Lazy Day :)

Don't you just LOVE a lazy weekend?!? No where to go and nothing really needing to be done?!? These days, this kind of weekend is few and far between. I usually have something on my calendar to do or something (mostly chores) that needs to be done. But not today. Today I slept in until 10 (a record for me) and then got up and read some, took a nap (I NEVER get to do that anymore), played with my new obsession (Animal Crossings: Wild World), and then sat and filtered through the 100+ blog entries that are marked as new on my blog reader. I am always at awe at how creative these women are. I just hope that some day my stuff can be half as creative as there's are.
I haven't done any card making today, although I am very tempted to pull it out now even though it is 11:30. I guess I will see how I feel when I finish blogging.

These simple cards are a set of "One Liners" that I made last weekend. They were inspired by some cards that I saw on the C.C. Designs blog. I have a variety of stamps that makes creating this kind of card almost thoughtless.

Well, I guess I will bid you all adeau for now. Hopefully, I will have something new to post tomorrow!

Sweet Dreams All.

Daisy, Daisy...

Hello everyone! I cannot believe that the week is already half way over! I LOVE long weekends. They make the rest of the work week fly by. Only 2 more days and I can spend more time crafting. Until then, I will spend my time pars using the 50+ blogs that I look at each day and find some inspiration! (Yes, I really do have that many blogs on my Blog Reader. I am hopelessly addicted to it!)


The card I am sharing today is one that I made last weekend. It is inspired by Christine Wooden at C.C. Designs. Even though this card has such a simple layout, I absolutely love it. I think is one of the cards that I will be making this weekend! It can be a thinking of you card, a RAK card, or even a birthday card. It all depends what is written inside it.


I hope you enjoy my card today. Thanks for stopping by!

Believe...

I cannot believe that it is already Labor Day and the end of summer. People have always told me that time flies when you get older and boy, is that true. I just don't know where the summer went. All of a sudden Alia is back in school and I am seeing Halloween stuff on all of the store shelves. Even the stamping world is focusing on making Christmas crafts for the upcoming season! It is just hard to get in that fall spirit when it is still 90+ degrees outside. That's North Carolina for you!

I have really enjoyed this long weekend off. Although I have spent some of my time working, I have also had some time card making and I am very excited to show all of you what I have made.

I am going to start with my favorite card of the bunch. This card was inspired by one of Dawn McVey's "Orange on my Brain" cards. They were all so simple and beautiful. I loved the idea of using a monochromatic scheme.

Since most of my cards use at least four colors, stamping in just one color is quite different for me. I decided to use blue for my monochromatic scheme. The flowers I used are from Heidi Grace's Getting Places - Winnefred Street line. The sentiment was created using Hero Art's Small Variety Alphabet. I also used a bit of ribbon and added a some sparkle to the word "believe."

Well, since the day is only half done, I think I am going to spend some mother-daughter time with Alia.

Until next time....

Red & White

My favorite sporting time of year has just began - football and hockey season! And coincidentally my two favorite teams (the NC State Wolfpack and the Carolina Hurricanes) have the same colors. In honor of them, I crafted this card in their colors - red and white!

This card is based on a layout from the Hero Art's blog that was pasted a couple of weeks ago. Are you starting to see a pattern here? I never have time to craft my card the week the layout is posted! There is just not enough time in the week for me which I am sure you can see by my sporatic postings. It just takes such a long time to set up my "crafting space" in the middle of the living room. I use "crafting space" as a very loose term since it consists a coffee table, a big plastic bin and two bags. One of these days I will have a real "crafting space" which I can leave all of my stamps out where I can see them and can give all of my tools a place of there own to live... Ahh, to dream.

Now to the card... This card was started and restarted at least 5 times. I started out making all the small butterflies in the oval shape with the rectangle portion being red and with large butterflies Versamarked on it. That didn't work, so I tried to reverse it and use paisley print stamps Versamarked in the rectangle and the paisley printed butterfly in black on the red CS... Well, you get the idea. The only change I would make, if I could, would to change out the top red ribbon with a solid satin one. All of the stamps that I used are from Papertrey's Butterfly Kisses set. Overall, I am happy with the end result of the card.

Well, that is it for the night. Until next time...

I LOVE Ice Cream!

It is one of my favorite desserts, along with cheesecake. I eat it way too much, but I can't help it. It is one of the little indulgences I let myself have every day or so...

I made this card based on Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #29. I am a couple weeks late, but better late than never. When I saw this sketch, I knew I wanted to use my C.C. Design's Sweet Treats stamp set! At first I made the card on just light blue card stock, but after I added all of the circles, I did not care for how it looked. So, I added the yellow around it. I am still not satisfied with the look, but it is definitely better than before. The circle on the bottom right is placed inside rather than the outside and says "Life is sweet."

The monkey from this set is just too cute. He's just hanging from a tree eating ice cream...

In fact, now that I am thinking about it, I want some :)

Hope your Labor day weekend is nice, long and relaxing!

Always,
Jenn

Inspired by i{heart}2stamp

The new theme for stampers is owls. They are everywhere! Each stamping company that I love have them. I own quite a few, but there is one that I am still drooling over and that is the "Wise Owl" by Alli Miles through Papertrey Ink. I have to practice my patience since it is not back in stock yet which is not easy for me to do.

Anyways, when I saw the cute layout that Jen had for her Trick-or-Treat card I knew that my Q.T. Hooty set by Pink Cat Studio was what I wanted to use on it. On the bottom branch of this stamp there is the sentiment "Bird of a feather HOOT together." I knew I wanted to use it, but I didn't want it there, so I ended up covering the sentiment with a piece of tape and then inking my stamp. Minus the ugly handwriting, I really like the card and I am glad that I got to use my owls!

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge 25

I am really starting to get into this challenge stuff! Unfortunately, by the time my inspiration hits for the card, the challenge is often a few weeks too late. Oh well!

This card is from another of Taylor's Cupcake Challenges. It is number 25 for those of you who want to play along. The center stamp is from C.C. Designs "It's my birthday" set and the cupcakes that are running up the center are from one of G-Studio's $1 sets from Michaels (I think).

I tried 2 or 3 different color combinations before deciding on this one which I think turned out nice!