HYCCT14 & HYCCT02C

i'm enjoying these challenges...coming up with something to fit each one has been fun...for bring in the brown i used a vintagesqe stamp with a coffee sentiment...


Paper: naturals ivory, early expresso, pretty in pink 
Ink: vintage photo 
Stamps: unknown  brand
Accessories: brown w/pink ribbon, stampin' dimensionals




for ribbon,ribbon,ribbon i used a stamp i bought a couple of years ago but hadn't inked yet...


Paper: kraft, chocolate chip, pretty in pink
Ink: chocolate chip
Stamps: piggy back

Accessories:  various ribbon


i've been working on a couple more and will post them soon...tfl

HYCCTC02A & 02B

so i went to michael's this morning...and spent too much time and too much money...they didn't have the item i wanted in stock...but hey i got adhesive...yay for me!

here are the first 2 cards i've done for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges on SCS...the first one is the lingerie inspired challenge ...i used colored pencils and it turned out ok...just remember i am coloring "challenged"

Paper: pretty in pink, whisper white, basic gray, going gray 
Ink: jet black 
Stamps: uplifting occasions  
Accessories: lt gray ribbon, border punch, colored pencils




this second one is pink holidays...i really like dasher for this card...my hubby said the pink gem on the slit punch looks like a boobie holding him in place...so now i have that image stuck in my head...he is SUCH a guy!!

 

  Paper: melon mambo, pretty in pink

  Ink: melon mambo
  Stamp: dasher, small script
  Accessories: dk pink gem, slit punch

Oops....

i have done a couple of cards for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges ...but haven't taken pics of the cards to post yet...been busier that the proverbial one armed paper-hanger...and when i went to do a card for one of them i realized...uh oops...out of adhesive...thought i had another refill...there i go thinking again huh?...so off to michael's or hobby lobby today...or maybe robert's...have to check the sales/coupons...

Join Me...Hope You Can Cling To

as many of us know there is a challenge thread on SCS...Hope You Can Cling To ...the "blinkie is on the left side of my blog...i have done a couple of the challenges and will be posting the pics in the next day or two...i'm asking that my fellow SCSers and anyone else that makes cards join me...these cards will benefit those dealing with breast cancer in all it's forms...those dealing with it now...survivors...families of same...supporters...you get the picture...i have not had this cancer...but my aunties have...one is doing chemo now...she WILL be a survivor!...and my BFF that i've know all my life...(yeah we're talkin' sharing teething rings here)...has been battling ovarian cancer for too many years...and i can say years because the drugs that breast cancer research have developed benefit her too...she will never be cured...never be a survivor...but she might never die from this either...because of the R & D of drugs/treatments that come about from our donations...our hope...our care for those dealing with this issue...and believe it or not a card can make a difference...

Cherry on Top Award

Wow...Donna...whose awesome blog Donna's Designs i follow...(follow...NOT stalk)...passed this award to me...and i am tickled pink as the month of October about it...Thanks sooo much Donna!

Once you receive this award you do the following:

thank the person who passed it to you

post it on your blog

share 3 things you like about yourself or that you enjoy doing

pass it on to 5 others

the 3 things i enjoy doing...(other than stamping and blogging):

blurfing...you know surfing all the lovely and inspiring blogs out there 

i love looking...even if i don't always comment

reading...everything...especially crime/mystery...paranormal (fiction and "non-fiction")...cookbooks...cartoon books like "the far side" and "calvin and hobbes"

spending time with my family...my husband is my BFF...well one of them anyway...i say one because i'm also very close to both my daughters...and we are friends now that they are both adults and i don't have to be mom so much...

so now to pass this on to:

Patty - LaLatty's Stamp 'N Stuff

Rhonda - rhondastamps

Colleen - Dragonflyink Creations

Ruth - Stamp Off, Eh!

Rebekka - A Diamond in the Rough

difficult to choose just 5...so many blogs i love

keep on inspiring

keep on bloggin'

                                                     

Coffee/Tea Lovers Recipe Swap

sent my recipe cards out this morning...for the Coffee/Tea Lovers 6 x 6 Recipe Swap @ SCS...i have an addiction to swaps...have i mentioned that?...it gives me a goal...a deadline...and that is how i have to work to be creative...well not exactly to be creative...that happens on it's own...but if i HAVE TO DO IT! then i actually put the ideas "onto paper"..i used the printer for the recipe...and lucked out that the font color i chose matches "close to cocoa" which i used to stamp the coffee mug on the recipe...this is a really yummy recipe btw...wonderful on ice cream...

coffee/tea lovers recipe swap

Paper: so saffron textured, delicate dots dsp 
Ink: close to cocoa, printer ink 
Stamps: morning cup  
Accessories: ribbon

SC300- Tree & Snowflake

Lovely as a Tree

on World Card Making Day (Sat. 10/02/2010)...i made cards for the SCS Sketch Challenge # 300...wow that's a lot of sketches!!...i used 2 of my favorite sets...ok so all my sets are my favorite...when i'm using them...on the first one i used my new Cuttlebug embossing folder...Forest Branches...the eyelets are a little off but that's just "uniqueness"...and on the second i sort of flipped it and used the Snowflakes embossing folder...my hubby was my design consultant...and my daughters gave input too...hope they are up to snuff

Tree:
Paper: always artichoke, river rock, naturals ivory, dp
Ink: always artichoke
Stamps: lovely as a tree 

Snowflake

Accessories: cuttlebug and embossing folder, old olive eyelets


Snowflake:
Paper: basic gray, whisper white, regal rose, dp
Ink: whisper white craft
Stamps: snowflakes
Accessories: cuttlebug and embossing folder, snowflake brad

Snowflake Close-Up

Here you can see the brad on the snowflake better