CSC#151 - Feel Better Soon

Hi Friends!  I hope you are having a great day!  The weather has cooled off here and I am so glad that my husband and son are on their way home from the Boy Scout Jamboree.  I know they will have lots of stories to tell me.  They worked as staff for the event but they still got to do some really fun things like white water rafting, zip line, shooting, and my son even got to meet Mike Rowe at a VIP event he worked.   I will be sure to post a photo just as soon as I get that little chippie out of the camera!  They left a few days earlier than planned and I'll be happy to have the house buzzing again.  They were gone 2 weeks and I was starting to feel lonely!  They are driving back from West Virginia so they should be home some time tonight YAY!!!  I would normally bake some cookies to remind them why they missed home - but I didn't want to turn on the oven so I made some rice crispy's!  I know they will be happy with them!

Have you noticed the cute new button on my side bar?  It's to commemorate the 3rd Anniversary of CASE Study.  I hope you will visit there on August 1 -  5 for some special events and some serious blog candy! Chupas been working hard to make this even bigger than last year and you won't want to miss a thing. 

Here's the inspiration photo for this weeks challenge from our muse of the month  Jocelyn Olson from Red Balloon Cards Blog!   Jocelyn does all sorts of cool things with digital images.  I still haven't taken the plunge to move in that direction - I'm still a roll up your sleeves and get inky sort of gal, but I am still inspired by the designs she's come up with.  Just check this out.  I love the spray paint look of the colors that just pop off the page and the clean look of the design.  The striped yellow edges remind me of washi.  I can't wait to see what inspires you.  I jumped on the colors, and the circular pink "spray" that I turned in to a flower.  Do you see it?  I know - not so easy to see where it started from is it?

If you're looking for a little more inspiration or just curious about what other creations were inspired by this one, check out the designs from the rest of the team. Our special guest designer this month is the talented  Tracey McNeely  from In My Creative Opinion Blog.

Chupa - Iwona Palamountain, Amy Wanford, Andrea Ewen, Clare Buswell, 

                                 Debbie Hughes, Jean Martin, Maureen Plut, Teneale Williams, 

                                           Tasnim Ahmed, Maureen Merritt, Silke Ledlow

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

Supplies Used: Finished Size 5.75" x 5.75"
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Roses In Bloom
Pattern Paper: October Afternoon "Sidewalks"
Card Stock: PTI Harvest Gold, Vintage Cream
Dies: Cheery Lynn Ankara Lace, Spellbinder Nested Pennants
Twinery: Butter cream Twine
Lace: Simplicity Cluny Fan Crochet
Button: October Afternoon
Gem: Hobby Lobby His & Hers
Pin: Ribbon Reel
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

SSCB#16 Add Fabric - Welcome

Hi friends!  Glad you could stop by today.  I've got the deets on the new Serendipity Stamps Challenge and I'm hoping you are going to find some time to play!  The challenge this time is to add some fabric (other than ribbon or lace) on your project.  This is a good time to get those Serendipity Stamps inky and you might just win $20 off your next order.   Everyone is a winner though because the current sale is 40% off the highest priced item in your cart  - use code “40fromhigh713”  good through 7/31. 

I sort of hemmed and hawed over this one - I thought about felt flowers, and strips of burlap, but in the end I settled for this simple linen cloth.  I found it at Michael s and it came in a 12 x 12" sheet - mixed in with all their other 12 x 12 papers in the "scrapbook" area.   It was super easy to make the fringes by pulling threads off the edges, and it lays nice and smooth - not too bulky.   I colored up my frame with Copic markers and fussy cut it - inside and out.    I thought I'd do something a little unexpected by adding the rows of bright ric rac and enamel dots inside the frame.  I think my serious flower frame looks whimsical and fun now.  What do you think?

Stop by the rest of the design team's blogs and see what they did with this fabric challenge.  I'm sure you'll be delighted and see more unexpected ways they interpreted the challenge.

Anya Schrier, Jenny Gropp, Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier, Pauline Pollington, Vickie Zimmer

Have a great day!




Supplies Used:  Finished Size: 5.25 x 5.25"
Stamps:  Serendipity Welcome 1008D, Floral Frame 695L
Pattern Paper:  Crate Paper "Farmhouse" Collection 6x6" Pad
Card Stock:  PTI True Black, Vintage Cream
Fabric:  Recollections 12 x 12" Linen
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black
Ribbon:  Ric Rac Hot Pink, Orange, Pink Decorative Trim (Hobby Lobby)
Button Twine Ivory, Irridescent Ivory Taffeta 5/8" May Arts
Enamel Dots:  My Mind's Eye
Button

TRR#58 Rose Cottage

I know it's been a while since I told you everything going on in my world.   I'm missing in action for all sorts of reasons lately - probably number one is summer time.  I'm spending more and more hours out doors - watering the garden, swimming in the pool,  and sneaking off to the theater with my kids - something I NEVER do. Yes I feel guilty and don't ever think that I take you for granted for even a minute.  

I really just wanted to say thank you to my friends - you are a blessing in my life and I am ever so glad you are in my corner and I am in your thoughts.   I don't know if I should name names to protect the innocent but  I feel like the luckiest girl in the world lately.  Once in a while one of my friends will tell me there is a design team call out  that I would be "just perfect" for.  While they have the utmost confidence in my abilities, I've been turned away more than a few times and wonder if my heart can take another rejection sometimes.  I always promise I will try because they believe in me more than I believe in me.   SO where am I going with this right?    I made the Poppy Stamps Design Team!   Sigh... Some times I am my own worst enemy.  You can meet the rest of the team here.

I also got a few projects accepted for the December CARDS - and silly me - I already gave them away!  That means - recreate them or don't get published right?  Well here's the problem! I couldn't find the pattern paper I used anywhere.  Have you ever tried looking for Christmas paper in July?  No?  Me either.  So what did I do?  An all points bulletin  - and can I just say the best friends are crafty friends!  And it isn't just about crafting and design teams - they are there when I need to talk through problems that seem over whelming - my psychotic dog, my son's girlfriend, my aging parents...  You are the real prize in blogging my friends.  How can I ever thank you?   You mean the world to me!  You have my back and you bring out the best in me. 

I guess I should get down to business now.  Today I'm sharing the latest inspiration photo from the Ribbon Reel Challenge.  It was chosen by  sweet and talented Tammy Hobbs from Creating Somewhere Under The Sun!  You are instructed to create something using the colors in the photo (pink and white)  and add flowers, ribbon and lace.  That shouldn't be too hard with all the goodies at the Ribbon Reel Store!  

If you need a little more inspiration from the design team just click on their names to jump to their blogs.  
Keilly Mulvihill, Debbie Marcinkiewicz, Helen Berry, Lenet Moss,
Zuzana Obert, Pauline Pollington, Michelle Bala, Tammy Hobbs, Sarah Ingle

I hope you will join us at the Ribbon Reel Challenge.  Thanks so much and have a beautiful day!!

Supplies:  Finished Size:  6.25 x 4.5"

Ribbon Reel:  Button, Crochet, Charm, Roses, Twine, Grosgrain, Seam Binding

Pattern Paper:  Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden Collection  "Flower Blooms" and "Botanical Gardens" 12 x 12

Stamps:  Flourishes Angelic Love

Dies:  Cheery Lynn French Flair Stackers, French Flair Doily, Marianne Creatables LR0241

Card Stock:  SU! Pink Pirouette, PTI Vintage Cream

Ink:  Versafine Vintage Sepia