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Monday, December 27, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room ~ Week 42



This week's challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is "Shabby Chic Baby", inspired by a beautiful nursery photo. It's difficult for me to do anything but clean and simple, but here's my try with shabby chic. I used the polka dots on the wastebasket for the inspiration for my background. The vintage seam binding adds the perfect shabbiness to this baby card.
The image, Primitive Bear, is from I Did It Creations, our sponsor this week.

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Melissa Bove - Keepsakes By Melissa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Primitive Bear, Short & Sweet
INK: Crumb Cake
PAPER: VV, Crumb Cake
OTHER: Pastels, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Vintage Seam Binding

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Merry Christmas, Chris!



I made this Christmas card for my hubby.
Entering in the following challenges:
OWH Stars & Stamps - Sketch
The Shabby Tea Room - Scandinavian Christmas
Picture Perfect Creations - Anything Christmas
RECIPE:
STAMPS: Patterned Pines, Four the Holidays
INK: Real Red, Old Olive
PAPER: VV, Old Olive, Real Red, Dashing DSP
OTHER: Old Olive Ribbon

"Paw"sitively Perfect...



I made this card for a friend of mine's son who recently celebrated 5 years cancer free! What a celebration for he and his family! I hope this brought him a smile - he deseerves a lifetime of smiles! :)

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Happy Retirement!



Love this Riley image! Happy Retirement Uncle Pat and Aunt Charlotte! Enjoy every minute! :)

Monday, December 20, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 41

Good Monday to you! This week's challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is "Scandinavian Christmas", inspired by a beautiful photo.

This adorable image is from our sponsor this week, Digital Delights. How cute is that gingerbread girl?!? I made this card for my 5 year old for Christmas. She loves receiving a handmade card (I've taught her well!)

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Melissa Bove - Keepsakes By Melissa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch


RECIPE:
STAMPS: Gingerbread Cookie
INK: none
PAPER: Creamy Caramel, Real Red, Real Red DSP
OTHER: VV Seam Binding, Dazzling Diamonds, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Glitter Dots from Stamping Bella.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Christmas Card 2010


Here is my Christmas card for 2010. I always like to include a photo of my 2 precious children. I saw THIS last year, and just knew that I had to make that style of card for my Christmas cards. I made 64 of them. It was time consuming. I included my 2 most dreaded things to do in card-making - tying bows and cutting with scissors. That gingerbread man is lucky he's so cute!! :) This might be one of my favorite Christmas cards to date. Now I need to look ahead and raise the bar for next year's card. I should start in June! :)
RECIPE:
STAMPS: PTI Holiday Button Bits, Best Yet
INK: Old Olive, Creamy Caramel
PAPER: VV, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler
OTHER: Swiss Dots EF, VV Seam Binding, Rectangle Nesties, PTI Buttons

Monday, December 13, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room ~ Week 40

Good Monday morning to you! The challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is "Use Felt". I decided to mimic ribbon on this card with the felt. Fun, fun!!
Our sponsor this week is: Amazing Music Box.
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Melissa Bove - Keepsakes By Melissa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
RECIPE:
STAMPS: Whimsical Words
INK: Concord Crush
PAPER: WW, Concord Crush, In Color DSP
OTHER: Brads, Felt

Friday, December 10, 2010

Happy Birthday, My Love!

My husband's birthday is on Monday, and here is the card I came up with. Simple card - typical "Nicole" style! :) Hope he likes it!!

Challenges I am entering:
Tuesday Throw down - Clean and Simple
OWH Stars and Stamps - Sketch
OWH Stars and Stamps - Ribbon

RECIPE:
STAMPS: For Father, Happy Moments
INK: Night of Navy
PAPER: VV, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy
OTHER: Pebbles Chalks, Night of Navy Ribbon, Button, Corner Rounder Punch

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Huge Card Order...




My sister-in-law placed another large card order. She ordered 450 holiday cards and 200 birthday cards, to give to her clients. Needless to say, they needed to be simple and easy to mass produce. The holiday card uses a background snowflake stamp from Hero Arts. The sentiment is from JRS - Christmas Nested Sentiments. The birthday cards use SU's large oval punch and Perfect Punches stamp set, as well as 2 different CB embossing folders.


Monday, December 6, 2010

Shabby Tea Room - DT Call...

The Shabby Girls are hosting a DESIGN TEAM CALL this week! Click HERE to check out all the details and submit your work! We cannot wait to see what you will create :)

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 39



It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is Tis The Season! Create a holiday gift. I chose to make an A2 card holder, filled with homemade cards. You can find the tutorial for the card holder HERE.

Our generous sponsor this week is Craft Brulee. They supplied the DT with the yummy lace and gorgeous flower that you see above.
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
RECIPE:
STAMPS: JRS Christmas Nested Sentiments, SU Snow Swirled
INK: PTI Fresh Snow, SU Night of Navy
PAPER: Night of Navy, Brushed Silver, WW
OTHER: Creme Brulee Lace and Flower, Scallop Edge Punch, CM Punch

Thursday, December 2, 2010

2 more random cards...


Here are the last 2 cards that I made for my parents. The first one is CASED from one we made at stamp club months ago. Love that DSP and owl together! The second one is a simple masculine card.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Some more random cards...





Here are a few more cards that I made for my parents, as part of their Christmas gifts. Made 4 of each. The top one is a simple anniversary card. The second one is so much prettier IRL. Pink Pirouette with Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon. The third card is based off a sketch from OWH Stars and Stamps from a while ago.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Random Cards...




I decided to make some cards for my parents, for part of their Christmas gifts. I made 4 of each. The Valentine's card is based off a sketch from Clean & Simple, from a while ago. The Mother's Day card is CASED from one I saw on SCS. The Birthday card is using the *new* dies and stamp set from PTI - Banner Builder. LOVE THEM!!! So fun to work with!! :)


Monday, November 29, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 38

This week's challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is "Get in Shape". Create a card or project with no squares or rectangles. Fun challenge! :) I decided to dust off my Top Note Die and make this cute tag. I can never have enough tags for Christmas gifts!
This week's sponsor is Just Rite Stampers. I used their Sparky the Snowman set. So many adorable images, including the snowflakes, mitten, and sentiment above.
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

RECIPE:
STAMPS: JRS Sparky the Snowman
INK: Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
PAPER: Crumb Cake, VV
OTHER: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Top Note Die

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!!





Happy Thanksgiving from our home to yours. I have so much to be thankful for...my wonderful husband, my 2 incredible kids, our health, our faith, and friends and family near and far. The bottom pic is of my brother and sister in law. He will be in Afghanistan for Thanksgiving, while she will be in Germany. I love and miss them both so much! Thank you, Ryan, for making our freedom possible! Be sure to count your blessings today and everyday!

Monday, November 22, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 37








It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week, the challenge is...Pick A Cause, Help A Cause. You pick any cause or charity, and make a card for them. It's that easy!
If you know me, then you know that I chose Operation Write Home. Love this organization! I have been making cards for OWH for a few years now. In short, OWH collects handmade cards, ships them to our troops overseas, so the troops can keep in touch with loved ones back here in the US. On a personal note...My brother is currently in Afghanistan, as a firefighter in the USAF. I submitted his info to OWH. Last week, my brother emailed me saying that he got a box of cards from OWH. It was so touching to know that after making hundreds of cards for OWH, that now my brother will be one of the many service men and women touched by OWH. Makes my heart smile! :)
Our sponsor this week is June Lanum. She provided the DT with some beautiful trinket pins and crocheted flowers. They worked perfectly on my cards! Thanks, June!
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
RECIPE:
STAMPS: OWH Digis
INK: none
PAPER: WW, Pacific Point
OTHER: CB EF's, Ribbons, Trinket Pins, Crocheted Flowers

Friday, November 19, 2010

Valentine's Cards for OWH


There is a challenge going on over at Operation Write Home. Archway cookies is pairing up with OWH. The more Valentine's cards that OWH receives, the more Archway cookies will be sent over to the troops. I would really love if my brother got some cookies! So in the midst of my busy life, I stopped everything and made 100 Valentine's Day cards for OWH. They are super simple, but fitting for any troop missing their loved one miles and miles away.
RECIPE:
STAMPS: Well Scripted
INK: Choc Chip
PAPER: VV, Pink Pirouette
OTHER: Heart Punch, Swirls EF

Monday, November 15, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 36

It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is "What are you thankful for?" and is inspired by a yummy cupcake photo.
This week I decided to make a scrapbook page, using My Digital Studio, by Stampin Up. I had fun creating this page for this challenge. I have so much to be thankful for, as you can tell from this scrapbook page.
Our sponsor this week is: Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. Be sure to check out her store for some great ribbon!!
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
RECIPE:
ALL SUPPLIES: My Digital Studio

Friday, November 12, 2010

Happy "Bear"thday, Bella!!

My oldest daughter's birthday is tomorrow. She'll be 5 - how time flies! I made her this simple card, using my brand new bear dies from SU. Bella is my stamping buddy. So as soon as she sees this card, I'm sure she'll beg to make some bears!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BELLA!! Mama loves you so much!! :)

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Beary Nice Wishes
INK: Choc Chip
PAPER: Pretty in Pink, Saffron, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Pawsitively Prints DSP
OTHER: Bear Bigz Die, Beary Essential Bigz Die, Beary Girl Sizzlits Die

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 35


It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is "Lavender & Lace", inspired by a beautiful photo. I just happened to have a piece of lace in my craft room, from my crafty buddy, Debbie. Thanks for the donation!! :)
Our sponsor this week is the one and only Lauren Meader!! I have stalked, um I mean followed her blog for years now. Just love her work!! She is so inspiring. She donated some digi images for us to play with this week, from her relatively *new* SHOP. Love the font on the sentiment! And how cute is this house?!?
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Just for You and Sensational Sentiments (MTME)
INK: PTI Plum Pudding
PAPER: WW, PTI Plum Pudding, PTI Lavender Moon
OTHER: Rectangle Nesties, Lace, Curly Label Punch, Pastels

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Thanksgiving Card 2010

I am just in love with this turkey stamp and die from Papertrey Ink. So cute! No cutting required - makes me love it more! :) I made 24 of these for family and friends for Thanksgiving.

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Gobble Gobble
INK: Cajun Craze, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso
PAPER: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Autumn spice DSP
OTHER: Turkey Die

Monday, November 1, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 34




It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is inspired by a beautiful kitchen - full of red, blue and polka dots!
Our {sweet} sponsor this week in the Tea Room is There She Goes Stamps and has provided this awesome stamp set for our lucky winner.
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Short & Sweet, Snow Buddies
INK: Marina Mist, Real Red
PAPER: WW, Real Red, Marina Mist, misc DSP
OTHER: Oval Punches, Real Red Ribbon

Friday, October 29, 2010

Christmas Card Class 2010 - Part 2




Here are the final 2 cards that we made at my upline's Christmas Card Class. I love the navy/silver card! I'm going to turn that into a thank you card for after the holidays.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Christmas Card Class 2010 Part 1



I cannot take credit for these. I made these at my friend and upline's Christmas Card class. They are so pretty, I just had to post them - to hopefully inspire you! :)

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

JustRite 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hop 8

Welcome to JustRite Stampers’ newest Wednesday feature, 12 Weeks of Christmas Blog Hops 8! Every Wednesday up until Thanksgiving some of your favorite designers will be joining some of the JustRite design team for a series of Christmas blog hops, showcasing JustRite’s entire Christmas Collection of stamps! And don’t forget that JustRite has some Christmas stamps in their newly released CLING line of stamp sets -- you can find them HERE. This week, the designers joining the JustRite design team are the Flower Soft and The Shabby Tea Room challenge blog design teams!
Please visit these designers’ blogs to see what fabulous JustRite Christmas inspiration they have for you on the hop today!

JustRite Inspiration Blog
JustRite Design Team:
Sharon Harnist
Angela Barkhouse
Sankari Wegman
Stephanie Kraft
Kazan Clark
Michele Kovack
Kellie Fortin
Barb Schram
Debbie Olson
Becca Feeken
Heidi Blankenship

Flower Soft Design Team:
Jeanne Streiff
Debbie Seyer
Gini Cagle
Linda Beeson
Deb Felts
Cibele Glazer
Vicki Garrett
Dina Kowal

The Shabby Tea Room Design Team:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Clare Buswell
Pattie Goldman
Lisa Golzbein
Cathy Clark-Sanite

RECIPE:
STAMPS: JRS Christmas Nested Sentiments
INK: Basic Grey
PAPER: WW, Bashful Blue, Basic Grey
OTHER: Northern Flurry EF, Rhinestones, Rectangle Nesties, Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

School Fall Treat


Needed to make an easy treat for an upcoming fall party at my daughter's school. I made 34 of these in less than 30 minutes. They hold a roll of Smarties, AKA pure sugar! :)
RECIPE:
STAMPS: PTI Spooky Sweets
INK: Pumpkin Pie, Choc Chip
PAPER: Pear Pizzazz
OTHER: SU Bigz Two Tags Die

Monday, October 25, 2010

Halloween Card for 3 Challenges...

Super busy this Monday afternoon, but decided to take a break and make a card for my daughter. She loves Halloween and is so excited to go trick or treating. Made this simple card, just for her.
For the following challenges:
Clean & Simple - sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween
Stacey's Stamping Stage - color combo

RECIPE:
STAMPS: PTI Take Three Fall, and another PTI Halloween set for 2-3 yrs ago
INK: BB, Pumpkin Pie
PAPER: WW, BB, Daffodil Delight, Basic Grey
OTHER: Pumpkin Pie Ribbon

The Shabby Tea Room - Week #33

It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is "CASE a Shabby Girl". Easy peasy! Just hop on over, choose a card from a Tea Room Shabby Girl, and CASE it. Fun fun! :)

This digi image is compliments of I Did It Creations. How cute is that froggy?!?

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

RECIPE:
STAMPS: Don't Rain on my Parade, Garden Whimsy
INK: Copics, Rose Red
PAPER: WW, Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, Island Oasis DSP
OTHER: Scalloped Edge Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Pumpkin Pie Ribbon and Buttons, Stickles

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Halloween Card 2010



My 2 kiddos...dressed up and ready to go trick or treating...Here is the Halloween card I came up with for friends and family. I saw a card similar to this HERE. It's difficult to see in the photo, but in the center, I embossed acetate with a spider web EF. Very cute in real life. Simple card - you know me! :)
RECIPE:
STAMPS: PTI
INK: Pumpkin Pie
PAPER: Pumpkin Pie, Concord Crush, VV, Acetate
OTHER: Oval Punches, Swiss Dots EF, Spider Web EF

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Fox & Friends...Back Again...


I've been in "Challenge Withdrawal" lately, so I decided to play along today.
This card is for the following challenges:
PPC - Color Combo
Tuesday Throw down - Anything Goes
RECIPE:
STAMPS: Fox & Friends
INK: Choc Chip, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise
PAPER: WW, Same as Above
OTHER: Swiss Dots EF, Ribbons

Monday, October 18, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week 32

It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This weeks' challenge is inspired by a beautiful photo - full of lovely autumn colors. Be sure to check it out and play along! :)

Our sponsor this week, Meljein's Designs, provided to DT with some wonderful digi images to play with. I chose country pumpkins. Aren't they the cutest?

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch



RECIPE:
STAMPS: Country Pumpkins, PTI Gobble Gobble

INK: Choc Chip, Pebbles Chalks

PAPER: VV, Choc Chip, Saffron, Per Pizzazz

OTHER: Library Clip, Buttons, Vintage Seam Binding, SU Textile EF

Monday, October 11, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room - Week #31


It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is "Pumpkin Patch". Make a card or project with pumpkins and/or the colors orange and green. I chose to do both! The background is Take Three Fall by PTI - stamped with SU's new Crumb Cake Ink on Crumb Cake CS. The digi image, We're Not Scared, is from My Favorite Things - our sponsor this week.
Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:
Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl
Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations
Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures
Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa
Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch
RECIPE:
STAMPS: PTI Take Three Fall; MFT We're Not Scared
INK: Crumb Cake; Copics
PAPER: VV; Crumb Cake; Pear Pizzazz; Pumpkin Pie
OTHER: Pear Pizzazz Ribbon; Ticket Corner Punch; Misc Brads; Googly Eyes

Monday, October 4, 2010

The Shabby Tea Room ~ Week 30



It's time for an all new challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room. This week's challenge is "Vintage Halloween". I kept with a relatively clean and simple style. Love the new spider web EF!

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs. The background paper is some of their Halloween sentiments, printed together to make my own DSP.

Please take a minute to visit the other Design Team Members' blogs to be inspired by their lovely work:

Cathy Clark-Santie - Papier Girl

Clare Buswell - Clare's Creations

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - Simple Treasures

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

Pattie Goldman - The Pampered Paper Patch

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Wish Big for 3 Challenges...


It's been WAY too long since I've made a card - just because - and to play along with some challenges! This card is super clean and simple, but it would be oh so easy to mass produce!! The 3 challenges I'm entering this for is:
OWH Stars & Stamps - for the girls
RECIPE:
STAMPS: Short & Sweet
INK: Choc Chip
PAPER: WW, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, In Color DSP
OTHER: Scallop Edge Punch, Oval Punches