Joy...FTTC147 59

Hi there! Hope you are off to a great start of a new week! I spent nearly ALL day Monday enduring the juror selection process for a 3 week open ended trial and was thankfully dismissed! It has been 18 months since I last had to serve on a 3 day trial so I was skipping out the door, feeling quite lucky to have not been chosen! Just being honest... Just curious, does anyone ENJOY jury duty??? I LOVE my job and would rather go to work ANY day over attending jury duty!

On to crafty matters ~  it's Tuesday and that means it's time for an all new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge and time to welcome Theresa Pollack who will be sharing her awesome creativity with us as December's Guest Designer! This week, Silke is our wonderful hostess and she is challenging us all to create a project based on the sketch shown below:

 My card features the darling scene from Joy Is In The Air as the focal point framed using a circle die cut then layered on top of a doily. I stamped the Joy sentiment from A Gift For You then stamped the cluster of snowflakes from Joy Is In The Air. I colored the sweet image to coordinate with pretty patterned paper from the digital Pink Paislee digital Holiday Magic paper pack:

I adhered a layer a glitter to give it a winter wonderland look ;)

 Thanks so much for visiting!  I hope you take on the challenge and for some awesome inspiration, please be sure to see what the following designers have created: Tammy, Heather, Silke, Makiko, Cindy, Beate, Mona (that's me), Theresa Pollack (December Guest Designer). Please be sure to visit the Flourishes site for COMPLETE details on how to join in on the fun!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Flourishes Joy Is In The Air, A Gift For You
Die Templates & Machine: Spellbinders Labels Eleven, Eyelet Circles, Grand Calibur
Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee digital Holiday Magic
Markers: Copic

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Oh Christmas Tree...CR84FN44 75

Hi there! Are you all ready for the Holidays or are you scurrying about like me, tidying up loose edges??? So much to do, so little time! It's time for an all new CR84FN Color Challenge which will wrap up 2011 for the CR84FN DT! We will resume Sunday, January 1st ringing in 2012! I would like to thank Mackie Robertson for sharing her awesome creativity with all of us! For the next week, we will be playing with the pretty color combo shown below. The beautiful photos used to create the color graphic are courtesy of Leslie at a creative mint.

Using various pretty patterned paper from the Pink Paislee digital Holiday Magic paper pack, I made a Christmas tree decoration which may also be used as a gift box for that special someone!

I think the most time consuming step was making all the Poinsettias but I love the soft look so it's worth the extra effort. 

I topped the tree off with a glittery star made from Vintage Vogue ~ Tailored Suit patterned paper. After die cutting the paper using a Stars Five die template, I adhered a mini dowel between the layered star, outlined with sparkly Stickles followed with a coat of glitter:

In case you are curious about how I made my Christmas tree, here are a few easy steps to follow to get you going. First you will need a styrofoam cone, a wooden spool, a paper mache box, patterned paper and Mod Podge (not shown).

For the tree, tear printed paper into random size pieces, adhere to styrofoam cone using Mod Podge. Allow to dry then decorate as desired. For the paper mache box, paint edges with white acrylic paint, cut and adhere patterned paper to box bottom and lid. Ink edges with Distress ink and adhere glitter to lid.

Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you liked my project and if you make one, please feel free to email a photo to me :) For COMPLETE details, please visit the CR84FN site and for some fab inspiration, please be sure to visit the CR84FN designers and our current guest designer: Mackie Robertson (Guest Designer),  Suzanne Czosek, Lisa Somerville, Stephanie Kraft, Sue Lelli, Deborah Frings, Andrea Mathews, Heather Jensen

*NOTE: Due to the holiday hustle and bustle for all, the CR84FN44 Color Challenge will only run for ONE week.

Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee digital Holiday Magic, Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue ~ Tailored Suit
Cardstock: PTI Sweet Blush
Die Templates and Machine: Spellbinders Poinsettia, Classic Circles SM, Stars Five, Grand Calibur
Other: MS glitter, Mod Podge, PTI ribbon, Pink Paislee Sweetness metallic cord, wooden spool, styrofoam tree, paper mache box

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Happy 50th Birthday Scott! 54

Hi there! I'm a week early but I wanted to make sure I had my sweet husband Scott's Birthday card made. As the saying goes, life happens while we are busy making plans so I wanted to be sure to have this one done plenty ahead of time! As I've said before, making masculine cards is not my forte but this one came together rather easily. Gotta LOVE when that happens!

I combined lovely patterned papers from the Pink Paislee Nantucket collection and the Pink Paislee Digital Family Matters paper pack. The plaid label is from the MFT Textile Rectangles set and was cut using the coordinating die. I used the 5 & 0 number dies from By the Numbers set to cut cardboard numbers which cut like butter!

For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current My Favorite Things Weekly Sketch Challenge:

I've been quite busy decorating my home over the past few days both inside as well as outside. A sweet friend of mine gave me the beautiful jars in the photo below several months ago. I put them to good use and filled them up with some pretty ornaments.

 Some of these ornaments are actually made of terracotta!

 I LOVE ornaments, can you tell? :)

Thanks so much for visiting ~ hope you have a great weekend! ***Don't forget to check out the Pink Paislee Winter Wonderland Event, click here, featuring awesome inspiration and DAILY GIVEAWAYS! Be Sweet :)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: MFT By the Numbers Stamp and die set
Patterned Paper: Pink Paislee Nantucket, Pink Paislee Digital Family Matters 

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Pink Paislee Winter Wonderland Blog Event Day #1 48

Happy December 1st! Today kicks off the Pink Paislee Winter Wonderland Blog Event which runs for 12 days ending on December 12th. That means 12 FULL days of awesome inspiration and DAILY GIVEAWAYS!

For my project today, I made a home decor project to share that features a beautiful cone wreath ornament made using fun and fabulous patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Snow Day collection! To create the cone ornament, I referred to a tutorial that may be found here.

Love the pretty double sided Snowball Fight patterned paper! The inside of the cones reveal the pretty red and pink polka dot pattern and the front of the cones reveal the pretty heart snowflakes. Nestled in the center is a silvery snowflake from Dimensional Stickers.

The "peace" sentiment was made by painting and adhering glitter to letters from Wood Shop Alphabets ~ Timber.

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you liked my project! Please be sure to visit the Pink Paislee Blog (click HERE) for COMPLETE details and for a mini tutorial on how I made this pretty wall hanging :) Be Sweet and Good Luck!

Pink Paislee Supplies Used:
Pink Paislee Snow Day ~ Snowball Fight 00583
Pink Paislee Snow Day ~ Warm Mittens 00586
Pink Paislee Snow Day ~ Hot Cocoa 00582
Pink Paislee Snow Day ~ Dimensional Stickers 00578

Pink Paislee Wood Shop Alphabets ~ Timber 00567

Other:
Dies & Machine: Spellbinders Classic Triple Scallop Edgeabilites, Grand Calibur
Martha Stewart glitter, Prima Canvas page, ribbon from stash

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