AJVD post-Thanks a latte

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

Just a short and sweet post today.
I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog with a sweet latte card...Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card and I'd love it if you'd leave some love there, too! :)

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

Waffle Flower + Xyron Inspiration Week!

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

Today I'm stopping in for day 4 of the Waffle Flower + Xyron Inspiration Week! I have a little peek of my card to share with you.

Also, look what you have the chance at winning!!...You'll wanna be sure to comment on all the inspiration posts at the Waffle Flower blog. ;)

"Our friends at Xyron has generously offered us a complete set of their brand new Creative Station Lite + 3″ Refill to give to one luck winner drawn from comments left on all inspiration week posts on Waffle Flower Blog! You have until midnight Saturday, July 30 to enter! The winner will be announced here on August 1!

And don’t forget to checkout Xyron’s Facebook page for a die bundle prize from us! You can comment each time they post a waffle flower project this week (about twice a day!) and then they’ll pick a winner… That’s 10 chances to win!"

Be sure to swing on over to the Waffle Flower blog to see my full card!...I'd love if it you'd leave some love there, too! :)

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

may loving memories bring you...

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

I'm just swinging in today to share a 'just for fun' card. I'm still trying to go through and ink up stamps that have yet to see the slightest bit of ink. ;) Annnd so far I'm doing good not buying anything. lol...I'll be honest, I have been looking at some things and even have put things in my cart, but that's it! They're just sitting in my cart. lol Not.Buying. ;)

Okay. The sentiment I have inked up in the past, a few times or so. Though, I've only inked up this set one time before and I used a different flower from it. So I think this can still can be considered 'yet, to see any ink'?... ;) 

Lately, I've been making these sympathy/thoughts & prayers/loving memories cards. I hope this doesn't mean that something's going to happen and I'll have a need for one...For those that don't know, I have a strange (to some) way of thinking. Perhaps it's over thinking things or perhaps not?...Though, I normally wouldn't make cards like this unless I needed them. 

Anyhoo, I'd love to hear what you think of my card?!... :) 

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

Let us celebrate

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

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Sooo, have y'all seen the Virginia's View Challenge?!!...To be honest, I saw it from day one. Though, it has taken me this long to finally make something for it! lol ;)

Well...y'all know I do some coloring but this much coloring?!!...

After stamping all those images, I started coloring one and then thought 'what did I get myself into?'!...Talk about hand cramping and trying to remember to breathe because I would hate to mess up half way through! lol I really didn't know if I could do it or not. Let alone, I had no idea if I would even like it or what/how it was gonna become a card.

*confession: if you look closely, you can tell there's sprinkles on top of the ice cream. I was gonna color the sprinkles different colors but then (and I'll call it what it is...) I got lazy about it. lol However, there are chocolate sprinkles, so we can just say they're chocolate sprinkles. ;)*

Sure enough after finishing, I couldn't think of what to do next. After some thinking and looking at some embellishments. I decided on a little wood veneer piece to be my sentiment...I really didn't want to cover up all that coloring I did. ;)

So what do you think?!...

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

AJVD post-Star birthday

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

Just a short and sweet post today.
I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog with a simple and fun birthday card. Here's a little peek...

I'd love it, if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card and leave some love there! :)

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

Sending heartfelt thoughts & prayers...

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

Whew! Almost another week gone, already!?!...I'm trying to soak up the last a little bit of summer before my kids head back to school. Which, I already registered them for this school year and we find out on August 4th who their teachers are, etc. Then comes August 10th, they're in school! Looks like mom will be getting her daily breaks soon. ;)

Anyhoo, I'm swinging on in with a card I made for the current CASology challenge.

I had to do some thinking for this card...so many ways you could go with the cue card! After literally staring at some stamps. For quite some time. lol (my husband even asked me if I was okay. lol) I finally came up with something! 

I really don't have a need for this card right now. However, I still enjoyed making it. I started with coloring my cacti, which are rough. ;) Then added a touch of dirt/ground with some colored pencils and that's rough too. And lastly, added my sentiment. Which perhaps someone is going through a rough time...so something to help them through it, right?!...

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

Going Wild

Hey y'all! Happy Sunday! :)
Hope all is well and you're enjoying the day?!...

I'm swinging in today to share a 'just for fun" card. I still have some new stamps that I have yet to ink up. Which I keep telling myself over and over, no more buying! (same old story) lol Seriously, I have problems and it seems to only be getting worse! ;) Though, I'll be trying my hardest not to buy anything more...at least for a few months or so. ;)

Anyhoo, on to my card.

Yep. Nice and simple.
Sometimes I want to add more layers and elements to my card, but then fall right back into clean and simple. I guess whatever is meant to be, is meant to be... :)

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

AJVD post-Celebrate

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

Today I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog with a fun celebration card. Here's a little peek for you...

I'd love it, if you'd swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card and leave some love there! :)

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

The world is yours

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

Whew! Summer is just getting the best of me, lately! It's been nothing but GORGEOUS...Sunshine and heat in the 100's, daily! :) I'm sure most would be miserable, but not this girl. Even waking up at 3:30am when my husband goes to work, it's already in the 80's...feels like a sauna outside. I know, I know, I'm crazy. lol

Anyhoo, today I'm sharing a card I made for the current CASology challenge.

When I saw the cue card being Art. I thought this could go a number of ways...having the word Art in the sentiment, or having some kind of Art supplies stamped on the card, etc.

So for my card, I chose to showcase a piece of Art(work). 

I really wasn't sure where I was going with this card. I just knew what stamp set I wanted to use. ;) After coloring my images and doing a little fussy cutting, I had a 'light bulb' go off and that's when the whole Art(work) came to me. I believe it works well?!... 

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

P.S.

My posting and commenting has been a little all over the place lately. Not just because summer and playing with my kids, but I'm trying to stay ahead on some DT work as well. ;) So please bear with me...comes August things will start to be more on track. Thanks! 

For sentimental reasons

Hey y'all!
I'm swinging back on in today with another card to share!

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I had my card done for a little bit. Though, with all the festivities and my daughters birthday this week, I put a few things on hold. ;)

I'm playing along with the current CAS-ual Fridays challenge, which is a color challenge...Red, White, & Blue.

I kept things nice and simple. I used CAS-ual Fridays Stamps music note dies, one in each of the challenge colors. Then assembled them together on my card base. Before adhering everything down, I added my sentiment. Which I thought, 'for sentimental reasons' would work out pretty good, yeah?...

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

AJVD post-Happy Daisy

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!! :)
Hope all is well and you're enjoying your summer?!...

Just a short and sweet post today.
I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog today, sharing a quick and easy hello card. Here's a little peek.

I'd love it, if you would swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog and leave some love there! :)

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

Just waving hi

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

Today we have a brand new challenge at Little Tangles! This time we're all about being inspired...

Such a fun photo, right?!...

I certainly was inspired by the pool/water. ;)

I thought I would have some fun with my card. I starting with stamping my images on first and then did some masking with them, to add my water. After, I colored my images in and then added my sentiment. Nice and easy, right?...To finish things off, I added a bit of twine to my card.

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 supplies used:

Woof stamp set
Sailmates stamp set (for the sentiment)

Hello sunshine

Hey ya'll! Happy Monday!
Hope you're having a great start to the week! :)

Today I'm sharing my card for the current Waffle Flower Challenge.

Such a fun inspiration photo. right?!...

The photo made me instantly think of summer and fun! So for my card I thought I try and combined the both for a summer fun loving monkey! ;)

Cute, yeah?!...

I started with using the Waffle Flower Crafts Hibiscus, Willy & Friends, and Little Mermaid sets. I simply stamped them on my paper and did some coloring. Once I had my coloring done, I used the matching dies with each set. After, I assembled everything together on my card. Though before adhering everything to my card. I added my sentiment first. To finish things off I added some sequins. So what do you think?!...

Be sure to swing on over to the Waffle Flower Challenge 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!

Waffle Flower Crafts supplies:

Balloon Messages stamp set (for the sentiment)

Little Mermaids stamp set (for the rock)

Little Mermaids die set

Hibiscus stamp set (for the leaves)

Hibiscus die set

Willy & Friends stamp set (for the monkey, pineapple, and flower)

Willy & Friends die set

Sparkle and Shine

Hey y'all! Happy Friday!! :)

*For a peek at my AJVD post, please scroll down.* 

I'm swinging on back in today to share a card for the current CASology challenge!

Well, I don't have any boat/canoe/etc. stamps, so I went with the next best thing. A row of jewels!...Three to be precise. (you know 3 is my number, right?! ;))

Keeping things real simple, I stamped on my row of jewels. Which I don't have a MISTI, so I pulled out my 'Stamp-A-Ma-Jig' tool to keep things straight. After, I stamped on my sentiment and colored in my jewels. Once done, I used Lil' Inkers Side Stitched die for my border. Simple, yeah?!...

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy your Friday and weekend! :)

AJVD post-America

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

Today I'm up on A Jillian Vance Design blog sharing a fun holiday card...perfect for July! ;) Here's a little peek.

Be sure to swing on over to A Jillian Vance Design blog to see my full card and I'd love it, if you'd leave some love there too!

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