Christmas Card Challenges #8

My card today is for this week's Christmas Card Challenges, where the optional challenge, in addition to  making a Christmas or holiday card is to use some sort of coloring technique on your card.

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Supplies not linked -- CTMH Citrus Green Cardstock

As always, I truly appreciate you stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.  Blessings!

Christmas Card Challenges #28

We've got a great sketch for this week's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges.  I used a RAK image from Stampin' Bella and wish I could look as cute in a holiday outfit.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper DCWV
Stamps:  Stampin' Bella, PTI

Make sure to check out what the rest of the designers have using this sketch here.  And then I hope you'll play along with us this week.

Christmas Card Challenges #13

It's time for another Christmas card for Christmas Card Challenges.  The optional challenge this week, is to use border punches.  Remember though that this is totally optional.  The only real rule to play along is that you make a Christmas or holiday card to help get you ready for 2011.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper:  PTI
Stamps:  Stamping Bella, PTI
Other:  MS border punch

Thanks for your visit.  Are you having a good weekend?  We enjoyed watching BYU beat San Diego State yesterday in a big college basketball game.  We're so hoping that this will earn BYU a #1 seed for March Madness.  Go Cougars!!!

Unscripted Sketches #85

It's time for another wonderful sketch at Unscripted Sketches and it's a fun one this week.  My card is a bit bright but I like the pink, blue and green together.  Thanks to Sparkle for sending me this fun image.

***Supplies***
Stamps:  Stamping Bella, CTMH
Other:  Cuttlebug, MS border punch and chunky glitter

Be sure and check out the Unscripted blog to see what the other designers have this week for you.  Have a great one. 

Winter at Lollipop Crafts

Good morning.  It's the start of another week which also means that it's time for a new challenge at Lollipop Crafts.  This week's challenge is to make something winter related.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper:  DCWV
Stamps:  Stamping Bella, PTI
Other:  Gems from my stash

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful Monday.

Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge #52

Well, it's the last week of the second year of Sparkle's Christmas Card Challenge.  Can you believe she's been doing these challenges for that long? 

I don't know about you but all my Christmas cards are made for 2010.  Woo Hoo!  This week's challenge is a sketch challenge, created by the fabulous Peggy, which can be seen here. 

I used one of my RAK images from Sparkle and just love the way Bella looks in pink.  I added stickles to her dress to make her nice and sparkly.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper:  The Paper Studio
Stamps:  Stampin' Bella, PTI
Other:  Nesties, stickles, cuttlebug

As always, the other designers have wonderful cards for you to see so make sure and check them out.

Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge #50

Good morning.  Another week has come and gone and it's time for this week's challenge at Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenges.  This week's add-on challenge is to make a shaped card.  I've been wanting to try making a shaped card with my nesties for some time now so this gave me just the push I needed.

***Supplies***
Stamps:  Stampin Bella, PTI
Other:  Nesties, PTI buttons

So the game was good yesterday.  I bundled up pretty good with lots of layers so that helped a ton with the snow and cold.  Plus, BYU killed CSU.  It was fun to see them play so well and to hang with my family.

Unscripted Sketches #79 -- Sending Holiday Cheer

Happy Saturday to you.  Are you ready for another fantastic sketch from Unscripted Sketches?  I made another Christmas card.  At this point, I think I have enough Christmas cards to send in another month but it always seems that my list grows after my initial list, so I'll keep making them.

***Supplies***
Stamps:  Stamping Bella, PTI
Other:  Nesties, Cuttlebug, gems from my stash, PTI button, CTMH waxy flax

What are you all doing for Halloween?  We'll be going to a church activity tonight and then let the kids do a bit of trick-or-treating Sunday night.  Christopher is Captain Rex from Star Wars and Reynna is a zombie princess.  I'll post pictures later of them in their costumes.

Thanks so much for your visit.  I hope you have a very wonderful day.

Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a blog hop for Unscripted Sketches

Good morning to you.  We're having a special blog hop at Unscripted Sketches celebrating breast cancer awareness month.  Comment on this post by Tuesday October 19th for a chance at some blog candy.  I'll be back later with a picture but included will be some Spellbinders nestabilities and other fun embellishments.

If you've come from Becky's blog, you're on the right track.  If not, click over to Unscripted Sketches to start at the beginning of the hop.  If you get lost along the way or find any broken links, Unscripted has an entire list of hoppers.

As always, we've got a great sketch for you to use this week and a piggyback challenge as well which is to use PINK.  If you know me, then you know that I absolutely adore the color pink, so making this card was a lot of fun.

First, here's the sketch.

Now, here's my card with lots of pink yumminess.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper:  PTI
Stamps:  Stampin Bella, PTI
Other:  Nesties, PTI button, CTMH waxy flax

You'll now want to hop over to Lelia's blog to continue the fun.  Thanks so much for your visit.  I truly appreciate it.

I'll be back later today with a special post. 

Unscripted Sketches #73

Hi.  I'm so glad to be back from Las Vegas.  It was a good time and I did learn a lot at my training but I missed my family and don't like waiting around airports.

It's time for another great sketch at Unscripted Sketches this week.  It's a super fun sketch and I hope you'll get a chance to play along with us this week.

I chose to make a Christmas card with this super cute image that Sparkle sent me.

***Supplies***
Patterned paper:  CTMH
Stamps: Stampin' Bella, CTMH Say it in Style
Other:  PTI die and button

Our Saturday will consist of watching Christopher play soccer and then watching college football.  Go Cougars!  I suppose I also need to fit in a bit of laundry too.  :)  I hope you all have a great day!

Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge #37

Wow, it's the middle of the month already.  Where is the time going?  Well, it's Sunday so you know what that means.  Another challenge at Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge.  This week's additional challenge besides making a Christmas/holiday card is to use your border punches.

I have to confess that I love border punches.  They give such a wonderful look and are so easy to use. 

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper:  PTI
Stamps:  PTI, Stampin' Bella
Other:  Cuttlebug, MS border punch

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a lovely day and take good care.

Unscripted Sketches #57

Happy Saturday to you.  I'm especially happy that it's the start of a 3-day weekend for me.  Can you believe I haven't had a day off of work (except for the day I took off to study in February) in almost 5 months?  Such a long stretch without any holidays.  Anyway, enough of that and onto this week's sketch at Unscripted Sketches.

This card also fits the challenge at Cute Card Thursday for no patterned papers.

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Stamps:  Stampin' Bella
Other:  Cuttlebug, MS border punch, Prima flower

I don't think we have any big plans this weekend.  Possibly a BBQ on Monday but we'll see.  There is of course plenty of housework and laundry to be done.  I"m hoping to get some pictures printed so I can make a couple of layouts. 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a terrific weekend.

Unscripted Sketches #38

I'm having a hard time believing that it's Saturday already.  This week has gone by pretty fast.  I've got a card for you using this week's sketch from Unscripted Sketches.  Since I can't color, I chose to leave my Bella plain.  What do you think?  Dumb? Ok?  If I actually had the stamp, I probably would have paper pieced her but it was a RAK image so it's a no-go on that.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper:  PTI In Bloom
Stamps:  Stampin Bella, PTI Everyday Button Bits
Other:  PTI ribbon and buttons, CTMH pearls

 Thanks for your visit and I wish all of you a happy Saturday. Make sure to check out the other designers and the new look on the Unscripted blog.

An Unscripted Sketch

It's Saturday which means it's Unscripted Sketches time. I had a lot of fun with the sketch.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper: PTI In Bloom
Stamps: Stampin Bella, CTMH Happy Birthday
Other: CTMH markers, Cuttlebug
Make sure and head over to Unscripted now for your chance to work with this week's sketch. You'll also want to check out all the fabulous art from the designers over there.
Do you all have any fun plans for Halloween? We'll probably be going to a church activity and then we have a party with friends tonight. I hope everyone has a safe day.
Some have asked how my studying is going. It's going okay. I've gotten a lot more done this past week than in prior weeks. 3 1/2 more weeks. I think I can, I think I can.

Unscripted Bella style

It's Unscripted Sketches time! Yeah. There's a great sketch for you to try this week. Remember that you can really have fun with it and create whatever you would like. Make sure and go give some love to the other designers. You're in for quite a treat today.


***Supplies***
Patterned paper: CTMH More to Adore
Stamps: Stampin Bella, CTMH Say it in Style
Other: Fiskars border punch, CTMH buttons, waxy flax, and markers

Have a great Saturday. I'll be getting my hair cut and highlighted today. It's been over a year since I've put any highlights in my hair so I'm looking forward to a somewhat different look. Oh, and did I mention that it snowed yesterday and last night? Snow on October 9th? Seems pretty early for me, even for crazy Colorado.

Unscripted Sketches #14

My card today is for this week's sketch over at Unscripted Sketches. They have great sketches and if you haven't tried one yet, what are you waiting for?
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Patterened Paper: CTMH Floral Tapestry
Stamps: Stamping Bella, CTMH Say it in Style
Other: Nesties, PTI button, CTMH waxy flax and markers

Normally, I'm saying yeah for Friday but in this instance, I'm saying boo hoo, because Heather and Steve are leaving tomorrow.

Sending my love Bella style

I used the sketch from Sunday Sketch & Stamp for this card. Card size is 6x6.

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Patterned Paper: CTMH retired background and texture paper
Stamps: Stamping Bella, CTMH Say it in Style
Other: White brads, CTMH Markers


I'll probably use this card to send to a long distance friend. Enjoy your day.

Bella friends

I used the OCC sketch for this fun card today. I also used the color challenge this week from The Pink Elephant, which was pink, brown, and white. The paper has glitter all over the flowers and is so pretty IRL. I think I'll be using some more of this paper real soon. I colored the RAK Bella with my CTMH markers. Bellas are so cute.

***Supplies***
Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye
Stamps: Stamping Bella
Other: CTMH Buttons, paper flowers, and markers

I hope you're having a good day. We found out that Devin's grandpa passed on Saturday so he and the kids are leaving today for Idaho. Because of the timing, I wasn't able to take the time off of work. This grandpa was married to Devin's grandma who passed back in February.

A quick story about this. Christopher, my 6 year old, was saying his prayers last night. He blessed that Grandma and Grandpa would be resurrected. I thought it was so sweet. Plus it's good to know that he's paying attention to some of the things that we try and teach him. On that note, thanks for your visit and comments. They truly mean the world to me and lift me up.

A Christmas card using scraps

Today's card is one for two challenges. I loved Karen's weekly sketch challenge and paired it with Sparkle's weekly Christmas card challenge. This weeks extra challenge from Sparkle was to use scraps. For an extra treat this week, Sparkle is offering up a special prize for participants. I had a 6x2 piece of the striped paper and cut it down to fit my card and then cut it in half. The size of my card is a 5x5.

Now, unfortunately for me and my card, as I was coloring Bella with my CTMH markers, I slipped and colored out of the lines on the pot. I don't own any Bella images, this one was given to me, and it's my last one. So, I'll have to live with the boo-boo on this card.

Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Wassail
Stamps: Stamping Bella, CTMH Seasonal Thoughts
Other: Buttons from CTMH, Liquid Applique

A get well card featuring Bella

For this card, I used a new color challenge I found at Jen's Messy Studio. She chose the colors crystal blue, desert sand, bamboo, and outdoor denim. This is also my takes on CPS' sketch this week. I used another Bella image that a kind person sent me. I love coloring this bella, I think because of the blanket/bedspread. I don't have anyone to give this to at the moment, which I suppose is a good thing, but wanted to have a get well type of card on hand, for when it's needed. I decided to scissor distress the focal image along with the blue card front that I ran through my cuttlebug machine. I also pop dotted Bella for a little more depth.