Marie's Sketch #5

CS - Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky
Ink - purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky
Stamps - Snow Burst, Loads of Love
Others - microbeads, silver brad

Tag I'm it

Well it looks like I've been tagged by Captain Crafter. He has put forward ten questions for me to answer, so here goes nothing:

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) - Flannigan Civic

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) -Chocolate Oreo

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)- E-Enn

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) -Red Dog

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Jennifer Grand Forks

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)- Enner

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put “The”) - The blue coke

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)- William Edward

9. STRIPPER NAME : ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) - Lovely Twix

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Dorothy Edward - Not my mom's real middle name but I would be banished from the family if I put her middle name out there. Yes, it is that bad!

It arrived

I got my last order so fast! I placed the order on Monday night - and here it is Friday night and I come home from work and it is sitting on my door step! Inside is the new scallop punch! I am drooling while I look at it - but I am exhausted so it will have to wait until tomorrow to get taken out. My hubby has to work tomorrow - putting in a little overtime as his company fired a guy earlier in the week and now there is too much work and not enough time ;-) So I'll see if I can stamp with a two year old crawling onto my desk ;-)

Earlier this week I had another order come in - and I happened to be at the kitchen window and see the UPS truck arrive. I went to the front door and got there before he rang the door bell. I just didn't want him to put the box on the ground as at 33 weeks pregnant bending over isn't the easiest thing to do anymore. I think I freaked him out though - I have officially become one of the crazy Stampin Up ladies that stalks the UPS driver ;-) LOL!

Captain Crafter #25 - Plain Jane

I think the Captain is trying to kill us! This weeks challenge was to use no embellishments(blasphemy I know), and basic black or gray(which I don't have) as the accent and the of course the layout provided.

CS: Basic Black, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive
Stamp Sets : Circus Train, Everyday Flexible Phrases, LOL Accessories

Captain Crafter - Challenge #24

Loved this challenge. It had me stumped for a bit though - I need to buy some new stamps - hee hee. But instead I looked through my sets and decided that Little Pieces and Big Pieces rarely get used - but I really do like the sets. Artistic Avenger had a great post using these as well. Which renewed my love for these two sets. I also needed a Thank You card so I added a stamps from the Much Appreciated set.

CS: Groovy Guava, So Saffron, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Whisper White
Ink : So Saffron, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Black Staz On
Other stuff : Glitter, silver brad

Sick...again

One day soon I hope to be healthy again so I can make a new card ;-) My sinus infection is back with a vengeance hopefully the antibiotics will kick in soon and I'll be back at it!

Marie's Challenge #4

I tried to use scraps hence why the cards aren't exactly to the sketch but you get the idea.

I made these cards for some friends of ours. They are in their 90's and now because of illness they are living apart so I made them each a card for their rooms.

Captain Crafter Challenge #23

Captain Crafter is back at it! I missed his challenges so I am glad he is feeling better.

CS : Lovely Lilac, Whisper White, Gable Green
Ink : Lovely Lilac, Gable Green
Stamps : Pick a Petal, Everyday Flexible Phrases
Other : Accents and Elements - Build a Flower, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds
*One of the Build a Flower pieces I pressed into the Gable Green ink pad - as it was white.

This week I have been trying to prepare for a swap I am in -it has to be fall or winter themed. I got a new stamp set I am trying to work with but so far I am creating nothing but disasters. I also got a nasty sinus infection and leaning over hurts like crazy so stamping has been minimal lately - and what I plan in my head isn't turning out well on paper. I am trying to create a Christmas card that I can swap and also use as our family card this year. I got the Snow Burst set from the Holiday Mini and want to mimic the feel of the wrapping paper. So far I've gotten craft ink all over the place and nothing to show for it! If you know of any where for me to seek inspiration leave me a comment.

Artistic Avenger Challenge

I had a few spare minutes today - and I was avoiding cleaning the office so I decided better late than never and did this challenge. I also have a fall/winter swap coming up so I thought I would try and get myself in the mood by doing a fall card.

Card Stock : I have no idea - it got all jumbled up so it is either sage shadow or mellow moss for the green, chocolate chip, and really rust
Ink : Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Versa Mark
Stamps : Season by Season, Garden Silhouettes
Other : Rounded tab punch( I don't have the ovals yet), pastels, Chocolate grosgrain ribbon