SSSC208 "I {heart} MY MOM" card

Happy Friday All!!!      Since I used my "I {heart} my DAD" stamp on my last card.. I figured I'd use my Mom stamp on this one.   I used this week's SSSC208 sketch for my card.  I am a bit behind this week on any card making as I have been stressing on trying to renew my driver's license in another state using a Military exception and it's not been easy..  I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and get a license in the state I am in and I am so not happy about doing that.   Hopefully things will work out this upcoming week..  because Thursday is my birthday and my license is due to expire that day!!!

Here is this week's sketch that I used:   SSSC208

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  Kraft, White, Brown
pattern paper:  MME Collectable Remarkable
ink:  SU Early Espresso
Stamps:  Hero Arts I HEART My Mom
accessories:   Memory Box Butterfly Die, Lifestyle Crafts Dots Embossing Folder, SU Brown Brads, Hole Punch, Scor-Pal, Glue Dots and Dimensionals

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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

VLVFeb2014 Sketch 3 "I {heart} MY DAD" card

What a fun sketch this week's Viva la Verve Sketch is.     I pulled out a new 6 x 6 paper pad for the papers and while searching for my "I (heart) my DAD" stamp, I found this wooden star.

This is the sketch I used:     VLVFeb2014

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  Kraft, Naturals White, Brown
pattern paper:  My Mind's Eye Collectable Remarkable paper pad
ink:  SU Early Espresso
stamps:  Hero Arts "I (heart) my DAD"
accessories: Annabelle Stamps Hemp Twine Mustard, MFT Die-namics Circle Stax, Fishtail Flags Layers Stax, SU large Star Punch, Wooden Star, Scor-Pal, SU Brown brads, hole punch and Dimensionals



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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MFTWSC164 "Love The Here and Now" card

It's been a super busy week here and I haven't had a chance to make any cards..  I don't want to miss any of the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenges.. so I hurried and made this card this afternoon.  We have a basketball game to attend here shortly, so I am typing as fast as my fingers can.

I used this week's MFTWSC164 layout for my card.. I turned the sketch sideways:

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SUPPLIES:

card stock:  kraft, black, white
pattern paper:  Authentique Fresh
ink:   Versafine Black
stamps:  MFT Chalkboard Greetings
accessories:  MFT Die-namics Oval Dainty Doily, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax, MFT Die-namics Oval Stax and Dimensionals


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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

SSSC207 "HELLO" card

Several months ago I bought a package of  Wood Veneer pieces from Studio Calico and I haven't even opened the package until today.      I was trying to make a quick card and seen the package laying on my desk and thought I'd use them.

I used this week's SSSC207 layout for my card:

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  Kraft, Cherry Cobbler
pattern paper:  MME Miss Caroline Dolled Up
accessories: Studio Calico Wood Veneer, Mini White Brads, Hole Punch, Photo Corner Punch and Dimensionals


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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

OWH Sketch Challenge #212 "LOVE" card

I tried uploading this last night,, but only got a blank page with Blogger. I guess the Windows Update that happened last night must've done something.  I had to change some settings, but now it's working... yeah!

I used this week's OWH Sketch Challenge for this card:  SKETCH CHALLENGE #212

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  black, white, Cherry Cobbler
pattern paper:  Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck Tea
ink: Cherry Cobbler
stamps:  MFT Mini Banner Alphabet
accessories:  Scor-Pal, Score Tape, Annabelle Stamps Black Ribbon (GORGEOUS!!), black brads, hole punch, Dimensionals, MFT Die-namics Fishtail Banners



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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MFTWSC163 "Wishing You The Happiest Of Birthdays" card

After being home bound with the kids and hubby.. since Tuesday, because of the snow and ice.. today we left the house and ventured out.    My husband had a doctor's appointment this morning and after that he took me to Tuesday Morning.  I had mentioned a couple of days ago that they had 13 cup KitchenAid Food Processors on sale for $99.   We bought our 11 cup back in 1998 and even though it works great..  it was time for an upgrade.  

Anyways..  we went to the one here in town and they had none... however they did have some packs of paper for .99 and $1.99 and goodness knows I LOVE PAPER!!!!   I couldn't pass up packs of Gold and Silver Velum for $1.99 each now could I??   no I couldn't!! haha   I got the paper that is on the background of this card..  the light blue is the reverse of it.      

We ended up going all the way out to Aberdeen to the Tuesday Morning out there (after I called) and they had two of the Food Processors left.  We got one and then I looked through the craft goodies there but didn't see anything that said "take me home!"

I enjoyed this sketch so much making the card last night that I decided to use it again. 

here is the sketch I used:  MFTWSC163

SUPPLIES:

card stock:   White, SU Tangerine Tango, Black
pattern Paper:  Studio Calico Here & There Collection {Savannah}
ink:  Versafine Black
stamps:  MFT Celebrate Big
accessories:  Scor-Pal, Score Tape, SU small and large Star Punches, Corner Chomper 1/4", Photo Corner Punch, Orange Brads, Hole Punch and Dimensionals

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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MFTWSC163 "Happy Birthday" card

Tonight I finally got a chance to make a card using this week's MFTWSC163 sketch.  My stamp room is in what they call a Carolina Room..  a room that if there is something like it in the house we buy when we retire.. I will have torn off of the place.  The room is an ice box in the winter.   I put my Dyson heater fan in there for a couple of hours and it toned down the cold a bit for me to go in and make something.    

I used this sketch below.  MFTWSC163: 

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  Kraft, White
pattern paper:  Doodlebug Take Note paper pad
stamps:  MFT More Essential Sentiments
ink: Versafine Black
accessories: Scor-Pal, Bigkick, Photo Corner Punch, white brads, Cropadile, MFT Fringed Perennial, MFT Vertical Greetings die, MFT Red Felt, Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder, and Score Tape.

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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MOJO332 "HUGS" card

I purchased a Doodlebug paper pad at Hobby Lobby about a week or so ago.. and today I finally cut into it. Such bright and colorful papers.   I had fun making this card using this week's Mojo Monday Sketch #332.

Here is the sketch I used for my card:   MOJO332

SUPPLIES:

card stock: SU pink. Black, White
pattern paper:  Doodlebug Take Note paper pad
stamps:   Hero Arts XO stamp set
ink:  Versafine black
accessories:   black brads, Scor-Pal, Cropadile, Photo corner punch, MFT Heart Dies, MFT Pierced Tags, MFT Tag Stax, MFT Buttons and dimensionals

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

SSSC206 "Make A Wish" card

I always love it when there are some new sketches posted.. even my hubby asks if there's a new sketch to do...  and I have come to really enjoy doing the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges.

This card went together rather quickly because I already had the image colored.   I had out my sampler pack of My Favorite Things card stock..  LOVE that stuff.. it's 100# cover and sooooo nice!   I am wanting to order a pack of every single color.. but first I need to use up all this Stampin' UP! card stock that I have left and I have a bunch.

Here is the sketch I used:   SSSC206

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  MFT Pink.  Black, White
pattern paper:  MME Miss Caroline Dolled Up
Ink:  Versafine Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Asst. Copics
stamps:  MFT Make a Wish
accessories:  MFT Die-namics: Circle Stax, Pierced Circle Stax, Banner Flags.  Heart Punch, Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Scor-Pal, Foam Dimensions.



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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MFTWSC162 & Color Challenge "YOU MAKE MY HEART SKIP A BEAT"

Last month I skipped doing MFT's Color Palette Challenge.. but this month I thought I'd give it a whirl and this is the card I made.  I also used this week's MFTWSC162 sketch.   

After I finished the card last night I had thought about paper piecing her dress, but this morning when I showed my husband the card,  he told me that I did a great job coloring the girl.. then I told him about the paper piecing and he said I should leave it as it is.. so I left it.

Here is this week's MFTWSC162 sketch:

SUPPLIES:
card stock:  MFT Kraft, blue, yellow and some white
stamps:  MFT Jump for Joy
ink: Memento tuxedo black, asst. copic markers
accessories:  MFT Die-namics Circle Stax, Pierced Circles, Fishtail Banners, Scor-Pal, Papertrey Ink Embossing Plate, Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder, MFT Sentiment die-namic, and dimensionals

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

52 cards from 1 6x6 Paper Pad ~ I LOVE YOU SO MUCH & HELLO

I received an email from a good friend who is currently deployed,  asking if I would like to send some cards to her to put out for others to use to send home...  why yes I would!!!

Last night I made 13 cards and I had all the rest of that paper pad I had used.. and got busy making cards using all those scraps.    I made 39 cards today.. plus the ones from last night make a total of 52 cards from one paper pad.   There are two sheets left, but they are squares and I couldn't figure out a way to incorporate them.. so they'll headed to the recycle bin.    

I used an "I Love You So Much" sentiment stamp from Papertrey Ink and the "Just Saying Hello" is from a Hero Arts set.   The paper pad was a Simple Stories Sn@p Color Vibe pad.   The card bases are all white card bases, as I have a bunch of them already cut.. and layered most everything in black, except the Hello cards.

These are the ones from yesterday..    LINK to blog post with measurements:

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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

Assorted Colors: YOU ARE MY HAPPILY EVER AFTER SSSC205 *with measurments

After making the card in the upper left corner last night in brown..  I sat down at my desk this afternoon and decided to make more cards in different colors.   I am going to figure out another layout to use to use up the rest of the pieces left in the paper pad.   Some colors I couldn't make cards with because I had used some of the paper on other projects.

Below is the paper pad I used.  It's from Simple Stories and is the Sn@p! Color Vibe pad. I bought it at Hobby Lobby ~ beside it is the MFT stamp set I used ~ Lovey Dovey Sentiments.

here is the sketch I used~ SSSC205:

MEASUREMENTS:

card base:  5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
white layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
pattern layer: 4" x 5 1/4"

top layer:
solid layer: 3 1/4" x 4 1/2"
white layer: 3 1/8" x 4 3/8"
pattern layer: 3" x 4 1/4"

flag: 1" x 1-1 1/2" punched at end to make a banner (you could leave this off all together if you wanted)
sentiment:
solid layer:  3 1/8" x 1 3/8"
white layer: 3" x 1 1/4"



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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

SSSC205 "You Are My HAPPILY Ever After" card

Sunday means a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge... and I pulled out some papers from a paper pad I have to do it all in brown and white.

Here is the SSSC205 sketch:

SUPPLIES:

card stock:   Neenah Canyon Brown, White
pattern paper:  Simple Stories Color Vibe
stamps:  MFT Lovey Dovey Sentiments
ink:  SU Early Espresso
accessories:  Scor-Pal, Hole Piercer, Brown Brads, Dimensionals, Photo Corner Punch


thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

Lot of 5 Christmas Cards ~ February

I am hoping to keep up each month by making at least 5 Christmas cards to add to my stash.   Here are my five for February.

I used a sketch from SCS that I had commented on as soon as it was posted.. but a nasty cold brought my stamping to a standstill and I never got to make a card during that week.. so I thought I'd use it for my cards tonight.

SC472:

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  Bravo Burgundy

pattern paper: MME Lost & Found Christmas Special Edition

accessories:  Burgundy organza ribbon, MME Be Merry Tags, Scor-Pal and Dimensionals

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have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MFTWSC161 "It's a Good Day to have a Good Day" card

What a fun sketch this week's MFTWSC161 sketch challenge is.  I pulled out some papers that were gifted to me last year and grabbed up this awesome stamp set from MFT called Chalkboard Greetings and got busy.

Below is this week's MFTWSC161 sketch:

SUPPLIES:

card stock:  Neenah Canyon Brown #100 cover (MY FAVORITE PAPER IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!), Neenah Tortilla
pattern paper:  Pink Paislee Prairie Hill
stamps:   MFT Chalkboard Greetings
ink:  Stampin' UP! Early Espresso
accessories:  MFT Die-namics Fishtail Banners, Pierced Rectangle and Pierced Circle, Circle Stax and Rectangle Stax, Brown Brads, Scor-Pal (wouldn't make a card without it!), hole piercer and dimensionals


thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them