Congrats So Suzy Stamps!

Hi guys,

Wanted to share with you a card I made for the June challenge at So Suzy Stamps. She just recently opened the brick and mortar store! You go!! So, in honor of the grand opening,  the challenge is  to create a congratulations card. I don't have a congrats stamp from her line, but I do have a celebration phrase and an ice cream cone - yumm - so, I used those inside. I inked the ice cream cone up with my Copics ad added a bit of Wink of Stella to make it more fun. With a scoop of mint chocolate chip on top and strawberry on the bottom.

So, there you have it. My little unconventional Congrats card for the grand opening celebrations, wish I could've been there for all the fun!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Stuck on You...

It's challenge time again! Our new Cut It Up proposal for you is to create a project using a die cut and a sticker(s). What fun is that?  Our gracious sponsor for this challenge is, a favorite of mine if I must say) The Robin's Nest! See how I did that?! lol Plenty of Goodies to pick from with a wonderful $20.00 Gift Certificate. You will win a $30.00 Gift Certificate if Robin's Nest products are used!

Since I recently unpacked an old, but beautiful, Anna Griffin project kit I decided to create a card using pieces from this great set.  The pattern paper, photo corners, rose sticker, card stock and ribbon are all from the kit.  Then I added a little rhinestone and this wonderful flourish die cut from my Cricut library.

 

 

Now, head on over to Cut It Up to see all the details for this challenge then enter your project into our linky for the chance to win a great prize The Robin's Nest and our challenge blog badge. Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

'Tis The Season

Yep - it's coming quickly, better get ready now! =) I know I always have great intentions of having all my Christmas cards made, signed, addressed and ready to go into the mailbox the day after Thanksgiving. It just so happens I can help you with that. Check this out: 'Tis The Season. It a great little card challenge blog focused with only Christmas cards (projects!) I adore a great challenge and will more motivated trying to meet the challenge than left to my own devices. Sad huh?

I'd been playing along with them for only a short while when they opened the blog for new DT members. I figured since I was already enjoying playing along with the challenges I might as well toss my hat into the ring. And now I'm a very tickled member of the  'Tis The Season Design team. :big huge grin:

The challenges run for two weeks at a time. The challenge details will post on Thursdays and close two Tuesday's later. That following day (Wednesday's) Holly will post the winner and the next challenge will start the next day (Thursday.) Easy Peasy and so much fun!

Here's the challenge fort eh next two weeks: Navy, sand and concord! Wonderful rich colors for a Christmas card!

 

The card I used for the actual challenge is this one:

 

 

 

I decided to give my Cricut some action this week. I'm still getting use to it. The stocking have three layers, concord on the bottom. It's hard to see here, but in person it sure does pop! The sentiment is from the Lawn Fawn Joy to the Woods (love this set!) I added two of my home baked "enamel" dots.

 

I then decided to make this cute little guy, a very CAS type gift card. This cute card  may be small (only 4.25 x 4.25),  but it holds a big gift! It's a gift card holder.

 

It was super easy to create, the inside has fold up angled flap I glued down to hold the gift card. And I mounted the little brown flap card onto a grape colored layer. The cardstock and ribbon are retired SU and the stamped image is Inkadinkadoo. Love the vintage feel!

Watch here for the next challenge, I've already created a cute set of cards!  Okay, it's your turn! Get a start on all you holiday cards and toss your card into the mix for the fun! I hope to see you at 'Tis The Season!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!

Peggie Sue

Animals in Hats

Hello my friends!

Hubby left town for a race. Since I was feeling way better, Wildman and I ran a few errands today. Once I got home, I tried to settle in to create a card for another holiday challenge! Yeppie! Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Merry Monday Christmas Challenge. I love making holiday cards!

I used the Lawn Fawn Party Animal set for the cuties and the Santa hat (love it) is from a 1995 SU set called Button Bear. This hat is the perfect size, I use it all the time! All the paper is SU as well. For such a simple card, I struggled with "mhay" mojo! I think it's cuz I ran errands and it's kinda hard for me to really settle down. But, here they are. I couldn't decide if I should've put a sentiment on the front or not - so I put one inside the card. Hopefully tomorrow my mojo will have returned. Hope to see you soon.

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Sick little puppy today

I am not able to post tonight like I'd hoped. Been asleep all day, super horrible pain. I'm up and moving a little better now and good Lord willing I'll be a lot better tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

I counted and I'm behind!

Happy Monday you guys!

Feeling a little holiday 'round here today! Back to some "Me" challenge time. Ya'll know how I love me some challenges!! I counted my holiday cards the other day and I am low! The most we've ever mailed was 65, the least was 42. I have only 27. Doing the math and I know I need a few more. =)

I was only able to finish 2 cards today though. =( Maybe tomorrow I can complete a few more. I hope. I found some more great Christmas card challenges like ABC Christmas Challenges. They wanted us to use a Christmas song as our inspiration. So, I thought I'd use We Wish You  A Merry Christmas as it matched the retired SU sentiment stamp. The papers are from a bunch of different companies. The charm is a pewter charm from my jewelry making stuff.

My 2nd card is for Muse ChristmasVisions - a picture was giving as inspiration. The picture was a beautiful card with blues and whites. So I decided to use more of my favs: Lawn Fawn stamps to create this card. The pattern paper is retired SU. I used LF Party Animal set for the deer, the Santa hat is from an old SU set and the sentiment is from another LF set Joy to the Woods. I soooo love Lawn Fawn!

 

So, come by tomorrow night and I will post a few more Christmas cards. =)

 

Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Happy Anniversary & Father's Day!

Been married to my hubby for 12 years (yesterday.) We had a great day and a wonderful dinner. He cranked up the Green Egg and we had the most yummy steaks. Mmmm! Today we are going to have ribs on the Egg. I love cooking out...

OH YEAH - yesterday hubby came home with a big bag from Hobby Lobby. =) He handed it to me and said Happy Anniversary! Up till this year he's always been away for our anniversary. So, this is what he picked out all by him little self...

I think he did a great job! I love all of it. He laughed and said he was there for an hour! I laughed and said NOW you understand! He said he saw so much he wanted to get me. Awww.

So, I had a bit of time to create a card yesterday. I enjoy making Christmas cards and put this together. It' was a card challenge at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge. Here's the challenge inspiration:

Ahhh, I love the holidays! When I took this pic, the paper didn't photo well. The ribbon and paper are the same color. I also embossed the white cardstock with the snowflake embossing folder and that's hard to see too. I used a SU die to make the bordered white "belly band".  And I made the banner edge using my envelope punch board.

Gonna go and make some more cards and a pound cake for hubby today. Yummy.

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Aloha Friday Challenge - Kitty Bee Deisgns

Whoop Whoop ~ Here we go!!

Time for me to share my 1st post for the challenges with Kitty Bee Designs!! Our new Aloha Friday Challenge starts today and runs thru July 2. In order to have a chance to win the great prize from A Random Fan, you will need to create a card using our theme of "birthday".

Yep, it's that simple! Believe me, your gonna want to join in the fun because  A Random Fan has some of the cutest digis! Like this little sweetie pie:

I colored her with my Copics then cut her out with my stitched rectangle dies. My card base is Simon Says Stamp navy blue, the pattern paper is from the Crate Paper 6x6 Farmhouse pad. My sentiment is from a retired SU set and punched using SU punches. I fussy cut the puppy and gift packages and popped them up using foam tape. I added some Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle.

Now, head on over to the Kitty Bee Design Blog ~ Challenge page to check out all the deets and add your creation to the mix! I hope to see you there!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

My hot dogs...

Decided today to actually make a card for myself, as a participant in a challenge! It's been a bit, I've been making challenge cards (lots of them) but as a DT. So, I'm ahead of my due dates and I thought I'd play along...

 

A very different take on stars and stripes. I have this in mind and as I was creating my baby girl (my 1st born and only girl) called and she's having a rough day - thought I'd try to change it up as not so much a patriotic card, but a little "hi" to send to her. Eh, it looked better in my head - lol. I'll still put it for the lawnscaping challenge. Then I'll pop it in the mail. The cute image is from the Lawn Fawn Critters in the Sea set.

My last card for today is card for my Christmas Class. I wasn't really in love with it and almost didn't finish it, but when hubby says he thought it was good, I went ahead and glued it all down. :sigh:

 

Ya know, if every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs!

I suppose these are my hot dogs.

One more "share-sies" before I go and do "mhay" chores. I have 4 tables around me in my little craft area. Actually, there's one right behind me & one directly beside me. So, where does my Charlie feel he MUST lay??

Ah yes - the joys of being the animal whisperer! ALL of our pets follow me around... drives hubby mad cuz he just wants somebody to love him better! LOL

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Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

One more for the road...

Trying hard to get caught up with my Christmas card class (see this post). I am down to just 3 cards I've not competed yet. After this little cutie, I'll be down to 2! I adore this Lawn Fawn stamp set! So many great possibilities with the images! Heck - I'm in love with just about ALL Lawn Fawn stamps and dies!

Of all the years I've been crafting, I think this may actually been only the 2nd time I've masked off any stamped images! Okay, so 1st It I fussy cut "masks" of the trees, snowbank and fox from copy paper. I stamped the fox and hand drew the snow bank covered them with the mask. I then sponged the sky I removed my masks and colored my images. The little cardinal is raised up with a little foam tape.

I used SU pattern paper, Joann cardstock & colored on Neenah white cardstock. The inks are SU & Memento. I added the little snowball bling and the banner is punched on the ends using my envelope punch board and I inked it all up with my Copics! I liked making this card and will certainly do more masking and scene creating in the future!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

More goodies for sale!

2nd post for the day

I have am selling ALL of my Stampin Up' ink pads with the matching markers and re-inkers.  I have all the current colors plus a few and would like to sell them in sets.... some are used more than others but are all in good condition and juicy. Some are the new style pad and some the old style.

PLEASE note, I am selling in bundles of "color families" only OR as one large "whole" bundle.

Here's what I have:

Neutrals:
Complete set

Brights:

Complete set with exceptions below:

Bermuda Bay- needs reinker

Melon Mambo – needs reinker,

Regals:

Complete set with exceptions below:

Crushed Curry – need reinker

Island Indigo – needs reinker

Sublets: (*these makers are currently for sale individually)

Complete set with exceptions below:

Blushing Bride – needs reinker

Calypso Coral - needs marker* and reinker

Pear Pizzazz - needs reinker

Pool Party – needs marker* and reinker

Wisteria Wonder – needs marker* and reinker

Soft Sky – needs reinker (I ordered the marker June 9^th from Etsy, should be here soon)

pads only:
wisteria wonder – a second pad
island indigo – a second pad
calypso coral – a second pad
pool party – a second pad

markers only:

ruby red - retired

spare black marker

brown journal marker - retired

black journal marker – retired

Retired Sets:

not quite navy  – pad, marker and inker

bashful blue – pad, marker and inker
Baja breeze - pad, marker & inker
certainly celery - pad, marker & inker
more mustard - pad, marker & inker
riding hood red - pad, marker and inker
bravo burgundy - pad, marker & inker
blush blossom - pad, ink & marker (great skin color)
regal rose - pad, marker and inker
pretty in pink - pad, marker and ink
raspberry ripple - pad, marker and ink

primrose petals - pad and marker
lucky limeade - pad & marker
gumball green - pad & marker
summer sun - pad & marker
summer star fruit - pad & 2 markers
midnight muse – pad and marker


I have adjusted my prices taking into account the missing items per color family.

Neutrals – complete set nothing missing = $72.00 retail  / my price $60.00

Regals– missing 2 inkers (less $6.50) = retail set $104.50  /  my price $87.00

Subtlest – missing 6 inkers (less $19.50) & 3 markers (less $10.50) = $81.00 retail  / my price $65.00

Brights - missing 2 inkers (less $6.50) = retail set $104.50  /  my price $87.00

Singles & Retired Sets:

4 current color - pads only - $26 retail  / my price  $20

4 markers (3 of which are retired 2 are “journalers”) - $14.00 retail   / my price $10.00

11 full retired sets - $145.75 retail   / my price $   125.00

6 incomplete sets – all missing inkers (less 19.50) - $60.00 retail  / my price $ 50.00

 

I'd love to be able to sell in one complete bundle at a discount of $425.00 (that's $79.00 cheaper as one bundle)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue

Ho Ho Ho, who's been on a Ro(ll)

Ok, that's probably the dumbest rhyme I've ever said! Please forgive me the cheesiness.

But, I have been on a roll today! Getting caught up with Justine Hovey's Christmas Card Tutorials 2015. I was way behind I'm sorry to say. So far it's been a blast. Revisiting techniques I needed a brush up on and learning new ones. You should give it a try! The price is VERY reasonable and you don't need to be worried about starting in a wee bit late, she'll get you all caught up in no time! Hope over to her blog to check out all the details and then I'll see you there!

One of the new to me techniques was using texture paste with a stencil! I decided to make my own texture paste and it turned out GREAT! I started with 1/4 cup baby powder, 1 Tbs white acrylic paint and 1 Tbs of old fashion white school glue. I stirred until it was mixed. I did end up adding a bit more of everything to reach a texture I was happy with. You can eyeball and add as you see fit as well. Store in an air tight container and I've read it should last you about 8-10 months! I made mine for pennies on the dollar! And it has a nice light baby scent to it! =)

Here are the cards I worked on today:

 

Masking and sponging a sky. The cardinal is mounted with a bit of foam tape. Copics were used to color the trees and little bird.

 

Love this card - I used kraft cardstock. I love how this image feels so vintage!

 

Here's the texture paste card! It's hard to tell, but it's at the bottom. It looks as good as it smells. LOL

 



Here's my little window scene. I had the window mounted onto a white card base and didn't like it as well as I like Justine's window card. Maybe my window's smaller than hers, dunno. But when I put it onto the dark gray, I thought is was better.

I also want to note her that I was a real dope and put ALL my distress inks into a yard sale about 3 yrs ago (don't ask, I don't know why!) So, after some searching I found a list of Stampin Up inks and the their Distress Ink counterparts! For the most part the ink works well. I do have some Distress markers and they are better made for blending and when working with water - BUT the SU works well enough for me right now. Until I find some dope selling their inks at a yard sale! Doohhhh!!

I loved how they all turned out and these are just 4 of the 40+ cards we will be making with Justine Hovey's PDF's and member's only YouTube video tutorials! You really should go check it out. You can always use more holiday cards and they will all be finished before it's too late.


Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles & Hugs!
Peggie Sue