after school.  She just sobbed and clung to me as I tried to escort her to her after school program.  She is attending school where I work.  I still had half of a school day to go.  We eventually got her tears dried and got her to her after school program. 

So I decided that I would make her a little something.  This is her backpack tag before I laminated it.  I was afraid the chalk wouldn't show as well after I laminated it.  I stamped her initials on the back and used some sparkling Spica pens on the hearts on the back. 

Details - Stamps: Punch Potpourri; Paper: Green Galore, Basic Black; Ink:  White Craft ink: Accessories: Stampin' pastels, white gel pen, jumbo eyelets, red grosgrain ribbon.

CPS and AJ

That's right, this is from the current CPS sketch challenge.  I wasn't sure how it would work out for me with those half circles.  Now I quite like it.  I also wanted to play my friend Lee's color challenge at Stamp TV because it was in honor of AJ Otto.  AJ is currently battling breast cancer.  While I don't know her personally, I have long admired and been inspired by her work.

I wanted something cheerful, so I opted for the Live Life Loud set to hopefully raise AJ's spirits when she is feeling low!

Speaking of feeling low, I have got a headache that just won't quit.  I'm going to keep this brief and let my card do all the talking!

Details - Stamps:  Live Life Loud (GKD), Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Razzleberry Lemonade, Night and Day specialty dsp; Ink: Melon Mambo, Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Elegant Bouquet ef, sanding block, M's rhinestones, Black sharpie, stampin' dimensionals.