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It's your lucky day! Sketch 33

The title of this post reminds me of something that a Big Box Store greeter said to me when I asked him how his day was going..."It's a great day to be alive!" I love that answer and think of it often. I found another quote I like from  Searchquotes.com  :   "May good luck be your friend in whatever you do and may trouble be always a stranger to you".  Yep, It's your lucky day!

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner and the Paper Craft Crew is celebrating it in this week's challenge #33.  I chose to make a hybrid card.  I used My Digital Studio for the flowers and the sentiment, printed them out, and then used designer paper, a border punch and the single stamp "Lucky Day" as part of my embellishment. It came together pretty quick and I love that I could adjust the size of the MDS flowers to fit the size of my paper.  All materials can be purchased in my online store. 

MDS 2 Stamp: Uppsy Daisy

Sentiment Font: Harrington

Cardstock: Gumball Green and Very Vanilla

Ribbon: (whoops, retired)

126922 Sunshine and Sprinkles DP

129177 Lucky Day Single Stamp (Wood)

118402 Scallop Trim Border Punch

119246 Basic Rhinestones
Now for the sketch:

Head on over to Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge Blog to see what the other designers are showing and make sure to upload your creation too.  We love seeing all of cards!  Happy (and lucky)  St. Patty's Day!

 

I love Spring

Spring is my favorite time of year.  I am ready to be done with the browns and grays of winter and go into the garden each day to search for the latest sprouts.The only downfall of Spring is the mud.  We have a very playful pup and she loves to sprint in what seems to be every mud pit. You can't eat off of my floors ;)

So in honor of Spring, I created this card for the PCCCS 32 challenge.  I used supplies from the Spring Catalog and the colors Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze, and Pacific Point. How wonderful that our Designer Paper now has all the matching colors written on the back of the package!

I LOVE comments!  Please leave me a comment about how you feel about Spring.  Like it? Hate it? Share a favorite story in my comment section below:)

126922 Sunshine and Sprinkles

126777 Rain or Shine

130733 Oh Hello

127022 Cloudy Day Impressions Embossing Folder

All products can be purchased in my online store.

Here is sketch challenge 32.  Please join in and create your own wonderful interpretation.  Also, check out all of the other creative cards our design team has come up with on the Paper Craft Crew Blog.

PCC Sketch Challenge 31

Happy Birthday!  Birthday cards are always needed and I came up with a simple and bright one for this weeks challenge.
I have always loved the "A Word For You" stamp set (clear 120528).  It is my go to set for fun sentiments. Add in two punches, Sunshine and Sprinkles DP, and Sticky Strip covered with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, and this card is ready to give to that special someone. Fun and easy! You can find all of these products in my online store.

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Cardstock Colors: Lucky Limeade and Melon Mambo

Here is the Sketch Challenge:

 Please check out the Paper Craft Crew's great ideas and then come up with one of your own.  We look forward to seeing your design!  Happy Stamping.

Got heart? Baby Arianna does

This is Arianna, my beautiful Great Niece.  Arianna just turned ONE and it is because of a miracle.

 Shortly after she was born, we found out that she was born with a congenital heart defect. The news given that day was bleak and she was rushed to another hospital. She lived for a few months with her condition and medication; however, she was very weak and was not thriving. Only a few months old, Arianna was put on life support. The only way she would live is if a heart that perfectly matched her would become available for a transplant. The doctors projected that she would live anywhere from 1 day to a week on life support. She was on life support for 4 days when a heart , a perfect match for Arianna, did become available. We will forever thank and pray for the family that lost their baby but gave Arianna a huge blessing... the gift of life. 

My niece Beth (Arianna's FAVORITE Aunt) will be running her first Marathon( 26.2 miles) to help raise money for the heart Arianna received on May 26th! Please go to  http://www.donationto.com/Got-Heart-Arianna-Does to help with this cause. Please consider donating what you can and also share this with friends and family that may also want to help. Thank you so much!   (63 more days to donate as of today)

Happy Heart Day to Arianna PCCC29

This Valentine's day is extra special!  I have a great niece that had a heart transplant at 3 months old.  It is with such joy that I share she is doing great!  Her heart is now healthy and we are so very grateful to the family that shared their precious child's heart with us. While baby Arianna doesn't really know what her first Valentine's day means, she celebrates every day with her love, giggles, and happiness.  She shares her joy of life and makes my life feel like Valentine's Day all the time. This card is for her and her family.

I used a few new sets from our limited time Stampin' Up! Spring Catalog and the background "Hello Doily" from our main catalog. The FREE Sale a Bration stamp set " Feeling Sentimental" supplied the beautiful sentiment and a Vintage Faceted Button completed the elegant look.  All of these items can be purchased from my online store.

Hello Doily 122845

                                                  Hearts a Flutter Bundle with Dies 131097

                                                  Vintage Faceted Buttons 127555

 Small heart punch:  117193

 

                Ink and Cardstock colors:  Pink Pirourette, Raspberry Ripple, Basic Gray

 

The Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch 29 is in honor of all of the loves of our lives.  We are sticking to the heart theme for this week and hope that you will join us by submitting your sketch to our blog. You can view many fun cards the other designers have shared to get your creative juices flowing.  Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge 25 + Color Challenge 3

 

Happy New Year everyone.  We are going to start out this year with a new sketch from the Paper Craft Crew and a new added Color Challenge.  This was not easy for me.  Many of you know that I like to think outside of the box (at least that is my excuse when I don't seem to be following the rules;) and this was no exception. If you carefully squint, you can see the sketch in there.  Come on, you can do it.  Then there was the color challenge.  I am not a big gray and bright pink fan so this was a tough one. But this was a good color combo for a card and I was glad for the opportunity to try it out.

I wanted to play with my new Stampin' Up! Spring Catalog goodies and this elephant was calling my name. It is from the stamp set "Henry Says" and I see so many possibilities for it's use.  (Haven't seen the Spring catalog yet?  Go to my website and you can download your own copy.  There are so many new fun sets and accessories to pick from).

For those of you that follow my blog, you know the drill.  We are challenging you to add your own card to the Paper Craft Crew Blog.  I have seen so many really cute ideas from you guys and look forward to seeing more of your designs. Head on over to the PCCSC blog to see what the other designers have come up with and thank you for visiting with me today.  Have a great week!

 

 

    Henry Says Stamp Set           

  Petite Pennants Builder Punch        
   
 

Paper Craft Crew Design Team Sketch 18

Warm Winter Wishes.  That is what I wish for everyone, especially those affected by Hurricane Sandy.  I spent almost a week in Queens NY with NC Baptist Men and Women Disaster Relief preparing approximately 10,000 warm meals a day. Such a humbling and very rewarding experience. If you are interested in finding out more about what NCBM Disaster Relief does, please go to their website. There are so many ways we can all help.

Now on to some creativity.  I loved this week's sketch! A simple but elegant layout that could be used for any occasion.

 I am inviting each one of you (yes, you ) to try out this sketch and participate on the challenge blog.  Step out of your comfort zone.  Remember, it is only paper and it does not have to be perfect :)  I have created so many cards that I thought were just so-so and then someone comments that they really liked it.  Or it may start someone elses creative juices flowing as we try to do when the design team posts their creations. I am so looking forward to see what you come up with!

I used the Winter Wonderland stampset and Snow Festival Designer Paper by Stampin' Up! for this card.  The sentiment is from Winter Memories.  All of these products can be found on my website in the Holiday Catalog. These sets are particulariy wonderful for those that like to color.  Or, stamp the images in color and create a monotone card.  Have fun and I will see you soon!

A little early for Christmas

Ok.. I am not into early Christmas decorations but I loved these cute winter owls from Stampin' Up!'s Designer Paper "Snow Festival".  Then I came across one of the papers in the pack that had individual squares that could be used as tags or a focal point in a card or scrapbook page.  It was perfect to incorporate into Paper Craft Crews' Sketch Challenge 016! Can you believe that this card has NO stamping on it?! The torn edge is from Core'dinations Early Espresso and the background is Gumball Green.  I just used a few punches and some Stampin' Dimensionals and the card was completed quickly and easily!  All materials can be purchased from my Stampin' Up! website.

So here is the sketch challenge.

 Remember that you can turn the sketch in a different direction as I did.  Head on over to the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge blog and check out the other team member's ideas.  Then make your card (or scrapbook page) and post it before next Wednesday.  We all look forward to seeing where creativity takes you:)  Happy Thanksgiving  and don't pay too much attention to all those Christmas goodies in the stores just yet.

 

And the winner is...

JENN!  Congratulations.  You are the lucky winner of the Earth Elements Watercolor Wonder Crayons!  I appreciated everyone's comments.  It is so much fun learning a little about your readers.  Fall and Winter are my favorite times of year...cold outside but warm inside.  A great time to share baked goods and hot drinks with friends.

I will be offering blog candy in the future so make sure you are signed up to receive updates in the rss reader field at the top left of my blog.  (The Email  Mailing List Signup Box  is for my newsletters).

Jenn, please email me with your full name and mail address and I look forward to sending you your blog candy.  Have a warm day everyone.

Grand Opening with Prizes on Paper Craft Crew Challenges

Today is the Big Day over at Paper Craft Crew Challenges.  We are so excited to officially welcome you all to our Challenges and Blog.  And we do it up right!  We are offering up awesome blog candy! If you do the sketch and leave us a link to your sketch on PCCC Blog, you will be entered into a drawing to win a Grand Prize Basket full of goodies! The Grand Prize drawing winner will be announced on Wednesday, November 7 and posted at 9pm EST the same day.  Mention that you read this on my blog, L-Inked with Friends and Janet Marks please.

So here is my take on this sketch

It may be Halloween but I have been a little cold here.  I used two stamp sets, "Make a Mitten" and the matching builder punch "Mitten" on page 11 in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog and " Wonderful Winterland" on page 8 of the same catalog.  Add "Snow Festival Designer Series Paper and 1/4 " Sweater Trim in Cherry Cobbler and the card is easy and fun.  All materials can be purchased from my Stampin' Up! Website.

There are more opportunities for you to win BLOG CANDY!  Leave me a comment at the end of this post about what you like best about Halloween and you will be entered into a drawing for  ...wait....here it comes... A SET OF EARTH ELEMENTS WATERCOLOR WONDER CRAYONS!   The drawing is next Wednesday so make sure you tell your friends to come on over to my blog and also visit all the other team members listed on my side bar to enter into this huge blog candy contest.

So here is the challenge

I know you will all do an awesome card of your own.  POSTING END TIME:  If you'd like to be considered as one of our spotlight cards and to be eligible for the Blog Candy Grand Prize over at Paper Craft Crew Challenges, please be sure to link your project by Wednesday, November 7th at 10 AM EST on the PCCC Blog. Head on over and have fun!

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