Bee Mine

I made a quick little card this morning that I wanted to share.  I finally had the chance to use my new Bannerific set from Lawn Fawn.  These little flags were the main reason I purchased this set, but I look forward to using the other banners for future cards to come. A new Sizzix … Read more

Three Cheers for Twine!

I finally got some twine from The Twinery!  YAY!  So of course I had to use it on some projects immediately.  I made two projects with my new colorful twine (I purchased the sampler pack because picking one color was just impossible), the first project is for the Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge #41 “Get … Read more

Get Sketchy #72 for Charlie

While lots of crafters are off seeing all the new goodies to see at CHA in California, I am here on the east coast wishing I could see it all too.  So thanks to everyone there who has been sharing the sights with the rest of us through your blogs and facebook.  It is keeping … Read more

Lawnscaping Challenge #2 – Case Kelly

I was so excited yesterday when my new Lawn Fawn stamps showed up in the mail.  I couldn’t wait to use them!  I have been waiting on them to arrive to make a card for the Lawnscaping Challenge #2 – Casing Kelly Alvarez. The Challenge was to choose a creation of Kelly’s from her blog and … Read more

Get Sketchy Challenge #71

While patiently waiting for some new stamps to come in the mail I thought I would do this week’s Get Sketchy Challenge #71.  Here is the sketch… Get Sketchy Challenge #71 I have been in a Valentine card making mood lately, so of course I just continued that with this challenge.  I wanted to use … Read more

Get Sketchy!

This week I had my eye on a couple different challenges and decided to try a sketch challenge first.  I  decided to go with the challenge from the Get Sketchy Blog.  Here is the sketch… Get Sketchy Challenge #70 And here is my card!  Polka Dotty Pear This card was another opportunity to continue exploring … Read more

A little love for St. Jude

Participating the the Lawnscaping Challenge introduced me to some great designers.  I loved blog hopping and seeing everyone’s projects!  I never thought I would start to feel like a part of a group by doing this, but there are such great opportunities you can find by hopping around, for instance the St. Jude’s Card Drive … Read more

First Card Challenge!

This is my first card challenge ever, and what better way to start than with a newly created challenge blog using my new favorite stamps, Lawn Fawn!  For the Lawnscaping Challenge #1 I decided to make use of the super cute Winter Bunny and the Frosties stamp sets from Lawn Fawn. The Challenge was “All … Read more

One Little Word for the New Year

2010 is behind us and it is time to move on into 2011 with the hope better things to come.  I was recently introduced to the One Little Word concept through a Lawn Fawn facebook post.  Basically you choose one word to be your word to focus on for the new year.  I thought I would … Read more

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

This Christmas our family went caroling.  In our medley of songs there was a little bit of “I’m dreaming of a White Christmas” thrown in…Oops!  Who knew it would lead to this. It has definitely been a White Christmas here in the mountains of NC (no dreaming required).  Record breaking snow as a matter of fact, the most … Read more