LOOKIE, LOOKIE..............

I feel soooo guilty!!!! I have been such an extreme slacker and yet my good friend Beverly chose to honor my blog with this award.

And the weird thing is that it is for people whose blogs inspire her. Me??? Inspire her??? Beverly is an awesome stamper that I met through my Stampin' Up group. She is one who was born with the creative gene. Check out her blog, Beestamper, and see what I mean.

This is what I have to do:

Pass on the award to five other people, who's blogs have inspired me. It also needs to be someone who has less than 200 followers.

Put a comment on their blog, so that they know about it.

Link back to the person who gave me the award and thank them.

Post the award on my blog.

Now, I have several blogs that I check all the time, so here goes my inspiration:

1. Cindy @ Simply Cindy Crafts - I know she is on Beverly's list, too, but that just means you should really check her out.....

2. Debbie @ Unfrogettable Stamping - My friend and upline --- it is all her fault that I fell in love with stamping.....

3. Judi @ Judi's Cuties - She has such a clean and simple style which just suits me...

4. Monica @ Paper Cottage - She hasn't posted for a while (kind of like me), but she also has a clean and simple style that calls out to me.....

5. Nancy @ Paper Dreams & Creative Wishes - She is the queen of recycling stuff the rest of us just throw away. Love her ideas.....

So, there are my choices. Hope you guys enjoy them as much as I do. And a great big THANKS to Beverly for including me on her list. Have a great day!!!!

JANUARY SIMPLY PAPER DESIGN CHALLENGE....

For January, I was the one to pick the colors and come up with a sketch. I have seen this color combo for winter cards before and just love it!!! See the challenge here and the cards from the group here.

This image is from the retired Holiday Tag Team set. The sentiment is from A Word for You. The snowflakes are cut out with the Big Shot and the Northern Frost decorative strip die. All layered together and tied up with a simple piece of ribbon.

Thanks, again, for stopping by. See you on the flip side......

DECEMBER SIMPLY PAPER DESIGN CHALLENGE....

I may get caught up yet. Probably not, but hope springs eternal. This was my card for the December Simply Paper Challenge. Check out the challenge here and the group's cards here.

I used the Delightful Decorations set for my ornament, Snow Swirled for my tree and Word Play for my sentiment. To break up the white space, I spritzed it with my markers and Color Spritzer Tool. The ornament is raised up on dimensionals and is hanging on a piece of baker's twine. This one is an easy mailer, no big lumps or bumps.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Hope to get more stuff posted this week, so keep checking in.........

BOYS BIRTHDAY.........

This is a card I made for one of my son's friends. To give a quick rundown on what was used: I Dig You stamp set and Just Add Cake DSP. The colors are pulled from the DSP: Peach Parfait, Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso and So Saffron. The tires are just Basic Black.

I am going to try to catch up on posting some of my truckload of projects, so I am going to keep the text to the bare minimum. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to drop me a line.

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

NOVEMBER SIMPLY PAPER DESIGN CHALLENGE....

Took me longer than I had planned to get this post out. Again. Hopefully, better late than never. This was our groups challenge for November. You can find the details here on Cindy's blog. The group's projects are found here. Check out all of the buckles on Cindy's card. I LOVE IT!!!! These colors just beg for a masculine card.

I kept mine very simple. The sentiment is from Word Play and I used the retired background stamp Sanded on my Crumb Cake layer. The only extras added were a couple of eyelets on each corner with some hemp twine ran through them.

Thanks again for stopping by and spending a little of your day with me. Have a great Super Bowl Sunday!!!!

OCTOBER SIMPLY PAPER DESIGN CHALLENGE....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

We have been busy, busy, busy. My DD made the "B" team in basketball at her school, which means practices and/or games 4 days a week. She also is participating in an indoor soccer league on Saturdays. Thank goodness my son has chosen to not do basketball or indoor soccer. His sport is fall soccer and he is completely content with just that. Hopefully, with all of this winding down, I will be able to post a little bit more. I have been stamping a little here and there, so I do have bunches to share, I just haven't had the time to type everything up. I also must admit to a mojo deficit right now, so I am hoping that will come back once I start sharing my older projects.

So, as the title states, these projects are what I did for the October Simply Paper Design challange. October?!?!?!!?? That long ago?!?!?!?!?!? My, time really does fly. You can find the challenge details on Cindy's blog here and all of the team's projects here. You will also see one by Cindy's friend Regina that is so, so cute.

For mine, I used the retired stamp set Booglie Eyes (except the "BOO!" sentiment, which is from a non-SU! set). I could not decide which image I liked best, so I did two cards, using the same layout for both, just switching the paper on each --- my witch with the skull paper (from the Cast-a-Spell DSP) on an orange layer and my little ghost with layers of purple cardstock and the batty paper (from the Ghostly Greetings DSP). The images were colored with blender pens. Then, just add a little ribbon and some googly eyes and you have a couple of (not so) spooky Halloween cards.

Witchy Woman

Googlie Ghost

Thanks so much for stopping by!!! I will be showing you my November challenge card next, so check back soon.

SEPTEMBER'S SIMPLY PAPER DESIGN CHALLENGE....

It's time for another challenge. Where in the world did the month go???? Here is where you can find the challenge details and the design team's projects. This was my entry:

I used the Pretty in Pink cardstock as my base, using my Versamark to add a few flowers for background. Then I layered the Basic Gray, Night of Navy and Rose Red. I used some of my pewter Jumbo Eyelets to loop the satin Pretty in Pink ribbon through. The image is from Of the Earth (retired) and is stamped in all four colors and raised up on dimensionals. This is definitely not a card you would want to mail, with all the layers and hardware, but it is quite pretty in real life (if I must say so myself).

I loved this sketch so much, I also made my hubby a birthday card using it. I used the Jumbo Eyelets (in Antique Brass this time) with the Hemp Twine looped through it. The stamp set is the long retired Wildlife Reserve. The cardstock base is Crumb Cake with Always Artichoke and Soft Suede layers. The image blocks are mounted on Basic Gray squares and raised on dimensionals. The DSP is from the new pack called Well Worn --- great for masculine cards.

Thanks for stopping by and keep an eye out for the next challenge --- the months are flying by, aren't they? It will be Christmas before you know it.

Have a great day!!!!