AJVD Post-Capture the Memories

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Are you ready to bring in the New Year?!...I know I'm ready! ;) Nothing like having a fresh new start to the year. I'm hoping for nothing but good health and happiness! And I wish you all the same! :)

Anyhoo, on to my card. I'm on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today sharing a fun and easy New Years card. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Have a Happy New Year...Best wishes in the New Year to you!
Hugs

SRM Stickers Post-Layout

Hey y'all! Happy Wednesday!!
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas?!...

Oh, how my days are all over the place! lol Hopefully, I'll be more on schedule in a few days. ;) For now though, I'm swinging in because I'm up on the SRM Stickers blog today! And I'm sharing something I haven't done in years!! lol Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to the SRM Stickers blog to see my full project...and while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left me some love too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! May you all have a Happy New Year!!

AJVD Post-Poinsettia

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a simple poinsettia card. Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there too!

Also, with Christmas closing in on us I probably won't have another post until afterwards...So with that being said, may you have a Merry Christmas and enjoy all your holiday festivities!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy...see you all soon!

SRM Stickers Post-Festive card set

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

Today I'm up on the SRM Stickers design blog with a fun and festive card set! Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to the SRM Stickers design blog to see my full reveal...and while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Altenew Inspiration Challenge

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!
Hope your week is starting off right?!...

Today, I'm swinging in to share a card I made for the current Altenew 'A Year In Review' Inspiration Challenge!

After looking at the past inspiration challenges, I decided to use July's inspiration photo/colors. Check it out...

I kept things fairly simple. I started with stamping my main flower image and then added all my others images around it. After I did some coloring with markers and then added my sentiment, along with a little strip of gold glitter paper. Simple, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

Going Wild

Hey y'all! Happy Sunday!
Hope you're all having a great day?!...

Lately, I've been so stressed/busy. I'm trying to tell myself to slow down and enjoy things, though it doesn't seem to be working much.?. My escape is creating, which helps, yet with everything going on lately it has been hard to get in the groove of things. Is it just me or is anyone else feeling this way lately, too?...

Anyhoo, I did take a little break from everything and made a card for the current Unity Be Inspired challenge on Facebook. I saw the challenge a little bit ago and had it in the back of my mind to play, but wasn't really really sure if I'd be able to or not. Though, I'm more than happy that I was able to! :)

I kept things simple and did some masking. Once done, a little fun coloring with markers and then topped things off with my sentiment and some twine. Easy peasy, right?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see y'all soon!

AJVD Post-Merry Christmas Coffee

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Whew! Another week has gone by and way too quick! ;) This next week will be a little crazy as my kids finish up that last few days of school before being out for winter break. I'm not quite sure how much you'll be seeing me around?!...Know, I'm still here. Though, more than likely busy and trying my best to stay sane! lol ;)

Anyhow, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog today with another fun coffee card. Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card! And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love too!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see y'all soon!

Let's Chat

Hey y'all! Happy Sunday!
Hope your're all enjoying the day?!...

I'm swinging in to share a card with you for the current Coffee Lover's Winter Blog Hop, as well as the current Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge.

I've been inspired by sooo many cards lately...and with that being said, this idea came to me. Then I started second guessing myself after I made it, that surely I've seen something somewhere of the same thing?...I've searched different blogs/galleries and couldn't find anything. Though, I'm still not 100% sure. I sincerely apologize if someone has already made something identical to this...it was not my intention to not give credit, where credit is due.

Continuing on, I did some simple masking and coloring. Once done, I added my 'coffee/cocoa' in my cup and then my sentiment. To finish things off, (which you may have seen it used in the last coffee lover's hop) I added some of that glitter washi tape again. Simple and sweet, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

AJVD Post-Coffee Lover's Winter Blog hop

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!!
Today, kicks off the start of the Coffee Lover's Winter Blog Hop! Yay! :) I'm sharing my first card up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog, though I have a little peek to share with you here.

Be sure to swing on over to the A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card...and while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love too! Also, for tons of inspiration be sure to check out the Coffee Lover's Winter Blog Hop! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Merry Kiss-Mas Giveaway Winners!

Hey y'all! Happy Monday!
Hope your week is starting off right?!...

I'm just swinging on in to announce the two winners from my Merry Kiss-mas giveaway post! Without further ado, the two winners are...

Karen B. and Carol (CM)

Yay! You each won a 25$ gift certificate to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps! Please be sure to email me or watch for my email. ;) 

Thanks to all that left sweet comments on my post and I'm pretty sure I'll have more giveaways down the road. :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great week! 

AJVD Post-Snappy Holidays

Hey y'all! Happy Friday! :)

*If you haven't already, don't forget to enter in my giveaway! Today is the last day! Please scroll down or click HERE to enter.

I'm swinging in today because I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog! I have a fun holiday card that I'm sharing, using some new AJVD goodies. Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card...and while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there, too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and see you soon!

Little Tangles-Be Joyful Always

Hey y'all! Happy Thursday, almost Friday! :)
Hope all is well?!...

*For my SRM Stickers post, please scroll down. 

Today we have a brand new challenge at Little Tangles! And this time we're all about Silver and Gold...Who doesn't love silver and gold?!...

This is also happens to be the end of my term on the Design Team...I just want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Heather and Danielle for having me!! I loved every bit of it! :)

So here's my card.

I kept trying to think how I was gonna incorporate silver and gold in my card?...After some thinking, as well as 'trail and error' I used Neat & Tangled's Succulent Journaling Card die with some silver glitter paper. After, I used white cardstock with the same die for a 'template'. I then placed my 'template' on my card where I wanted my succulent(s) to be. Once done, I very carefully one by one I added my silver glitter die cut pieces to my card. I'm not gonna lie, this took some time to do. Though, if you ask me, I think it was all worth it!?!...

After adding all my die cut pieces, I carefully removed the template(s). To finish things off and add my touch of gold, I added a strip of white cardstock with my sentiment and then a strip of gold glitter cardstock peeking out underneath it.

Be sure to swing on over to Little Tangles to see all the DT projects! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Neat & Tangled products used:

Succulent Journaling Card die set
Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card stamp set (for sentiment)

Little Tangles-Be Joyful Always

Hey y'all! Happy Thursday, almost Friday! :)
Hope all is well?!...

*For my SRM Stickers post, please scroll down.

Today we have a brand new challenge at Little Tangles! And this time we're all about Silver and Gold...Who doesn't love silver and gold?!...

This is also happens to be the end of my term on the Design Team...I just want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Heather and Danielle for having me!! I loved every bit of it! :)

So here's my card.

I kept trying to think how I was gonna incorporate silver and gold in my card?...After some thinking, as well as 'trail and error' I used Neat & Tangled's Succulent Journaling Card die with some silver glitter paper. After, I used white cardstock with the same die for a 'template'. I then placed my 'template' on my card where I wanted my succulent(s) to be. Once done, I very carefully one by one I added my silver glitter die cut pieces to my card. I'm not gonna lie, this took some time to do. Though, if you ask me, I think it was all worth it!?!...

After adding all my die cut pieces, I carefully removed the template(s). To finish things off and add my touch of gold, I added a strip of white cardstock with my sentiment and then a strip of gold glitter cardstock peeking out underneath it.

Be sure to swing on over to Little Tangles to see all the DT projects! And while you're there, I hope you'll join us?!! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Neat & Tangled products used:

Succulent Journaling Card die set
Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card stamp set (for sentiment)

SRM Stickers post-Holiday Cheer Bag

Hey y'all! Happy December!! :)
Hope all is well?!...

I'm just swinging on in because I'm up on the SRM Sticker blog, today! Since the holidays are upon us, I made a fun holiday cheer bag. Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to the SRM Stickers blog to see my full project...And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there, too! :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

A little gift

Hey y'all! Happy Tuesday!
Hope all is well?!...

I'm just sitting here daydreaming...It's a nice and mild temperature outside, though it's also a little overcast, which doesn't make me wanna do too much. lol So, I was going through my photos and came across a little gift tag and bag that made a while ago and thought I'd share.

I used Waffle Flower Crafts Lacy Flowers die set for my tag. Which I've had this die set for quite sometime now and just had it stashed away with many other sets. Again, something I'm really good at doing. lol I decided to layer my pieces with brown and cream colors. In all honesty, it reminds me of a gingerbread cookie!...Is it just me or can you see it too?!...

I guess I could have chose some kind of holiday paper or something to make my little bag, but for some reason decided on the aqua and cream color stripes. I topped my bag off with some twine and a mini wood clothespin. Simple, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

P.S.
I might a little bit quiet here and there, only because I have to get some DT projects done. ;) Also, I know I keep mentioning it but I still have my giveaway open until Friday. So if you haven't enter, please do...I'd hate for you to miss out on a chance to win! :) You can scroll down or click HERE to enter.

Merry Christmas

Hey y'all! Happy Monday! :)
Hope your week is starting off right?!!...

*Don't forget, my giveaway is still open! Be sure to scroll down to enter! :)

I'm swinging in today to share a cute little tag. I've been seeing a lot of tags lately, especially with the 25 days of Christmas Tags going on...you should see all the beautiful inspiration! :) So, I decided to pull some inspiration from 25 days of Christmas Tags-Day 24.

When I saw Liz's cute little critters tags, I just knew I wanted to make a tag with a critter on it! Though, that took me some thinking because I don't necessarily have a lot of critter sets, let alone something that was of a holiday theme. However, after some mixing and matching of sets, I came up with something!

I sure hope you don't have to use actual Pretty Pink Posh sets?!...(I have yet to have any of those! lol) My little 'critter' (kitty) is from WPlus9's Smart Kitty set. Then to give my kitty the holiday spirit, I gave him some antlers from Waffle Flower Crafts Stocking stamp set, along with some presents. I also gave him a little red nose which I used a clear droplet and colored the back side of it with a red marker.

To finish things off, I used a sentiment from Precious Remembrance's Sketchy Christmas stamp set and added some twine. Somehow I managed to mix and match all those sets into one little tag...sweet, yeah?! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

P.S.
Be sure to scroll down for my giveaway! :) 

Merry Kiss-Mas and a Giveaway!!

Hey y'all! Happy, happy, Friday!! :)

*For my AJVD post, please scroll down.*

So, today officially kicks off all the holiday shopping and I thought what better than to have a fun giveaway on my blog!?! :)

Though first, how about sharing a quick card with you?!...Merry kiss-mas!

Sadly, I did use an older CAS-ual Fridays Stamps stamp set and I sincerely apologize that it's no longer available in the shop. However, there is the Mistletoe & Holly stamp set which is very similar. Again, I'm sorry about that.

To keep my card nice and simple, I added my mistletoe in green ink and then to 'enhance' it some, I went over my ink with colored pencils. Adding a little more green around the mistletoe/leaves, red for the berries, and silver to my bow. Once done, I added my sentiment in red. Simple, yeah?!...

A little bit about the giveaway I am having...

I happened to have won CAS-ual Fridays last challenge...Yay! :) Though, here's the thing. I also won CAS-ual Fridays challenge 158. Now as excited as I was to win another challenge, I also didn't want to seem greedy (so to speak). I had yet to use my first gift certificate from CAS-ual Fridays and to have another was getting overwhelming for me. So I reached out to Michele and asked if there was way I could 'pay it forward' to someone else...Well, she emailed me back and was more than happy to let me do so! Which made me happy, as well! :) Thank you again, Michele!!

Okay, so I have not one but TWO 25$ CAS-ual Fridays Stamps gift certificates to giveaway!! How fun is that?!!...

How to enter:

I wanted to make things easy for you to enter, so all you need to do is leave a comment on my blog and tell me what your favorite CAS-ual Fridays Stamps stamp set is?!...Easy peasy, right?!...I will leave this giveaway open until 11:59 pm Friday, December 2nd and I'll announce the winners on my blog on Monday, December 5th. Two winners will be selected randomly.
*Note: I will do my best to contact the winners. If I do not hear back from the winner(s) within 48 hours, I will draw a new winner(s). I don't like doing that, so please be sure I have a way to contact you or be sure to check back in to see if you're a winner and contact me. Thanks! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and see you soon!

AJVD Post-Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!! :)
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!?!...

We are officially into the full swing of the holidays and with that being said, you know it's busy, busy, busy! ;)

Anyhow, I'm quickly swinging on in today because I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a Christmas card. And it may just be a little somewhat non-traditional...well, as far as the colors go. ;) Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there, too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and see you soon!

SRM Stickers post-Lovely Lace

Hey y'all! Happy Tuesday!
Hope you're week is going good so far?!...I'm sure it's busy for many, though hopefully it's good too! ;)

I'm just swinging on in because I have a couple projects on the SRM Stickers blog, today! Here's a little peek of one of them, to share with you...

Be sure to swing on over to the SRM Stickers blog to see my full projects. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there, too! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Joy To The World

Hey y'all! Happy Sunday! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm doing a little bit of everything. Relaxing, baking, crafting, playing with my kids...just a typical Sunday for me. ;)

Well, I saw the current Fusion Card Challenge and just knew I had to play along! I mean the sketch called to me and so did the inspiration photo...and I like when that happens, don't you?!...

So I did a little mixing and matching of both. I used the sketch for where to put my stamp but also went off the inspiration photo for the 'joy'. 

This time of the year always seems to get me with the 'sunlight'...I usually take my photos in the same spot every time, though it seems that 'my spot' isn't the best right now.?. So, I'll be searching around the house for a new spot and see what happens. Please do excuse my 'washed out' look on the upper right side of my photo. Thank you. :)

I used some kraft cardstock for my base and then stamped my 'joy' in a dark drown ink. After, I used some colored pencils to fill in my leaves, banner, and to add some little berries. Simple, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

Merci Beaucoup

Hey y'all! Happy Saturday! :)
Hope you're enjoying the weekend?!...

I've been doing a little 'fall/winter cleaning' around the house today. Started with cleaning and organizing my boys' room, then led to pretty much the whole house, and then to me cooking. lol Needless to say, I needed some time to escape a little. ;)

So, here I am swinging on in today to share a card for the current CAS-ual Fridays challenge. And if you haven't seen or heard about it yet, there's a great sale going on at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, too! :)

Be Thankful...Perfect for this time of year, right?!...

Here's something you don't see much from me...a non white card base!...Say what?! lol Yep. I wanted my colors and gold glitter piece to really stand out, so I thought having a black base would do the trick?! ;) 

I still have a little trouble editing my photos when using a darker base, though I think I might actually be getting the hang of it (some)?!...(fingers crossed)

Now,  before I end this post, I wanted to let you know I have a little something fun coming to my blog! Let's just say, there might be a chance at winning something! ;) So be sure to stay tuned! Until then...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your Saturday and weekend! 

A Killer Whale Hello

Hey y'all! Happy Friday! :)
Hope all is well?!...

*For my AJVD post, please scroll down.* 

So a couple days ago, Amy inspired with her adorable card, which you can see HERE. I have had THIS Lawn Fawn die set for a little while now and have only used it one other time besides what I'm sharing today. How could I forget about such an ADORABLE little die set?!...Then again, it's me I'm talking about...which I seem to be known for buying things and stashing it away. lol ;)

Anyhow, here's what I came up with. A killer whale, hello!

I started just with a whale but was having trouble deciding on what colors I wanted it to be. So after some thinking, I thought why not make a killer whale.?. To add a little more white to my whale, I did some easy cutting with another white whale die cut piece and added a tad more white to the 'back' of my whale. Thus, making it more like a killer whale.

To finish things off, I used some patterned paper for my background. (Gasp! lol) Then I used a little bit of woodgrain paper and brown paper. As well as attaching my 'hello' with some mini staples. And to top everything off, I added my waterspout and some sequins. Sweet, yeah?!...

Oh, and guess what?!...I did no stamping on this card!!...Who says you always need to stamp?! lol
And thank you Amy for the inspiration! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and weekend! See you soon!

AJVD Post-Santa

Hey y'all! Happy Friday! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog! With the holidays coming up right around the corner, I made a simple Christmas card. :) Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card. And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there too!

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and see you soon!

I heard you could use a hug

Hey y'all! Happy Wednesday! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Already half way through the week, can you believe it?!... ;) I'm swinging on in today to share a card for the current CASology challenge.

Once again, my markers were calling to me...so I did some simple coloring for my card and that's pretty much it! (well, some simple stamping too. ;)) Easy peasy, right?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon! 

SRM Stickers post-Christmas Tubes

Hey y'all!
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm swinging on in because I'm up on the SRM Stickers design blog! I'm sharing some easy and fun Christmas tubes...here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to the SRM Sticker design blog to see my full project! And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left me some love too! :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Live Wild and Free

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!! :)

*For my AJVD post, please scroll down.*

I'm just swinging back in today to share another card with you...this time it's for the current Waffle Flower Challenge!

 

When I saw the inspiration photo, I instantly thought the new Waffle Flower Crafts Wild and Free stamp set. Something with the flowers and colors...just thought it'd work perfectly. ;) 

I kept things pretty simple. I used a dark brown ink for all my images/outlines/etc. Then I added colors of purples and green. To finish things off, I added a touch of gold glitter cardstock to the side of my card. Simple and sweet, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day and see you soon! 

AJVD Post-Seasons Greetings

Hey y'all! Happy Friday! Yay! :)
Hope all is well?!...

Today, I'm up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a 'Seasons Greetings' card. Here's a little peek...

Be sure to swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card! And while you're there, I'd be so happy if you left some love there too! :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and weekend! See you soon!