Patterned Pines Forest

Good Morning!

I wanted to show you quick a Holiday card I made. Actually I made a bunch of these! Wicked quick and easy!

This one uses Patterned Pines, Christmas Punch (both are hostess sets) and Four the Holidays (from the Holiday Mini). See the ribbon? Yup, it is another color of the taffeta ribbon that I am in love with.

We are off to a frozen turkey hunt at the Botanical Gardens. What the heck is a frozen turkey hunt you ask?! Well, all over the gardens are hidden apples with numbers on them. You collect as many apples as you can and then return them to the visitor center to see what you have won. You can collect almost an entire Thanksgiving feast, including the turkey and fixings for a pumpkin pie just for walking around the trails at the gardens. And it is a beautiful day as a bonus so why not?

Have a great weekend everyone!

Thoroughly Modern Snowman

My little snowman card today uses the Thoroughly Modern paper from SU. You know when you see something and you love it but when you get it home you don't know just what you are going to do with it. That was the case with this paper. Until today! The trees, scarf and hat band were all paper pieced. The hello sentiment is actually half of the "hello baby" stamp from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set. I just inked up the word that I wanted and stamped it three times.

Gotta run! The dog is whining because she thinks she is starving and she somehow has convinced Tyler that he is wasting away as well. Love it when they gang up! Have a great weekend.

Dasher and a little news

I am in full on Christmas card mode right now. I actually have our family cards nearly done thanks to our crafty girls gathering last weekend. yahoo! Now if I could find someone to address the envelopes and get them in the mail on time I would have a complete success! We shall see.... Anyway, I have a quick card using the Dasher stamp from Stampin' Up!. I fell in love with this image the minute I saw it in the catalog. I think it is the antlers that got me. Doesn't hurt that it is in the Under $10 section either.
I added some glitter on the antlers and around his hooves. I love this kraft taffeta ribbon (my photo does it no justice). My goal is to get this taffeta ribbon in every color. I just love it!

My news is that you can now buy Stampin' Up products from me online anytime! Yes, I have taken another plunge and started up my web store. You can see it here. Go check it out! You can see all of the current SU specials and current catalogs and some very cool projects too. I will be doing a stamp a stack after the New Year so look for the dates on my calendar as soon as I have them finalized. Very cool new stuff coming in the New Year, just wait and see! hee-hee

Remember me?

Hi, my name is Molly B and I am a bad blogger.

There are no excuses really, well I have a list prepared but why bother boring you with that now that I have finally posted something.

Even though I have not posted since MAY 28TH (thank you to my friend, Karen for pointing that pathetic date out to me) I have been making cards and other goodies all summer. Did I pose, photograph and edit any of these masterpieces??? Well, no but there was stuff being done really there was.

The last few days I have been busy preparing for a big event (big in my world anyway). One of my oldest and dearest friends Amanda is expanding her quilt shop. Mariner's Compass will celebrate the Grand Opening of Pollyanna's Parlor (along with a huge Early Bird Sale) on November 7th. You can read more about the expansion and how the new space got its name over on Amanda's blog here. Myself, along with some other very talented ladies will be doing some demonstrations during the celebration. I will also have a little make and take, and guess what... it is a card! No way, right?!

Here are the little note cards that I came up with for the big day.

It is a quilt shop after all so I had to use Quilt Quips, right? Love the sentiments in this set. Perfect note cards for a quilter. The red one will be the make and take for the day, but you will be able to pick the sentiment and quilt block you want to use on it. There will be some kits available, just in case you want to make all 4 note cards when you get home. And if you want to make more than 4, I will have a special deal for that too. But you will have to show up to see what that is. Oh, and while you are there you just might see a few early sneak peaks of an upcoming class that Amanda and I have cooked up. wink, wink

Check out all of the details for the Grand Opening of Pollyanna's Parlor, the Early Bird sale and all of the demos on Amanda's blog. And I will be back with more blogging soon.

Mojo 88

Made this card for the Mojo 88 Sketch callenge this week. This week the Mojo sketch is working double duty, on the Mojo Blog and over at Stampin Out Alzheimers as a challenge sketch as well.

So this is what I came up with..... I used some My Mind's Eye - Tres Jolie paper that has been in my stash for a loooooong time now. The flowers are from Verve - Because of You and the sentiment is SU - Sincere Salutations. I did stamp the background pattern from Wishful Elegance on the 2 little panels with some VersaMark but it doesn't show up at all. Oh well, I still like it.

Well, the SOA challenges have been great for my mojo but not so good for the condition of my stamping area. What a mess! I have stacks of stuff and stamps everywhere, barely found room to set down my cup of coffee this morning. I think there is hope though, I can see a tiny corner of my scor-pal sticking out from under a pile, LOL! Looks like a good place to start!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to feed the dogs -------->

A little Post It folder for SOA

This little notebook was part of a challenge over at Stampin' Out Alzheimers. What a great thing Jen Tapler has put together! SOA has already raised over $5000 for the Alzheimer's Association! Don't let that stop you from donating though, you can do it right over there ----->. Even if you don't want to take part in all of the amazing stamping and scrapping stuff going on over at SOA you can still donate to this amazing cause. So get going... make a donation and then come back here to see my little notebook..... I'll wait.......

So like I said this was a challenge by Whiff of Joy to create a post it note holder. I happened to see the challenge this morning before work, had 30 minutes to spare, a pre-stamped image and a tiny bit of clear space on my desk, LOL! I started coloring and was almost late for work. Oops! I stole a large pink post it pad from work, shhhh! Hey, I needed it to match my project and I didn't have any pink ones. The holder is made from chipboard so that it might withstand the beating it will recieve in my purse. The little tab wraps around and has a magnetic closure under the button to keep it closed.

I have such a hard time making my 3-D stuff look finished. I'm still trying to add things to this to make it look more polished. I tried adding the word NOTES somewhere but just hated everything I tried. It was amazing for me just to get it done to a point where I like it at all and look.. more pattern paper! I am on a roll!

Please donate to Stampin Out Alzheimers if you can and don't forget to feed the dogs..... --------->

An update... at the request of my Husband!

Jason has asked me to update you all with some very important information. You see, he checks out my blog from time to time and was very concerned that I never posted the finished product of his maple syrup in this post.

So without any further delay, here is Jason's finished maple syrup.... what is left of it. MMMM!

PTI Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!

For a change I actually remembered the PTI Blog Hop this month.
The challenge this time around was to use the color yellow. You can read all about it here. Then go check out the rest of the hop over here.

I decided to use my newest PTI set A Day at the Beach. I also used Polka Dot Basics for the background. I tore, crumpled up and then smoothed out a piece of kraft paper for my "sand dune". The umbrella was cut out and mounted with 3-D foam. I couldn't decide if I like the Melon Berry or the Spring Rain better... so I did both.


I LOVE the "life is good" sentiment with this set. Worked perfectly for a couple of simple summery cards.


Enjoy the rest of the blog hop and thanks for hopping by here!

Its a hot one...

It is 91 here right now! The dog has taken up her summer spot under the steps, where she digs a big hole in the sand to cool off. My little hummingbird is sitting on his phone line and the smell of the lilacs is drifting through the screen door. Aaaaahhh! I love it!

Julee posted the cutest little sketch yesterday on her blog to celebrate the new Verve releases tonight. It is a super simple sketch and you know I love simple.

I used images from the set Miracles Blossom and the sentiment from Wishful Elegance. The pattern paper is from My Minds Eye. More of my CKC paper! A little bit of SU Ruby Red and Cameo Coral matched pretty well. I cut out the main images with my new Deckled Nesties. LOVE them. As soon as I finish blabbering here I am off to order the other sizes in these babies.

So this is a birthday card (duh) for my Husband's Grandmother. She will be 92 tomorrow. I took her the newspaper this morning and she was.... get this... washing windows. I told her she was making me look bad!

Have a great weekend everyone, thanks for stopping by!

ETA: I had to get a photo of my little hummingbird to show you. (This was the best I could do and this is zoomed in as far as my camera goes. You might be able to click on it to see that it really is a little bird and not just some bump on a line.) He, well I assume it is the same pair but who knows, comes every year and stands guard over the bunch of bushes where he raises his little family. Although I have never seen a nest, I have seen him and his lady flying in and out of those bushes hundreds of times a day. I guess the nests are only the size of a thimble so no wonder I can't find it. I know it is in there though, LOL!

It only took all week.....

but I got this weeks Mojo card done!

I used some of the pattern paper I got last weekend at CKC. What a great time that was! I met up with Lauren, Paulette, and Tracey and her Mum. It was so much fun shopping around with all of them.
So anyway I got this paper there and I made a vow, with Paulette as my witness that I would use the pattern paper I was buying.
So how did I do? This was one sheet of double sided (love the already coordinated-ness of the good ole double sided paper, LOL! ) Scenic Route paper from the Sonoma collection.
I used a MFT stamp set called Can Ya Dig It? for my gardening lady. She was all paper pieced with the pattern paper using some great tips that I learned at SNE from Joanne. She has a really good tutorial on her blog here. I also used some stamps from the Verve set Miracles Blossom. "Hello there Sunshine" is also from Verve.

OK I have been on the computer all morning now. First editing this photo (and that didn't come out great) and my new blog banner (isn't my Loki girl cute?). Then my blog freaked out and my side bar went to the bottom of the screen. Still have not gotten everything back where it should be. It was time for an overhaul anyway, just didn't plan on doing it today.

Have a great weekend and don't forget to feed the dogs! (it is over there somewhere on my sidebar still I think ------->)

Mojo Monday 86

Mondays are the best! Ok, well Mojo Monday Sketches are the best!

I have been on a wicked tulip and twine card phase lately. So here is another one. This one was super quick. The tulips and sentiment are from PTI Wishing You... And look I used pattern paper! Urban Oasis from SU. Kiwi Kiss (my most favoritest green evah) So Saffron and PTI Melon Berry were the flowers. "Make a wish" was stamped with CTMH white daisy and then because I didn't think it was dark enough I went over it with a white gel pen too. And of course my twine bow! PTI is going to be selling twine with this month's release, how can I resist that? Seriously!

Have a great day!

Don't forget to feed the dogs..... -------------> See the little doggie on my side bar, click him, answer a tivia question and help feed homeless dogs. Easy, free and it just makes you feel good.

ETA: Toot -Toot! That is me tooting my own horn a little bit because, when I went to the Mojo Monday blog to get the link for the sketch I realized that this card had been chosen as one of the May Mojo Winners. Yahooooooooie! I am so excited! Thank you Julee! And Thank you to everyone who left such nice comments too. You all sure do know how to make a girl's day!

Simple Tulips

I drive by the entrance of a beautiful botanical garden every day.. at least a couple of times. The garden's drive is lined with a beautiful stone wall and right now the tulips are open in front of it. They are gorgeous! I want to get a photo before they go by but the weather has been so blah here that I'm not sure the photos would do the blooms justice (kind of like the photo of the card below).

So until the sun shines for more than 5 minutes at a time this card will have to do.

These tulips are from a set called A Year of Flowers over at Gina K. Love it! You will see flowers from this set again I guarantee! I used my Stamp' Write Markers to watercolor the tulips. They were cut out and mounted with some 3-D dotty things to a piece of Gina K. Pure Luxury layering weight paper.

This was the first attempt to sew on a card with my brand new Sew Mini. Not bad, but I won't point out the places I messed up either. I think I am going to like it with a bit more practice.

Have a great day!

Info:
Stamps: A Year of FLowers- Gina K
Ink: Palette Noir
Paper: Kraft- PTI; Pretty in Pink, Patterns Pack II - SU; Gina K. Pure Luxury
Other Stuff: Stampn' Write markers, Hemp Twine, PTI Ribbon

Finally!

Wow, did I ever need this week's Mojo Sketch in order to get back in the swing of things. I haven't done much stamping lately and sometimes it takes just the right thing to get me going again.... this sketch did it. Finally!

I saw the sketch posted this morning just before I headed out to help with Tyler's pre-school during swim lessons. Then I thought about it while the munchkins were in the pool. I knew I wanted to use Great Friend. I love those butterflies. The sentiment is from Because of You. One of the new Verve sets I got during my Birthday shopping spree.

Enjoy the week. I'm back to work part time next week, summer must be getting close!

Info:
Stamps: Great Friend - Stampin' Up, Because of You - Verve
Paper: Walk in the Park DSP & Kiwi Kiss - Stampin' Up, Stampers Select - PTI
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose - Stampin' Up
Other stuff: Ribbon - PTI, 3D Dots, Ornare template

The Sweetest Violets

I adored this stamp from the very first peek I got of it. Aren't these violets awesome?! I love them.

I used this week's sketch over at SCS for this card. The stamp is from Flourishes. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils on Stampers Select. The pattern paper is from the DCWV Latte stacks. The ribbon is SU. I didn't put a sentiment on the card. Not that I was lacking for one in this stamp set. Seriously, there is a little sentiment in here for just about any occasion. And I love the detail in the flowers. I need to get the lilac set next. All of their flowers are awesome really. This could be trouble, LOL!

Have a great day.