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TGIF Challenge #18 Re-Mix Time

 Hey, Hey!!! Happy Friday, friends!!!! Do you ever have one of those weeks where it's just not what you imagined it would be? That's been my week. For the first time in 11 years, I have no kids at home during the day! (YAY ME!!!) I planned on doing NOTHING - HA HA HA HA! It has been one of the craziest, busiest weeks! 2 weeks ago I was so far ahead, and now I am so far behind I can't even see my own tail! I had my project done for this last week, but here I sit at the last minute typing this up!!!

(If you want to play along and create a card yourself, click on the pic above.)

 I chose to Re-mix the color and inspiration challenges this month:

I love making my boys signs for the first day of school, so this was a good re-mix for me!

 and here are my handsome young men!

 

 I adore the Layered Alphabet-it is SO versatile! 

 

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  I really hope that you'll play along with our challenge. Make sure to link up over at #TGIFC this week and show us what you got.

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Fancy Friday - a FUN Color Combo!

 Welcome back to Fancy Friday! We thought this month it would be fun to challenge ourselves and YOU with a fun, bright color combination. I will admit, that this combo was my idea, and it was for a very specific reason - It was the perfect combo for my son's birthday card!

 

(and because we are such a great team, the talented Connie Collins made this cute graphic for it)

 Making cards for boys can be interesting because you can't put too much "fru-fru" on it, but you still want to make it nice. I hope I found the right balance. I was inspired by one of his favorite things - Washi Tape!!! (go figure)

 I honestly can't believe he is going to be 11 and has started Middle School. It's such a fun change, I love watching him spread his wings and grow up a little. It is kind of scary for me - his school has more students than my high school did. There are 1,800 kids!!! He seems to be adjusting well though.

 Ok, enough about my "baby", I really hope that my color combo inspires YOU to create something fun this week!

Head on over to my Fancy girl friend the fabulous Mrs. Jennifer Timko and check our her fancy take on this month's challenge!

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TGIF Challenge #17 School Days - Stampin' Up! Style

 Hey, Hey!!! Happy Friday, friends!!!! Ok, so I know I just posted about us being on Summer Break, but sure enough, Monday, we start school again. We packed a lot in to these two weeks though - a trip to California complete with Angels baseball, a stadium tour, a trip to the beach, outdoor movie time with cousins, swimming and more.

 This project is actually one I made for an end of the year gift a few weeks ago, although I think it works for teachers any time of the year. Maybe next week I'll be sharing Back to School ideas with our Re-Mix challenge.... but for now....

(If you want to play along and create a card yourself, click on the pic above.)

 So here is what went to school with my boys on the last day:

 

 The Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper created a great backdrop for the card. I added little touches like scoring on the Daffodil Delight strip to resemble a pencil and Crumb Cake and Silver Glimmer Paper to add to that pencil feel. The little boxes are just a red Curvy Keepsake box with a little highlight from the White Chalk Pen. I KNOW apple leaves are ore pointy, but I figured that the little tag die in the set would work JUST FINE (and I might have been doing these at the last minute). My new favorite Greetings Thinlits and we re out the door running! (they were SHOVED full of yummy chocolate)

 So, even though most of y'all are working on Back to School projects, I hope that this still helped inspire you!

  I really hope that you'll play along with our challenge. Make sure to link up over at #TGIFC this week and show us what you got.

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Freshly Made Sketches #200! Clean and Simple card

 I know it's not often that I post when it's not a hop or Design Team day. I actually had some time to play along with another team's sketch challenge today. You might have heard of them - Freshly Made Sketches? They have the BEST clean and simple sketches and a very talented group of designers on their team. 

 I have a special birthday party to attend this weekend, and I needed to create a "guy card". Simple sketches are PERFECT for guy cards, because they just don't need that much!

 Here is the sketch that inspired my card:

and here is my take on it:

 

Here's a few things I did:

 Embossed background - I still wanted detail and texture in the card, but not too much. After I embossed it, I took my bone folder and burnished it down a little so it wasn't quite as "bumpy" as usual. I love the softer look it has. (I don't usually use "retired" merchandise, but this guy is a golfer so this was PERFECT for him. Plus, it is still available in my store)

 Watercolor Ombre letters - Watercolor and Ombre are both still HOT looks in paper crafting. I brushed a little Mossy Meadow over some watercolor paper with my Aquapainter, concentrating the color closer towards the bottom.

 The Sentiment Banner - No, that's not a wood embellishment, that's a light watercolor wash of Soft Suede ink on Watercolor paper. "birthday" is then stamped full strength with Soft Suede ink. I used my Paper Piercer to create an area where I could do some hand stitching with the Gold Thread. I love that little detail!

 I hope you enjoy my take on the sketch. Who knows, maybe I'll create even more with this sketch this week.

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TGIF Challenge #16 What a card sketch!!!

 Hey, Hey!!! Happy Friday, friends!!!! It's happy for me because I'm FINALLY on a "Summer Vacation" one week away - yay me! 

(If you want to play along and create a card yourself, click on the pic above.)

 Here is my take on it:

 

 Ok, so I admit it - I have NEVER been able to figure out or make a card that I like with this sketch using Designer Papers or cardstock, so I went a different route. My friend for this one - Blue Painter's Tape. That's what I used for a mask to sponge in my Blushing Bride ( a current fave ). The middle isn't perfect but that's what all the fun stuff in the middle is for, right?

 Have you made a "starburst" card? 

  I really hope that you'll give it a try. Make sure to link up over at #TGIFC this week and show us what you got.

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#TGIFC THROWDOWN - AUGUST

 Hey, Hey!!! Wait a minute - it's not Friday... what's going on here? Well check this out. It's a THROW DOWN challenge. Have you ever seen the Food Network show, Chopped? Well, if you have it's kind of like that..... let me fill you in

(click on the image above to go to the challenge)

In this throw down challenge you get a list of items to base your project on, then you only get to use a few "basics" or a pantry of sorts of supplies. 

 

 

I wanted to make sure that mine was a lot different from the gals' last week, so I went a little unconventional with the Flower Patch set - check it out

 

 What do you think? I kind of like the clean graphic look to it. It was a QUICK card too, and we all know how much those are generally needed.

 I know this is a challenge, but really, you should play along. It's kind of fun!

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TGIF Challenge #15 - check out this color combo!

 Hey, Hey!!! Happy Friday, friends!!!! It's AUGUST! Now, yesterday was my boys' last day of school, and they go back on the 24th. Not a long summer at all, but hopefully this was our last year of having such a crazy track for year round school.

 This color combo is so fun, bright and summery. 

(If you want to play along and create a card with this combo yourself, click on the pic above.)

 Here's how mine came out....

 

 This color combo comes right from the Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper (the lined patterned paper came from there). This card is pretty busy in comparison to a lot of my cards, but I think it's fun and love all the little details.

 Here is an easy way to grab the items you need to create this card for yourself

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 This is an easy challenge to participate in, so I really hope that you'll give it a try. Make sure to link up over at #TGIFC this week and show us what you got.

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We Create Blog Hop - Step It Up for August

 Welcome AUGUST!

 Hi there! Thanks for joining us again this month on our little hop. A few of us met up at Convention and talked about the direction of this hop and we decided a few things. One, we really want to add more stampers in to the hop. Two, we are going to keep things a little more consistent and give you a fun "THEME" every month. STEP IT UP! Every month we will each stamp two cards for you - one easy and one with a few more "bells and whistles".

 Ready to see what I did this month? I actually stepped it up, then stepped it up again!!!

 

Ok, so I actually started with the one in the center, then made a super simple one and a more stepped up one. So I "stepped up and stepped down" LOL

Here is the easy one:

and the middle:

and finally the TOP STEP:

  I LOVE going over the top. I love adding details and taking things a little farther, but ALL the cards are just fine! Depends on time, supplies and needs....

 

Head on over to Julie's blog - I know she'll have something great to share with you today.

 

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