~~Happy Halloween~~

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Happy Sunday Everyone!

I am loving this long weekend that I have had.

It has been very quiet and rainy here in Oklahoma City.

I have been working on some baby shower invites

and I am almost finished.

I will share those with you later.....

Today I wanted to show you a Halloween card that

I made last week. I used my new dp from My Minds Eye

Spider Web collection. This Halloween paper is awesome!

It's rich and thick and full of color.

I also added a wood cut out that I bought

at Michael's in the Halloween section.

They are affordable and lots of fun on cards!

I inked it up and added some elements from

Recollections......another line of products from

Michael's. I love that store!

The black and grey ribbon is from

The Scrapbook Nook.

The crow is from MM Spellbound Halloween kit.

That was free at my new favorite scrapbooking store

in August when you spent over $25.00!!

Thanks for visiting today.

I am going to watch Big Brother.....:)

Toodles for now.....

CaardVarks~ Sketch Challenge by Heidi Van Laar~

CaardVarks has 3 great Sketch's to try over at

their blog.....check it out and play along here!

The sponsor is DRS Designs.

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These sketches are designed by Heidi Van Laar.

I always find so much inspiration when I stop by her blog!

Thanks Heidi!! :)

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I could not just do 1 sketch....so I did

all 3 of them! I found some awesome BG DP

called Indian Summer with

matching felt stickers at my favorite

scrapbbook store.

Yummy!

For this sketch I cut out the circles with my Cuttlebug.

I used a white gel pen and made faux stitching around

the circle. All of the dp and accessories are

BG Indian Summer. The cream felt material is from the

Scrapbook Nook.

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For the 2nd sketch I used all of the same ingredients

and I also used my new Flour De Les EK Success punch!

It's so elegant!! I Love it!!

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For the 3rd sketch it's more of the same dp....

Its so beautiful and makes me want Fall to come

that much faster!!! :)

I feel so blessed to be able to play along with this

great sketch challenge with the girls at CarrdVarks!

They are amazing and talented and I love them all!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Be sure to leave me a shout out if you stop by.

Those sweet comments mean so much to me!

Toodles for now...... :))

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A Challenge with Friends.....Week 4 ~Circles and Teal~

This is week 4 of our Challenge with Friends.

Christina is hosting this one and the challenge

is to use Circles and the color Teal.

Christina's card:

Lana's Card:

Missy's card:

And here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by today

and next week's challenge is hosted my Missy......

Toodles for now! :)

Happy Birthday Christina

September is a busy birthday month for us at work.

There is Christina's on Sept 8th.

Mine is on the 16th.

And Janet's is on the 29th.

Here is a card that I made for Christina.

Her initials are CRB....and that is what we call

her at work. We all pitched in and got her

a couple gift cards for Hobby Lobby and

Michael's to support her new habit.... :)

She is my boss and has become my friend over

the last 3 years and has recently

become a new scrapbooking buddy as well .

YES!!! :))

She LOVES Pink and Bling and she thinks she is a

Princess!! :) Well...she kinda is!!

Lana made her cake and it was soooo good!
And I think she did a great job on that Pink Crown!
She drew it by hand!! :) Go Lana!

Happy Birthday Christina.
Have a great year that is blessed and filled
with all of your dreams and wishes!!

A Challenge with Friends.....Week 3

Another great challenge with the my buddies from work!

This challenge is hosted by Lana.

This was last weeks challenge and I just now posting the pics.

The challenge was to create a Card with 3 sections

and your focal point must be green.

Great challenge Lana!! :))

Here is Christina's card.....

Here is Lana's card...

Here is my card.....

Missy did a great Christmas card and

I have misplaced it. :( I'm so sorry girlfriend. When I find it

I promise I will post it!! I feel awful! I'm sure it will show up!! :)

Great job ladies!

Next challenge is hosted by Christina:

Create a card with Teal and Circles.

Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!!

Have a great night!!

:) Toodles

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #16 with Dawn McVey

Happy Labor Day!

Dawn has a beautiful color challenge this week....

and with these yummy Fall colors, I just had to play!!

I started with a Cream card stock and added

Kraft as my focal color. I used some shimmer paper

that I had in my stash of paper for the Orange Gold.

It 's a perfect match!! :) I cut out the gold leaves with my

new Cuttlebug Dies that I bought at Michael's.

I also cut out squares and ran them through

Textiles CB folder to emboss them.

The Felt Chocolate Brown leave is from LYB.

The Cream Lace is from Scrapbooks from the Heart.
The button is from my stash and I added some twine
to the middle of it. The Sentiment reads:
Live, Laugh, Love.

Thanks for stopping by today on this beautiful
Labor Day.....I am enjoying my day off and I have
had a wonderful and blessed weekend spending
time with my mom and celebrating an early birthday
with shopping, eating and spending time with family
and friends. I Hope that your having a great day
too and be sure to leave me a shout out if you stop by!
Tooodles for now.....

~~Welcoming Fall~~

Here are a couple cards that I made within the last few days.

This is my favorite time of the year.....and I love

the colors of this season!!

I picked up some pretty Fall flowers and papers

on Friday and could not wait to use them!!

The papers I have used in these 2 cards are from

My Minds Eye and Little Yellow Bicycle.

I found them at my new favorite scrapbooking store.

It's called Scrapbooks from the Heart and I

know that I have mentioned this awesome store

in a previous post. They are so nice there and they

have everything you need to scrap your heart out!

Check out their blog here.....

I also found these great big sunflowers at Michael's.

And these cute felt pumpkins are from LYB.

Thanks for stopping by......

Have a wonderful Sunday night!

Toodles....

~~Trick or Treat~~

Here are a couple Halloween Cards that I made yesterday.

I bought some new QuickKutz Embossing folders.

The Diamonds folder and The Halloween Folder.

They are so fun to work with!

I used the folders to emboss the images with my Cuttlebug
and then I inked them up with Tim Holtz Distress inks. I used
Tea Dye and Peeled Paint. I then sprayed them with
Glimmer Mist in Lily Pad Green.
I cut out the Bat and the Spider Web and the Spider.
I added some fun Halloween DP.
The big button is from Joanns Halloween Collection.
Well.....what do ya think??
I am loving playing with my Fall and Halloween stuff.
And to make it even better......the weather is also
cooperating here in Oklahoma City! It was Fall like
this morning when I woke up! Wahoooo! Bring it on!
I am ready for Football and Fall and the leaves changing!!
I love all of that stuff! Well....and it also means my birthday
is getting close! That is always a great time to celebrate!

Hope your Sunday is cool and filled with everything
you love also! Enjoy!! :)

A Challenge with Friends.....Week 2

Melissa and I have been playing around with our creativity

and challenging each other. This is the second week and Lana has joined

us as well! Now there are 3 of us and we will be taking turns picking

the challenges. Last week was Black and White and add a color.

My card was the card I posted for the CaardVarks Challenge.

Black & White and Hot Pink.

Missy's card is Black & White and she added Blue.

She also made a Template of an adorable butterfly!

Isn't it so cute?!! :)

She cute out the flowers with her Cuttlebug and added

some small black brads. It's just soo sweet Missy!

And here is Lana's card. She added a beautiful purple to her

Black & White creation!! She outlined the flowers with

Crystal Effects and added some beads and hearts.

So beautiful! This card is so soft and pretty!

I am so proud of both of my creative friends!

The challenge for this week is hosted by Lana.
It is to create a card, break it up in 3 different
sections, with something Green as the focal point.
WOW! She is getting right down to it huh?? LOL!
You go girl!! I am looking forward to seeing
what all of us come up with!
Stay tuned to check them out!!

Have a great Sunday!
I will be back with some Halloween Cards
that I have been working on.
Toodles for now.....

Card Patterns Sketch 29 ~Spookey~

Card Patterns has a great sketch over on their blog!

The DT did anything but cards and had some great ideas

and some lovely creations! Be sure to check them out!!

For this fun sketch I decided to use my new Glimmer Mists

that I bought at my new favorite scrapbook store last weekend

and my wood pumpkins that I bought at Michael's.

I am so ready for Fall and changing leaves, pumpkins,

and Halloween. :)

The DP is Rusty Pickle Black Pearl/Cap'n Jack!

This paper is soooo awesome and fun!

I cut different strips of it and inked it up with Tea Dye

Vintage ink from Tim Holtz. I also used

Club Scraps Paisley dp. Some of my fav paper.

I them used my new Martha Stewart Punch and

punched out both sides of the dp.
Those yummy Flourishes are Grungeboard also from Tim Holtz.

I sprayed them with the Glimmer Mist in Coffee Shop Brown

and they look so awesome in person!

The pumpkin is wood, sprayed and blinged out.

The flower is made with different Primas and I also

added some leaves that punched out in the paisley dp

and made petals out of them to tie the whole card together.

Well....what do you think?? :)

I just love how festive it is and I wish you could see that

Glimmer Mist on the pumpkin and flourishes in person.

It is so beautiful!!

I hope your enjoying your week so far. Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to leave me a shout out!!

Tootles for now...... :)