Anni-Verve-sary Challenge 6 & 7

Hello Everyone!!! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and ALL of your super sweet comments! I really enjoy reading all of your comments and it means so much to me!!!

Today's cards are for Julee's Anni-Verve-sary Challenges. I finally finished all 12 Sketch challenges and since I still have seven cards to show all of you, I will be posting two today, two on Wednesday & three on Friday. I am skipping Thursday, because I post two challenge cards for Sketches & Mothers & Daughters Creations on Thursday's.

So lets get started... This card is for Sketch Challenge #6.

This is for Sketch Challenge #7.

Recipe ~ Stamps: Fluttering By Paper: Bella Rose DSP Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip Ink: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss Accessories: Janome Sewing Machine, Ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

NEW Embossing Folder Samples & Giveaway

Just a quick post... Here are some fun samples using the NEW Halloween Cuttlebug embossing folders from Cut At Home. For this fun project, I used the Spiderweb and Boo to You embossing folders.

Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win this cute box filled with these embellished scalloped circles for all of your fun halloween cards/projects.

Recipe - Paper: Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie Ink: White Accessories: Cuttlebug/Spiderweb & Boo to You - Cut At Home, Scalloped Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Ribbon.

Well, we are off to the Milwaukee Zoo. My older kids start school a week from today and we need to make this last week a week filled with some extra special memories.

Have a wonderful week and thanks so much for stopping by!! :)

OCC Challenge - 4 Layers

Good morning Bloggers! :)

Here is a fun card I made for Our Creative Corner. This week's challenge is to create a project using NO designer paper and a maximum of FOUR layers. Now you know this was a challenge for me, when do I ever have four layers on my card?!

Our Creative Corner would LOVE it if you played along. If you post your cards to Splitcoast, please use OCCC in the keywords.


Thank you for all of your wonderful comments all week. The winner from last Saturday's giveaway is Stacy from Impressions of a Ribbon Addict. You have won the NEW paper from Stampin' Up! Please email me your address jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

How about another fun giveaway... Please leave me a comment, I will pick one lucky winner to receive this card PLUS some fun holiday ribbon. I will announce a winner on Saturday, August 16th.


Recipe - Stamps: Autumn Harvest Paper: Close to Cocoa, Confestti White, Pumpkin Pie Accessories: Cuttlebug/Pumpkin Harvest - Cut At Home, Nestabilities/Oval - Cut At Home, Hardware, Twine, Ribbon.


Thanks for stopping by,

Anni-Verve-sary Challenge #5

Happy Friday & boy am I happy!!!
Yesterday morning my daughter woke up with a pain in her right side. Well after a while, it got worse so I made a appointment with her pediatrician. After they looked her over, they told me that Brittney has all of the signs of an appendicitis and sent us to the emergency room.

After 5 1/2 hours of tests, everything came back normal. So I am happy that I am not spending
my Friday at the hospital!! :)

I would like to share another card I made for Verve's Anni-Verve-sary challenge. My card is for Sketch Challenge #5 and there will be 12 challenges in all. Since I just got the NEW Bella Rose paper, ALL 12 of my cards will be done using the NEW Stampin' Up! In-Colors and that GORGEOUS Bella Rose designer paper.

I have another fun post for all of you later this afternoon PLUS a fun giveaway!! :)

Hope you can stop by,

Sketches Challenge #56 & MDC Challenge

Hello blogging friends :)
My first card is for Mothers & Daughters Creations challenge. Every month the Design Team will guest host and for the month of August, Maria Levine will be hosting. The challenge this week is to use stickles on your card. We would LOVE it if you could play along. If you upload to Splitcoast, please use "MDC" in the keywords.

Do you LOVE Basic Grey? The store at Mothers & Daughters Creations, is giving you 20% off for the month of August.

For more fun samples, check out the Mothers & Daughters Blog.

Recipe - Stamps: Serene Spring Paper: Ruby Red, Whisper White, Daisy Bucket - Sweet Pea Ink: Cocoa Memento Accessories: Copics, Janome Sewing Machine, Oval Punches, Ribbon.

My second card is for Tamara's Sketch Challenge "SC56" over at Sketches. Tamara would LOVE it if you played along, if you download your card to Splitcoast, please put "Sketches" in the keywords. If you would like to see more samples done with this sketch, click on this link.

Recipe - Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP Ink: Riding Hood Red Accessories: Ribbon, Janome Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: With Love Border - Cut At Home, Photo Corner Punch.

I will be posting the winner for the ribbon a little later. If you get a chance to stop by later, I have some more fun samples to show you using the NEW Cuttlebug holiday folders and I even have a little halloween box to giveaway.

Have a wonderful day,

Fun Samples - NEW Cuttlebug Holiday Folders

Happy Wednesday!
Here are a couple of Halloween card/project I put together using the NEW Cuttlebug embossing folders. Cut At Home has all of the NEW Cuttlebug folders in stock, click on this link to view all of them.

My card cover was made using Julee's Anni-Verve-sary sketch #2. This card is a fun Tic Tac Toe game. When you open the the card it has two pockets, one side holds the game boards and the other pocket holds the spooky halloween coins.
These fun halloween circles were made using the Boo To You embossing folder. I embossed a piece of Black, Basic Grey, White & Pumpkin Pie cardstock and then used my circle punch from Stampin' Up! and punched them all out. To add a little spooky affect, I sponged on some white ink.
For this card, I embossed the main background using the Spiderweb embossing folder. For a soft white glow, I sponged on some white ink. This was a quick and easy card to make and that is what I LOVE about the Cuttlebug embossing folders! You can create a card with very little supplies & time!

Hope all of you are enjoying your week, please stop by tomorrow for some more samples and a giveaway!

Anni-Verve-sary Challenge 3 & 4

Just a quick post, here are my cards for Verve's Anni-Verve-sary challenge 3 & 4. I will post a little more detail later afternoon. Thank for stopping by! :)

Sketch #3

Sketch Challenge #4

Big hugs to all,

Happy Anni-VERVE-sary Challenge 1 & 2

Hello everyone & thanks for stopping by! :)

I have two cards to share with you for Julee's Anni-Verve-Sary challenges. Verve is celebrating their first year with 12 days of sketches. Each day Julee will post a new sketch and you have until August 12 to upload yours to the Spitcoast gallery.

Please make sure you use the proper keywords (provided with each sketch). Deadline is August 12, 5:00 PM Eastern (4 Central, 3 Mountain, 2 Pacific) Everyone who completes all 12 sketches and uploads them into the gallery, will be in the running for the GRAND PRIZE of the ENTIRE August Release (6 sets and 5 Plain Janes - retail value of $114!). WOW!!! :)

Anni-Verve-sary Sketch #1 AVS01

Anni-Verve-sary Sketch #2 AVS02

Please stop by a little later, I have sketch #3 & 4 to show you.

Recipe - Stamps: Verve Paper: Chocoate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose dsp Ink: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette Accessories: Dew Drops, Ribbon, Tool Kit, Scalloped Punch.



Have a wonderful week & thanks for stopping by!

Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday! :)
Today's card is for a Sketch Challenge over at Our Creative Corner. Our host for the month of August is Dawn Easton. We have a special guest designer, please pop over to see who it is?! :)

For my card, I used some of the NEW in-colors by Stampin' Up! The base of my card is Riding Hood Red, layered with Pink Pirouette and then I used some of the NEW designer series paper called "Bella Rose", which you absolutely going to LOVE!!! :)

Now for that super cute image on my card... A couple of weeks ago I got Copic Certified at the Rosemont Convention Center. Well, a few of the ladies brought a punch of really cute stamps and silly me stamped some of the images but forgot to write down who made the stamps?! This one is called Dust Bunny Collector by Whipper Snapper. isn't she adorable!!! :)

The image was colored in using my Copic markers and for a a little sparkle, I used the clear spica pen. Since there was some cute stitching on the little outfit, I added some onto the layers and decorative paper. To finish off the card, I added the sentiment along with a couple of prima flowers..

***If you leave me a comment, I will pick one lucky winner to receive some of the NEW in-color paper from Stampin' Up! I will announce the winner next Saturday, August 9th.

Our Creative Corner would LOVE it if you played along, if you download your cards to Splitcoast, please remember to add OCCC in the keywords.

Before you go, I would like to announce the winners for the card giveaway!
Congratulations Cindy Haffner from Cindy Haffner's Corner & Cynde. Please email me your address and I will get your cards out to you. jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net


Recipe - Stamps: Whipper Snapper - Dust Bunny Collector Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose, Whisper White Ink: Memento Accessories: Copic Markers, Clear Spica Pen, SU Black Marker, Creative Memories Circles, Oval Punch, Prima Flowers.


Have a wonderful weekend,

Mothers & Daughters Creations Challenge

Good Afternoon :)

Here is my card for another fun challenge! This card is for a challenge over at the Mothers & Daughters Blog. Lynda is our host this month and she created a sketch challenge for everyone.

We would LOVE it if you all played along. If you download your cards to Splitcoast, please use "MDC" in the keywords.

If you leave a comment, I will enter you in to win some of this awesome ribbon I used on my card. I will announce a winner on Sunday, August 3rd.

I will post the recipe a little later!

Thanks for stopping by,

Sketches Challenge #55 Just Because

Happy Thursday! :)

I have two cards to post today. My first card is for Tamara's Sketch Challenge "SC55" over at Sketches. Tamara would LOVE it if you played along, if you download your card to Splitcoast, please put "Sketches" in the keywords. If you would like to see more samples done with this sketch, click on this link.

I would also like to announce the winner for the Stampin' Up! stamp set Giveaway. Congratulations Cheryl from Engineered Expressions, you have won the Love Ya Bunches stamp set. Please email me your address so I can get your goodies out to you. jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

My second card will be posted today at 1 pm central time. It will be my card for the Mothers & Daughters challenge. Please stop by then, I have some fun ribbon to giveaway.

Recipe - Stamps: Fluttering By - Verve Paper: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Prints, Whisper White, Vellum Ink: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky Accessories: White EP, Ribbon.

Big hugs to all,

Card for June & Homemade R.A.K.

Here is a special card I made for June. We got some exciting news that her treatments are going well and the cancer in her lungs is shrinking! Since June is big on gardening, I always try to send some kind of floral card/design.

As promised (hehe) I am sharing some of GORGEOUS RAKS that I have received in the last month or so. I have also included a special song for you while you view these amazing cards and if you have some extra time... Don't forget to make some of your favorite popcorn! :) Enjoy the show! LOL :)



R.A.K. Lynda Benden - Stamp Act

R.A.K. Nancy Riley - I Stamp

R.A.K. from Jessie Rone - Addicted to Stamps

R.A.K. from Dawn Easton - Treasure Oiler Designz

R.A.K. from Tamara McKlveen - Mothers & Daughters Creations

R.A.K. from Pam - Handcrafted With LOVE

R.A.K. by Charlene Merrick - LilLivsStampin

R.A.K. from Amy Sheffer - Pickled Paper Designs

R.A.K. from Diane Gilbert - My Little Stampin Spot

R.A.K. from Laurie Schmidlin - Just Give Me Stamps

R.A.K. from Julee Tilman - Poetic Artistry

Thanks to all of you for you, you really know how to spoil a girl!