Triple the Sketch 22

This is a card that I made using sketch #22 from Triple the Sketch.

The paper is from The Paper Studio Pink Armadillo paper pack. I added Prima flowers and Prima center kisses. The sentiment is a Stampabilities stamp.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

One Card, Two Challenges

The challenge at Use Your Stash is to use orange and yellow and the challenge at Scrap Your Crap is to use clips. So I made a card today that satisfies both challenges.

I used yellow cardstock and the orange paper is from The Paper Studio the basics paper pack. The sentiment was stamped using a Stampabilities stamp. I added flowers and orange and yellow paper clips.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Tamara's Sketch #59

Here is a card that I made today using Tamara's Sketch #59.

The paper is from the Basic Grey Ambrosia Paper Pad that just came in the mail yesterday (I bought it on eBay). The paper in this pad is fabulous! I went with a color combo that is not the norm for me but I really like the way it turned out. The flower stack is embossed Primas and is topped off with Prima Center Kisses that I also got on eBay. The sentiment was done with a Stampabilities stamp from Hobby Lobby. Offray grosgrain ribbon finished it off.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Halloween Card

I used this week's Page Plans bonus sketch to make this card. I used a foam stamp that I think Robin gave me to stamp the sentiment. The pumpkin is a button. For the flower stack, I cut a black flower on my Cricut, inked some orange Prima's with black ink, and then fastened it with an orange brad. I added a strip of black grosgrain ribbon and inked the edges with black ink.

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Have a great Thursday. It's my Friday at work as I am taking a vacation day tomorrow so I will have an extra long holiday weekend. I am so looking forward to it.

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Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Award

Look at this beautiful award that Curt gave me. I feel so honored that he thought of me. If you haven't visited Curt's blog, you certainly need to pop on over. He is such a talented person.

I consider each and every one of you my friends and you all inspire me in so many ways. So I am passing this beautiful award on to all of you.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

Birthday Card

My inspiration for this card came from Page Plans Sketch 19. But as you can see, I deviated quite a bit from the sketch. I just couldn't seem to come up with anything to come out of the upper right hand corner like the sketch shows. I raided my scrap paper stash for the paper, my holiday ribbon stash for the ribbon, and used Prima flowers fastened with a brad. The swirley stamp is a Sassafras (I think) and the sentiment was stamped with a Snag 'em Stamp.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

Sketch #21 - Triple the Sketch

I can't remember if I have tried any of the sketches from Triple the Sketch or not. But I was checking out sketches this afternoon and decided that I wanted to do a card using this week's sketch #21. Of course, I would love to win one of the RAK's being offered in conjunction with the sketch but I don't hold out much hope for that.

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My intentions were to do a black and white card with a touch of red. As you can see, that's not what I wound up with. I am, however, very pleased with the way the card turned out.

Paper: Expression Papercraft Black embossed paper, DCWV Black & White Prints paper stack, red cardstock; Offray grosgrain ribbon; Bazzill paper flowers; Swiss Dots embossing folder; Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge for circles and rectangles; black hot fix crystals for center of flowers; Clear Expressions stamp for sentiment.

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I have not had much creative time this past week so it felt really good to work on this card. Most of my free time has been spent getting eBay listings prepared for the multitude of Red Wing dinnerware items that my DH got an estate sale. I'm ahead of the game now and have listings ready to upload for all of this week. Yeah!!!!!!

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Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

Birthday Cards

I am going to be needing some birthday cards in the next couple of months that are suitable to give to a man. I made these two cards using the same paper by Tinkering Ink that I got Saturday at Scrapbook Attic. I just love the color combination on the paper. The button trim on each is by Sassafras and these also are part of my Saturday shopping spree.

I cut the beige and brown squares on my Cricut and the sentiment was stamped with a Clear Expressions stamp. I embossed the dark brown square with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

The tag was cut on my Cricut with a dark brown shadow. I used the same Clear Expressions stamp for the sentiment. Then I topped it off with brown dotted grosgrain ribbon trim.

I'm quite pleased with the way each card turned out.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Shopping Spree

Scrapbook Attic is a really neat scrapbook store located in Searcy, AR which is about a 45-60 minute drive from where I live. I'm on their email mailing list and last week I received an email that they were having a super sale on Saturday, August 16....from 9 a.m until noon everything in the store would be 50% off (excluding Bazzil and Prism paper). My ears really perked up -- 50% off. That's my kind of shopping!

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We had to be in Cabot at noon for our little great-niece's 1st birthday party. My DH decided that since Searcy is only about 20 miles on down the road from Cabot that we would take a drive to Searcy before going to the birthday party and shop. He is so thoughtful!

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And shop we did!! I always spend more money when my DH is with me. He finds things that he thinks are really neat and brings them to me to add to the basket. Take a look at the stash that we got.

I'll share some with Robin.

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Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

First Altered Art Project

Hooray!!!! I finally finished my altered art project using a wooden cigar box that my DH got in a box lot at an estate auction last week. I have been snatching a few minutes here and there since Sunday to work on this project.

I cut out images from paper from my Urban Rhapsody pad of paper and then used an antique varnish over it. Topped it off with some K & Company dimensional butterflies.

I applied trim around the edge of the box using glue dots to adhere it.

All in all, I think it turned out pretty well for my first attempt at altered art. We still have some more of the cigar boxes so we'll see what Robin and I come up with using them.


I am still working on listing Red Wing dinnerware on eBay. We have 15 pieces listed right now and more to work up. My DH has been busy identifying patterns and taking pictures. We got books from the library on Red Wing pottery and dinnerware and he has been really studying them. According to the reference material, we have two or three rare and hard to find patterns. Check out what we have listed...our eBay seller id is jr_thisandthat.


Well, it's time to go to work. Everyone have a great Friday.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Monday Thoughts

I've been missing in action for a few days and so has my creative mojo.

My DH went to an estate auction last week and my dining room is a total disaster right now. He got some really nice pieces of Red Wing China among other things that he wants to sell on eBay. We have spent lots of computer time trying to identify patterns. And most of my day Saturday was devoted to taking pictures and setting up listings in Turbo Lister so they would be ready to upload to eBay. We've got some listed but still have a lot to go. We haven't done much on eBay recently and I had forgotten how time consuming it is.

Robin was here one day after the auction and spotted wooden cigar boxes that were in a box lot that he bought at the auction. She told her Daddy not to do anything with those boxes...told him that she and Momma would use them for altered art projects. I hadn't even really looked at them, I was too overwhelmed with all the china pieces. But these are the most wonderful wooden cigar boxes.

I have started working on an altered art project using one of the boxes....this is my first attempt at doing altered art. I've got the box painted and have pretty much decided how I am going to decorate it. Now I just need the time to finish it.

Everyone have a great week.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

More Thank You Cards

As I mentioned previously, I am taking part in a card swap that Danielle is doing on the Fiskateers web site. I am supposed to make 10 thank you cards for the swap. Here are two more that I have made this week.

I have been wanting to do something with a patchwork look so last night I started cutting and laying out pieces of patterned paper until I got a look that I liked. After I had everything affixed, I did zigzag stitching where the papers meet on the sewing machine. The paper is from Debbie Mumm Baby Boy 4.5 x 6.5 premium pack with glitter. The sentiment was done on the computer on cardstock. I used my Cricut to cut the squares -- love the center point feature on my Cricut. Then I topped it off with a Prima flower stack, a K & Company button brad and Sheer Creations ribbon that I got at Michaels.

Robin was cleaning out magazines and books recently and I appropriated a stack of old Paper Crafts magazines because they have lots of ideas for cards in them. I scrap lifted the idea for this card from the August/September 2006 issue (the designer was Susan Neal). I raided my stash of paper scraps for the paper (waste not, want not) and then did a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine where the two papers meet. The sentiment was stamped with a Kathy Davis Inkadinkado stamp and I cut the squares on my Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. I finished it off with a Prima flower stack and a rhinestone brad from Gina K.

I am going to browse through some more magazine issues tonight for new ideas after I do a little blogging. The heat wave we are having just saps every bit of energy that I have so I plan to crawl in bed with a book pretty early tonight. But cooler weather is in the forecast for later in the week -- hooray!

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Page Plans Card Sketch #15

I swear Page Plans card sketch #15 was addictive for me. I made not one, not two, but three cards using the sketch today.
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They are all thank you cards; I am participating in a card swap on the Fiskateers web site and I have to make 10 thank you cards for the swap.
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Also, I did the blue and brown one for the August color combo challenge at Scrap City. The challenge is to use blue, brown and beige. Okay, I know it is not a layout but I am into cards right now so I substituted a card for a layout.
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Everyone have a great week!!
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Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Estate Sale Find

My DH went to an estate sale today and came home with this really neat old set of alphabet rubber stamps. The set is complete -- all letters and numbers are there and has punctuation marks, mathmetical signs, etc. It is in really fantastic condition. I just love it.

Blog Candy Alert

I found this site while browsing. Check out Lashell's blog and her super blog candy RAK. Be sure to mention that I sent you. No Regrets..Just Blessings is her site.

3 Lil' Girls

I am trying to devote a little time each day to learning more about my Cricut and just exactly what I can do with each cartridge. I was playing around with the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge making cuts and thought why not use these practice cuts on a layout. The paper is from a glitter stack and I added some flowers and a couple of rhinestone brads. Everything else was cut on the Cricut.

The pics are shots of Addison and Sarabeth with my little great-niece Raegan.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Tamara's Card Sketch #55

Here is a card using Tamara's Card Sketch #55 which she posted this week.

Paper from my scrap paper stash; Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge; yarn from a stash that I bought at LSS yard sale; K & Company flower brads; K 7 Company butterfly.


Have a great weekend. It is hot, hot, hot here in Arkansas and no relief in site over the weekend with triple digit temps and heat index in the forecast. So I plan to stay inside where it is cool.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Friendship

This card is for all of you who visit my blog.

Stampabilities Tails of True Love stamp; Copic markers; watercolor pencils; Tattered Rose Distress Ink; Cricut Beyond Birthdays cartridge; Prima flowers; brads; paper from my scrap paper stash.

Happy Friday my friends,

Judy