Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Turkey Day My Blogger Friends!

Today I am in Wisconsin celebrating Thanksgiving with my family ....... And feel blessed beyond words that I can share this day with my 2-daughters and their husbands........And my AMAZING and FUN Wisconsin grandkids.

Today I have a special Thanksgiving card to share with you .......... One that was inspired by my dear friend Mary Fish.  Let me share that card creation with you now.......

From the moment Mary posted this style card on her blog ........ I knew I would be making at least two of them.  One I had plans to send to Mary, for my #30daysofgratitude challenge and the other one will be a Christmas wreath ........ And that will be going to special friend this holiday season.  I ask you ......... now GORGEOUS is this card creation!

I began this card by stamping my sentiment at the bottom right hand corner with the 'Painted Harvest' set.

Next, I wrapped some 'Crushed Curry 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon' around my card and tied up a pretty knot on the left hand side.

Then the fun began ......... I used the new 'Leaf Punch' and four fall colors of cardstock (Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler and Pumpkin Pie).  I punched out 4-of each color and 8-of the Early Espresso color.  I began arranging them onto my Whisper White panel.......

And when I had them arranged the way I liked ........ I grabbed my Mono Glue and tacked each of the punched leafs down onto the Whisper White panel.

It just doesn't get any easier than that......

And talk about a WOW FACTOR kind of card!!!!!

 

Thanks Mary for showing me how to make one of these GORGEOUS looking cards.  Hope you like what I created for you!

 
Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to kick-off and begin sharing with you my 30-Days of Christmas Extravaganza!  Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Sunflower Card for Lisa Pretto

Happy Wednesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Wine-Down Wednesday.  My middle of the week card feature for today will hopefully offer you some inspiration and provide you with some motivation to keep you moving through your busy week.  Let's jump right in with my card share for today........

This card is going out to my upline Lisa Pretto as part of my #30daysofgratitiude challenge.

I began this card with my heartfelt sentiment to Lisa.  I used Early Espresso ink and the 'Painted Harvest' set to create the perfect sentiment for Lisa.

Next I stamped two sunflowers from the 'Painted Harvest' set onto Crushed Curry cardstock.  And all it took to crop out these two sunflowers were my trusty Paper Snips and I had them done in no time flat.

I wrapped some Crushed Curry Solid Baker's Twine around a panel of the 'Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper' and adhered that down onto my Early Espresso base card.

I'm just THRILLED with how this card turned out and think it's the PERFECT for Lisa Pretto!

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a special Thanksgiving card  with you ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Gift For JoAnn

Happy Tuesday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is 3-D Tuesday.  That means today I have a fun little 3-D project to share with you.  This project was SUPER FUN to create and I made it especially for one of my dear friends in Madison.  I mainly used product that is featured in the 2017-2018 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog ......... So let's jump right in with my project share for today.......

How FUN is this Thanksgiving treat pouch!

It holds three little 3"x3" notecards and coordinating envelopes.

I started out by die-cutting a Kraft bag with the 'Mini Treat Bag Thinlits'.  After I had the bag put together ........ I used the 'Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder' to add some AMAZING texture to the bag.  I used my Sponge Dauber and some Crumb Cake ink to give my bag a more rustic look.

I then stamped my three leafs with the 'Vintage Leaves' stamp set and used the coordinating "Leaflets Framelits' to die-cut out each of the leafs.

My sentiment was stamped from the 'Paisleys & Posies' set.  I used Whisper White Embossing Powder to help my sentiment jump off the Early Espresso banner I created.

I wrapped some Burlap Ribbon around the bag and then began arranging all the pieces to the top of my Mini Treat Bag.

Here are the three little cards........

That I added to the inside of my Mini Treat Bag.

This just made the PERFECT GIFT to give to my dear friend.

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I have a special little Wine Down Wednesday card to share with you tomorrow ........ Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

A Gift For You Upgrade

Happy Monday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Mix It UP! Monday and I have an upgraded version of the card I shared with you yesterday.  I used the exact same product that was used to create yesterday's card ....... but added a couple additional products (found in the 2017-2018 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog) to bring this card up to the next stamping level.

Here is my Spot Light Sunday card from yesterday on the LEFT....

And today's Mix-It-UP! Monday upgraded card on the RIGHT....

How FUN & HAPPY is this upgraded version!

For this upgraded version ...... I added a center panel of the 'Be Merry Designer Series Paper' to the front of my card.  Next, I only added one panel of that same Designer Series Paper to the left hand side of my card ...... And I ran that Designer Series Paper from the top edge of my card to the bottom edge.

I created the same Old Olive piece across the bottom section of my card ........ But for today's card, I used Black Embossing Powder to really add some WOW FACTOR to that sentiment. 

And my Christmas Tree was stamped with the 'Add a Little Glitz' set but for this version ........ I used my Real Red Stampin' Write Marker to color in each of the ornaments ........ And when the ink was dried, I hit each ornament with a dab of the 'Fine Tip Glue Pen' to offer some real shine to each ornament.

What a fun upgrade.......

And it didn't take me any additional time to create this look.

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a 3-D Tuesday creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream! 

A Gift For You Card

Happy Sunday My Blogger Friends!

Today is Spotlight Sunday ....... And I have a card I created using product from the 2017-2018 Stampin' UP! Annual Catalog and 2017 Stampin' UP! Holiday Catalog.  This card uses several products from each of those catalogs ........ So let me jump right in with my card share for today.........

How FABULOUS & EASY is this card! 

I started out by adding two panels of the 'Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper' down the front of my Whisper White base card.

Next, I added a Old Olive cardstock panel across the bottom portion of my base card ...... And I used the 'Add a Little Glitz' stamp set to stamp this darling little message on the right hand side of that cardstock panel.  Before I adhered that panel down to my Whisper White base card, I wrapped some Basic Black Baker's Twine around it and tied a pretty bow right below my stamped sentiment.

And the final step was using my Big Shot and the 'Layering Oval Framelits' to cut out a Whisper White oval and Basic Black scallop oval.  I stamped my Christmas Tree from the 'Add a Little Glitz' set with Old Olive ink........ 

And then used some Stampin' Dimensionals on the back of the Basic Black scallop oval and adhered that whole piece to the left hand edge of the Old Olive panel.

And that's just how QUICK & EASY this card came together.

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share an upgraded version of this very card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Floral Thanks So Much Card

Happy Saturday My Blogger Friends!

My blog post for today is Paper Pumpkin Saturday ........... And do I have a SERIOUSLY FUN CARD to share with you!  This card was created with the August Paper Pumpkin kit.  I added some extra cardstock and a stamped image to create this card ........ And I'm just thrilled with the way it turned out.  Let me share that card with you now.......

This card is going out to one of my neighbors for the #30daysofgratitude challenge that I am participating in.

I started out with a Pool Party base card and added a panel of 'Petal Garden Designer Series Paper' to the top.

Next, I added a Whisper White banner flag to the front ....... And before I adhered it down, I added some 1/4" Calypso Coral Ombre Ribbon around the top.

I used the sentiment that came with the August Paper Pumpkin kit ....... And I stamped that with Pool Party ink and then used the 'Layering Oval Framelits' to die-cut out that sentiment.  All that was left to do was die cut a Calypso Coral scallop oval and adhere those two layers together and adhere it to the front of my card.

One final touch to finish off my card was adding two Pool Party Enamel Shapes to my sentiment panel and this card was called done!

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Spot Light Sunday card with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!

Friends Friday Picks

Happy Friday My Blogger Friends!

Well my friends ...... I made it to Madison, Wisconsin yesterday afternoon and IT IS COLD HERE!!!!  I left 80+ degree weather and if I'm lucky......It might get up into the 30's today.  YIKES ....... That's a BIG climate shocker for this old gal.  But all the running around I'll be doing with family and friends ........ I don't even mind it.

Today is Friends Friday, and today I have the honor of spot-lighting some of the fabulous swap cards/project that I received from my VERY TALENTED Southwest Stamper friends.  Here are some of the cards/projects that were swapped at our last meeting......

First up is the DARING matchbook style treat holder that Sue made.

When you opened this little package up ......

Out popped a yum Ghirardelli Chocolate!!!!!

Next is this BEAUTIFUL card that Dianne made.

This is what the VERY TALENTED Anastasia made.

And this SWEET card was made by my downline Lydia.

 

Thanks for joining me today!  I'll be back tomorrow to share a Paper Pumpkin creation with you ...... Hope you can make plans to stop back and join me for that share.  Keep Living Your Dream!