Sketch Challenge 518

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

Back at it again today with working on a large candy bar order, a package of Christmas cards, 2 Snowman Soups & addressing Christmas cards! Tis the season! LOL

I used today's Sketch Challenge for the package of Christmas needed today for an order. It was a nice uncomplicated sketch that caught my eye and since i'm still swamped I needed something quick & easy!

Here we go!

I used the same colors as yesterday's Color Challenge 508. Loved those colors!

Isn't this such an easy sketch? Perfect for my package of 5 for a customer!

I'm trying hard to get things completed by Friday. I'm burnt out and my house needs a good cleaning plus I have plans to bake cookies this Sunday with the kids. Yep, tis the season!

Sketch Challenge 518 Card:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Recollections DSP

Accessories: Pool Party Cotton Ribbon, Glue Dots, Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Ok, that's all for me today!

Back it at!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge #138

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

We celebrated my son, Ryan's 28th birthday with my family on Saturday! It was a full house with everyone here plus our dogs and Kirsten's 2 Jack Russells. Thankfully all the doggies did beautifully together and Ryan got some nice birthday gifts!

Today we have a new challenge for you over at Merry Monday! Debbie is our hostess this week so let's get to it!

 My 4th color on my card is Taken with Teal. I have always loved this color and Stampin Up had retired it a few years back and now i'm getting down to the nitty gritty on my cardstock supply. Sure wish they'd bring it back!

Merry Monday Challenge #138 Card:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages

Ink: Memento Teal

Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper, Holiday Lounge DSP

Accessories: Delicate Dollies Die, MS Snowflake Punches, Silver Pearl, Gold Trimmed Ribbon, Dimensionals

Hope you will play along with us this week! If your in need of some inspiration please stop by the Merry Monday blog to see what the other's have created! Lots of awesome idea's to spark your creativity!

Things have been crazy busy at my stamp table. I've been working hard on filling orders so i'm hoping another day or 2 then wrap it up because holiday shopping awaits me!

Well, that is all for me today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge #134

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

I spent mine finishing up a bunch of stuff for my upcoming shows and getting my inventory lists in order. Phew, talk about exhausted! One more week until delivery so it's crunch time to get those last minute things ready!

Anyways, today we have a new challenge for you over at Merry Monday! I am the hostess this week and I have a fabulous challenge for you! We only have 6 1/2 weeks till Christmas so I hope this challenge will help you get a few more cards made!

Here we go!

I had another card idea in mind when I created this one but it did not turn out quite the way I had envisioned. So I pulled out my Ornaments Keepsakes Bundle along with some Pacific Point & Smoky Slate inks & cardstocks. I went with a funky layout. I used a retired Stampin Up set for the sentiment and added some bows & pearls to my ornaments. Hope you like!

Merry Monday Challenge #134 Card:

Stamps: Ornament Keepsakes Bundle, Many Merry Messages

Ink: Pacific Point, Smoky Slate

Cardstock: Pacific Point, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Accessories:  Holiday Ornaments Thinlits, Smoky Slate 1/8 Taffeta, Pacific Point Stitched Grosgrain, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Stop by the Merry Monday blog to see what the other Merry Makers have created this week! So many awesome cards! Hope you will play along with us this week!

Well, that is all for me today!
Busy, busy, busy!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Color Challenge 503

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Just a quick post here this afternoon then i'm off to get my hair done....it really needs it!

Anyways here are today's colors from the SCS Color Challenge 503 and my card.

Mossy Meadow, Gold, Cherry Cobbler

Dessert Option is to make it sparkle!

I already had the Festive Flurries stamp set out on my table so I made my snowflakes Mossy Meadow & Cherry Cobbler. I added a shiny Gold Pearl to the center.

I'm pretty pleased with this! What do you think?

Colro Challenge #503 Card:

Stamps: Festive Flurries, Many Merry Messages

Ink: Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Accessories: Festive Flurry Framelits, SU Snow Burst EF, Mossy Meadow Ribbon, Gold Pearl, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that is all for me today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge Week #109

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Today we have another great challenge from over at Merry Monday!

Bonnie is our wonderful hostess this week so I hope you can stop by the Merry Monday blog to see what the other Merry Maker's have created this week!

Let's get started....

I used a few things I had in my stash to make my card. The flower is from Prima that already had the pearl brad attached. I just had to add the green leaves. Everything else came together very quickly!

Hope you like!

Merry Monday Challenge #109 Card:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages

Ink: Real Red

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Real Red

Accessories: MS Dollies, Prima, White Pearl Brad, Swiss Dots EF, Gold Cord, Stamp A Ma Jig, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that's all for me today!
Hope you can grab some supplies and play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge Week #102

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

We had quite the wash out! Constant rain from Friday night until I went to bed around 11 pm last night. Actually it ended as snow, sleet & freezing rain, an inch or 2 but we probably had about 2 inches of rain if not more. My yard looked like a lake! Today is to be sunny with temps jumping into the 50's so I hope it will melt all that yucky snow outside and let the green grass come thru. We want SPRING!

So, today we have another challenge from over at Merry Monday! Hop on over to the blog and check it out! The other Merry Maker's have created some awesome inspiration this week! Grab some supplies and play along!

For this challenge I decided to make a pocket card. I usually make a few of these type of cards every year and then I can add a gift card to these when Christmas rolls around. Pocket cards are so fun!

Merry Monday Week #102 Card:

Stamps: Very Merry Tags, Many Merry Messages

Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

Cardstock: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Season of Styles DSP

Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Round Tab Punch, White Stitched Grosgrain, Gold Beads, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Hope you like!

Well, that's all for me today!
I have a very busy Monday ahead once my morning coffee kicks in!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Color Challenge 460

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things with getting some stamp time in and playing along with some of my favorite challenges. Yesterday & today my hubby has been home from work with a cold. Sure hope I don't pick it up!

Anyways, with being in sub zero temperatures since yesterday afternoon, I decided I was having another PJ day and got inky!

Here are today's colors from the SCS Color Challenge 460 and my card....

Today's dessert option was to make a splatter on your card so obviously I passed on that!

A clean & simple card done with the Festive Flurry stamp set & matching framelits. I love this set but then I have always loved all of Stampin Up's snowflake sets! :)

Color Challenge 460 Card:

Stamps: Festive Flurry, Sentiment from Many Merry Messages

Ink: Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Whisper White

Accessories: Festive Flurry Framelits, Snow Burst EF, Rich Razzleberry Stitched Grosgrain, Rhinestone, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Never hurts to work on Christmas cards way ahead of time!

Well, that's all for now!

My dryer is beeping so it's time to go fold another load of laundry!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

Stay warm where ever you are!

~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge Week #61

Hello & Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! It was absolutely gorgeous here in PA!

I ment to go do some inking of my stamps but Saturday we decided to clean the house, plant our strawberry plants, shop at Walmart and take Miss Gigi for a nice long walk. I was dead tired till 8 pm rolled around. Sunday was a much calmer day. We took Miss Gigi to the Dog Park on the other side of York where it's a huge fenced in area and we can let her off her leash to run & play with all the other small doggies. She LOVES going there every Sunday morning and is she ever played out till we get back home! :)

Anything for our little Gigi!!!

But anyways, I did find my way down to stamp Sunday afternoon. Still working on lots of Christmas things. I'm excited to show you but will wait closer to the holidays.

So, it's Monday again and that means it's time for another sketch from Lesley! This week's layout is so quick & easy and I hope you can hop on over to her blog to see what the other Merry Makers have created this week and play along with us! Before you know it, you will have a nice stack of cards made way before the holidays arrive!

Here we gooooo....

As soon as I seen this sketch I knew what I wanted to make. I used an old Stampin Up die for my large Real Red snowflake. It was so big that I had to trim some off. I then added my next snowflake in Early Espresso by using a Stampin Up Snowflake Punch. The last snowflake was done with a Paper Studio punch in the Champagne Glimmer Paper. I added a gold bead to the center of my trio of snowflakes and hot glued them onto my card. My sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso ink from the Merry Messages set. I really like this card and might make a few more!

Merry Monday Week #61 Card:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages

Ink: Early Espresso

Cardstock: Real Red, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Champagne Glimmer Paper

Accessories: SU Snowflake Die #2, SU Snowflake Punch, Paper Studio Snowflake Punch, Gold Bead, Hot Glue, 2 Sided Tape

Well, that is all for me today!

Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Another Merry Monday Card....

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Just have a few quick minutes here to share with you another card I made for the Merry Monday Challenge this past week. I was playing around and need a few more Christmas cards for another order my Aunt gave me. Loved this sketch that Lesley gave us so I decided to make another card!

 

I'm not real good with cutting the tails for these flags but i'm getting alot of practice here lately!

I adore this designer paper and i'm getting down now to about half a sheet of 8 1/2 X 11. I sure wish I could find more. Love the colors of this card and those pretty snowflake stickers! 

Merry Monday Challenge Week #41 Card:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages

Ink: Marina Mist

Cardstock: Marina Mist, Neenah White, The Paper Studio DSP

Accessories: Jolee's Snowflake Stickers, Circle Punch, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

Hope you like!

Stay tuned for tomorrow!

Lesley gave us another awesome sketch to help us get those Christmas cards made!

Hope you'll come back tomorrow to see!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

More Holiday Cards....

Hello & Happy Thursday!

No time for crafting today but wanted to share the other set of cards I made yesterday.

I was so inspired by my Freshly Made Sketches card yesterday that I had a vision to make one in Pacific Point and ended up changing the layout. 

As I was searching for another snowflake punch I came across this huge one from Martha Stewart. I punched one snowflake with the glitter paper and thought, WOW, this is so pretty! I laid it on my card and loved it!

 I loved how simple this sketch was so I did these just a tad different.

I really like these and you just may end up seeing this in another color as i'm hooked on these glittery snowflakes! :)

Season's Greetings Card:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages

Ink: Pacific Point

Cardstock: Pacific Point, Neenah White, Brights- Pacific Point DSP 12 X 12 Stack

Accessories: MS Jumbo Snowflake Punch, Pacific Point Stitched Ribbon, Rhinestones, Hot Glue Gun, 2 Sided Tape

Hope you like these!

Well, that is all for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Greeting Card Kid Pocket Card

Hello & Happy Wednesday!

Just have a few mins to share with you a card I made a few weeks ago and finished it up today. It's a case of a card my Missouri BFF, Vicki Burdick made. She's the queen of the Greeting Card Kid stamp set so I hope I do her proud with this pocket card.

I must admit, this little girl is so much fun to color!
I colored her with my Copic Markers and added some glitter to the white of her coat & hat. I used the SU Square Lattice EF and added a big ole button with some 1/8 Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon. I love that stuff! The pull out tag I used my Two Tags Die from SU and added a big snowflake that was punched with a MS punch and again added another white button with SU White Baker's Twine. I love this card and may not part with it come Christmastime! LOL


Greeting Card Kid Pocket Card:

Stamps: Greeting Card Kid, Sentiment from Bells & Boughs, Tag sentiment from Many Merry Messages
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers
Cardstock: Marina Mist, Blushing Bride, Neenah White, Letters to Santa DSP
Accessories: SU Square Lattice EF, Circle & Circle Scallop Nestibilties, Buttons, Glue Pen, Glitter, Marina Mist 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon, Two Tags Die from SU, MS Snowflake Punch, SU White Baker's Twine, Scor Tape


Well, i'm off to bed!
The last 2 days I have been really tired for some reason. Hope it's short lived because Friday I am going away for a weekend retreat. Lots of stamping & fun ahead and I surely don't wanna be tired! LOL

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge Week 10

Hello & Happy Monday!

I'm back for a quick update with my Merry Monday Challenge Week 10 card.

Below is the sketch that Lesley from over at Always Playing with Paper gave us this week. A quick & easy one! Thanks Lesley! I'm thrilled with the pile of holiday cards I have already!

Merry Monday Challenge Week 10 Card:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages sentiment
Ink: Night of Navy
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Neenah White, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: SU Snowflake Die, SU Snow Burst EF, MS Loopy Border Punch, Silver Bead, Night of Navy Grosgrain, Dimensionals, Scor Tape

Well, that is all for tonight!
I'm gonna go finish watching The Voice then hit the hay!
Thanks for stopping by & have a good nite!
~Wendy