Merry Christmas...CR84FN43 47

Hi there! Winding down with the final preparations for our Thanksgiving Day celebration. Do you have any big plans if you celebrate the holiday? Today begins an all new CR84FN Color Challenge ~ thanks to all who played along with CR84FN42 and thanks to those who left such encouraging sweet comments :) For the next two weeks, we will be playing with the pretty color combo shown below.  The beautiful photos featured in the graphic are Courtesy of: Beccarillo Photography.

I combined a few of my favorite papercrafting products. The pretty patterned paper is from the Melissa Frances Deck the Halls collection and the Vintagey sentiment is from the Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Christmas stamp set. I made a few Poinsettias using the retired Spellbinders die. One of my seasonal faves :)

For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current Stampin' Royalty Challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting!  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

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Christmas
Die Templates and Machine: Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles, Standard Circles Large, Grand Calibur, MFT scalloped border
Patterned Paper: Melissa Frances Deck the Halls

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Happy Birthday Julie! 54

Hey there! Hope you are all enjoying the weekend! My sweet sister Tina has FINALLY returned home after spending a month away working in New Mexico. We have lots of fun "girl" things planned today including a long bike ride followed with a massage, a mani and pedi :) I also need to get my craft on and complete some fun projects that I will share within the next few weeks ;)

Today, I am hopping along with MANY of the various Flourishes Designers as we are wishing Flourishes, DT Coordinator ~ Julie Koerber a VERY Happy Birthday with MANY more to come! If you would like to leave Julie some birthday love, please click HERE :)

For sketch inspiration, I played along with the current Freshly Made Sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for looking! Please be sure to visit the following gals to see their awesome birthday celebration projects: Jan Marie Caruso, Barbara Anders, Christine Okken, Cindy Lawrence, Danielle Kennedy, Dawn Burnworth, Sharon Doolittle, Stacy Morgan, Tammy Hershberger, Beate Johns, Cindy Haffner, Heather Jensen, Maki Jones, Silke Ledlow, Cindy Coutts, Heather Jensen, Iwona Palmountain, Kathy Jones, Mona Pendleton (that's me), Yvonne Hagane.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Flourishes Birthday Pennants
Die template & machine: Sizzix cupcake, Vagabond
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

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Beach Fun... 41

Happy Friday! My weekend begins today at 3:00 PM sharp ~ can't wait! Work has been so crazy busy as many people are trying to have surgery before the year ends. In case you missed my post from Wednesday (click HERE), Pink Paislee and Core'dinations have been having a blog hop all week with fabulous prizes to be had! (click HERE for COMPLETE details). I had so much fun playing with various Pink Paislee products and coordinating Core'dinations Core Impressions Pack - Modern Prints Collection cardstock, I made this layout featuring sweet Meredith frolicking in the ocean on the shore of Maui :)

I sanded the PRE embossed Core'dinations cardstock to reveal the beautiful Circles:

I had lots of fun painting the Pink Paislee Wood Shop Alphabets - Lumber Yard (BEACH FUN) then I inked up the verbage stamp from Pink Paislee Nantucket Clear Stamps for a little extra something :)

I love the Pink Paislee Nantucket Ephemera pack that is full of so many pretty pieces like the flower shown below. I glittered them up for a touch of shimmer:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with My Creative Sketches:

Thanks so much visiting! Be Sweet!

Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper:
Pink Paislee Nantucket - Oyster Bar - 00523
Pink Paislee Nantucket - Lobster Bisque - 00524
Stamps:
Pink Paislee Nantucket Clear Stamps - 00529
Other:
Pink Paislee Nantucket Wood Shapes - 00530
Pink Paislee Nantucket Ephemera - 00534
Pink Paislee Nantucket Trading Cards - 00533
Pink Paislee Nantucket Ribbon Trims - 00536
Pink Paislee Wood Shop Alphabets - Lumber Yard - 00565
Core'dinations Core Impressions Pack - Modern Prints Collection
Spellbinders Classic Petal, Grand Calibur

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Peace...November Friends of WMS Waltz 58

Hi there! Welcome to the November Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz! This month the theme is Winter/Christmas. You can find all the details in the Playroom of WMS Forum ~ click HERE. 

 I went with a quite CAS Christmas card:

I pulled out pretty My Mind's Eye Christmas DP from last year's release and paired it with a WM tag made using Very Vintage Labels No.18 which coordinates beautifully with  Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die templates. After stamping the Peace sentiment from Nutcracker Sweet on the label, I added a bit shimmery glitter:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with current Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge:

 Thanks so much for visiting my blog today :) Hope you enjoyed my card! Be Sweet :)

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