I'm back....one card, five challenges

Finally...some time & some mojo and a new card! The hustle of the holidays has started and while I thought I'd have some time to create over Thanksgiving, that obviously just did not happen. But, I got some inspiration from the Sweet Sunday sketch and am excited to be back in the game!

This card meets the criteria for two color challenges, Color Throwdown #71 & the Cupcake Craft Challenge. I followed the Peachy Keen recipe (my Stampin' Up Merry Moments DSP has stripes & dots, I used the scalloped border punch, and my stamped image is from Stampin Up's Event Full set)and used a charm like Simon Says!

One Stop Crafty Cupcake Weekly

Newsprint is in order for the One Stop Craft Challenge, and you can see the text in the petals of the flower image I used. Crafty Creations is looking for expressions of gratitude, my "thank you" sentiment is from TAC. My layout inspiration for this card came from Cupcake Craft Challenges, and yes...that's Stampin' Up Old Olive CS & DSP (still plenty leftover from the wedding)! I especially wanted to use the dotted Old Olive for the Papertake Weekly Spots 'n' Stripes challenge.

Fall Celebration!

The One Stop Craft challenge this week is "Celebration"...I've used the "it's time to celebrate!" sentiment from Stampin' Up's A Little Birdie Told Me set.

A Spoon Full of Fall Colors

Here's my idea for the Spoon Full of Sugar sketch challenge this week. The "with love" sentiment is from Stampin Up's Yummy set.

One Stop Birthday

Here's the card I came up with using the new sketch at Just Christmas and Birthday Cards. The One Stop Craft challenge also just happened to be a birthday card this week, and I went to Just Us Girls for the aqua, red & cream challenge this week. My patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and the birthday sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Sincere Salutations.

I'm Dreaming of a Blue Christmas??

The sketch inspiration for this card comes from Card Positioning Systems and I'm playing along with Crafty Creatsoins where the challenge is BLUE! I just went with Christmas when I pulled out this card kit from Jane over at Card Maker Card Swap...thanks Jane, I really had fun with this kit! The sentiment comes from Stampin' Up's Holiday Wishes set.

A Spoon Full of Simon Says...

Halloween is in the air (or some might say among us, if Janae is reading this) at both Simon Says and A Spoon Full of Sugar this week! While the PPA11 color challenge fit right into that theme...Perfect Plum, Old Olive & Pumpkin Pie. I "cheated" (Eek!!) some and used up more of the leftover wedding Elegant Eggplant for my card base, but the stripes on my orange ribbon are very nearly Perfect Plum. That graph looking paper is from Stampin' Up's Old Olive DSP pack.

A Charming Curtain Call

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week is to make a "charming" card. I used this little butterfly from my stash & the S-clip is left over from the infamous wedding rehearsal dinner invitations! The Curtain Call Color Challenge this week is Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Lavendar Lace, Whisper White & So Saffron. My Tempting Turquoise patterned paper is from Stampin' Up's Rainbow Sherbet DSP.

Sweet Peachy Keen Snowflakes

I'm using this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch for my basic inspiration on this card. And I love the "recipe" over at Peachy Keen...use blue & purple, a stamped image, a greeting (mine are combined) and at least three snowflakes. The image with sentiment is from Stampin' Up's The World Over set. Everything else is from my stash.

Thanks a Bunch!

I got the sketch inspiration for this card from Card Positioning Systems. Cupcake Craft Challenges is looking for Thank You cards this week, and the weekly challenge over at Card Maker is simply for the birds!! I used Stampin' Up's Fun & Fast Notes for my image/sentiment and the patterned paper is from Pebbles Inc. Ribbon & flower brads from my stash.

Jazzy Girl

Happy World Card Making Day...three posts later!! Simon Says has a 24 hour challenge going on to make a Girly Girl card. Well, I'm just as girly as the next but I am not pink & frilly...so for me hearts, scallops & dots say "girly girl". Then add to that mix the Jazzy Inspiration challenge to use Black, White & Purple (my second favorite color) and here's what I came up with! I used Stampin Up's Polka Dot Punches heart stamp to create my "flower".

An Autumn Card with Halloween Bling

Several of the challenges over the past few weeks have been of the Autumn nature, and I had avoided Halloween until this week when the Belli Challenge was to use Halloween Bling. I had these very cute orange & black square brads just begging to be used!! Crafty Creations & One Stop Craft Challenge are both doing Autumn this week too, yes...there are leaves on those pumpkins I stamped in my masked edge. *smile* By the way, those pumpkins are from Stampin Up's Loads of Love Accessories.

A Spoon Full of Christmas

The challenge at for A Spoon Full of Sugar #71 is a Christmas project. Here's a fun card with a pop up present inside! All images are Stampin' Up...the gift on the outside & the sentiment are from Holiday Wishes, and the gifts on the inside are from Something to Celebrate.

Cute as a Bug!

This week's Cupcake Craft Challenge didn't drive me buggy! Iused Stampin' Up's Pick A Petal set to create this adorable lady bug. Pick A Petal is my all time favorite stamp set, you make practically anything under the sun with those petals! I figured while I was working with my favorite stampe set that I'd use my favorite DSP...Rainbow Sherbet.

Bananas...Bag, Boxes, or Wrappings

They're looking for something that will hold a gift over at 2 Red Bananas (which is worth the visit just to read the Mitch Hedburg quote). I used Stampin Up's Holiday Wishes set to decorate this plain brown gift bag, then added a cute tag. This is the stamp set I plan to use for my Christmas cards this year, and since I told myself I'd get those done in October and I can see October 1st on my calendar I'd better get busy!!

A Basket Full of Fall

I had a lot of fun with this card, and met the requirements for several challenges! The sketch I used for inspiration was from Paper Take Weekly. Ann challenged us to use basket weaving on our project, so I got out those scraps of Old Olive from the wedding and made a "mat" of those. Leaves were the theme for the Fashionista #4 challenge, and also the challenge at CardMaker magazine Card Swaps message board. I used three of the colors from Color Throwdown #61, which were also the colors in the PPA #9 Inspirtation challenge. The image & sentiment are both from Stampin' Up's Basket Full of Fun set.

Happy Birthday WLR!

Three people in this family share the initials WLR...so I'm not sure who will get this birthday card, but then they're kind of big deals every day too! I used the Just Christmas and Birthday Cards #45 Sketch for this card. For the Fashionista #3 Challenge, I've used lime green, white & black polka dots. And over at One Stop Craft Challenges, they're playing "beary nice" and looking for cards with bears.
The black & white polka dot paper is from Bo Bunny, the lime green letters are Bubble-A-Bilities, and the bear image and sentiment are both from Stampin Up's Cute & Cuddly set.

Poka Dot Punches in a Recipe

This is another one of those sketches that I've been staring at for almost a week...it comes from The Corrosive Challenge and I originally created my card with the "ribbon" running down the left side, but when I went to photograph is I just liked the top opening view better! Strange how sometimes things work out like that...


Then I took Ann's advice to Think Pink & Black over at her Creative Nook. I'm faking it with the Papertake Weekly Challenge, the "ribbon" is obviously not ribbon but a sticker strip whose manufacturer I can't recall right now but I got in an order from PeachyCheap.com. And I cooked this all up using the recipe over at Simon Says ! The recipe said to use 3 embellishments, 2 papers, and 1 image on your creation. My embellishments are the fake ribbon, the flower punches (part of a card kit from Jane over at the CardMaker magazine Card Swaps message board), and that very adorable pink brad which has swirlies on it. The brad is from Queen & Co. and I got it when I went to the convention in Tulsa. The two papers I used are from Bo Bunny's Alissa line, Kissable & Love You. And my one image is from Stampin Up's Polka Dot Punches!

A Spoon Full of Sugar #68 & Color Throwdown #59

This sketch and this color combination were the most fun to work with! I had a blast making this card. When I saw the sketch at A Spoon Full of Sugar I thought to myself "too busy", and just wasn't quite sure how to approach it. But the Color Throwdown of Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa & Ruby Red didn't cause me to bat an eye...even tho' orange is not at the top of my favorite color list I seem to work with it a lot, and have grown to love it for card making purposes. The patterned paper is from Fancy Pants, Delight Spice. The sentiment is Stampin' Up A Little Birdie Told Me. And I am absolutely in love with these Friendly Forest foil rub-ons from Colorbok!! Oh, if you're wondering "whooo" is the best...this card is for my daughter Whitney, she's got a thing for owls. She's just begun her second year of Vet School and might need an encouraging word in the form of a card from Mom. (Be sure to be on the lookout in the next few days...I have another darling daughter, so I'll have to be creating another "best" card!)

Just Christmas and Birthday Cards #44 & Cupcake Craft Challenges #56

Of course my first thought when I read the Cupcake Craft Challenge was to use red, white & blue, was "stars & stripes" and all things patriotic. But then, I was in a mood to go out on a limb! So, I went with a lighter blue and steered clear of all things patriotic. Then I figured while I was out there on the limb anyway, I might as well attempt the the sketch over at Just Christmas and Birthday cards. All those circles and swirls really threw me for a loop!! The blue & white elements on this card are out of that Target $1 bin set...I'm telling you, that's been one of my favorite purchases of the summer! The square red brads were another "deal" from the Tulsa scrapbook convention. And the flowers are looking glass stickers from Making Memories. My birthday sentiment is from Stamping Up's Blooming With Happiness set.