But first, coffee.

Good morning.  I am back with my cards for this week’s challenge at Inspired By challenge blog.  This week we are sponsored by Stamplorations and they are offering up a $20 gift certificate.  Make sure to check the blog to see the amazing designs from the team using their stamps and add your card to be eligible to win the prize.  

When I received my stamps, I was really excited to make a 4 x 4 note card set inspired by the colors, the sign in the challenge photo and a fun poster on Pinterest about various types of coffees.  I have even more ideas of various coffees using these wonderful stamps but ran out of time, soon, I love coffee note cards. 

But first, coffee. 4 x 4 note cards 

Extra Shot & No Caffeine

Extra Shot & Espresso

Americano & Irish Coffee 

Thanks for stopping by!

stocking up♥

Good afternoon!  I am working in my craft area today and desperately need some cards for my personal stash.  

Happy day card

So, I remembered seeing this cool sketch this week over at

 Case this Sketch challenge blog this week.

This was just the jump start my creativity needed today!
Here are the cards I have created so far using this sketch and I am making a dent now.

Happy Day card details

Let's get together card

So much fun card

It's hard to tell in the picture, but the paper is pink glittered and so sparkly.

bits used to create the cards:

Maggie Holmes Confetti chipboard

Recollections glittered pink and gold paper

Silhouette Design Store (Cameo):  

Sweet Elsie: Stripe Life Card

          Kristin Magee: A2 starry card

Stamps:  Neat and Tangled S'more Fun 

Dies: Neat and Tangled S'more Fun 

hello noel♥

We are back with another challenge over at Inspired By challenge blog and it was the push to get started on Christmas cards, and seasonal greetings.  

And here are my cards for the challenge this week

 Make sure to check what the design team created and share your cards♥

hello fall♥

Welcome September and welcome to you!  Fall is my favorite season of all, love the weather, the foods, the coffee, the breathtaking landscape, the sweaters, all of it!  Bring it!

I am back to share my card I created for the team over at Inspired by challenge blog. 

Here's the inspiration pic this week

fun right?

I thought I would create a baking card when I first saw the inspiration but the one thing that kept sticking out to me was the layout of the vintage baking tools.  I decided that I would use the layout, rotated, to create a Halloween card, does it work?  

Here is my card (inspired by the layout)

Witches Stick Together card

I love these cute brooms from the Silhouette Design Store.  

and these spiders totally creep me out but they are perfect for Halloween crafting.

Make sure to check out the rest of the team's inspiring creations HERE and share yours♥

It's beginning to feel like fall

as in the crispness in the morning air and the beautiful evenings and the fact that pumpkin spice lattes are back starting this weekend (according to my daughter barista), how I hope she is not tricking me!

I am back with another fun challenge from Laurel on the Inspired By challenge blog.

 Isn't that fun?  

I decided I wanted a fall-themed card because I never have enough on-hand and this gave me the perfect color scheme to try one out.

I was inspired by the colors and the hanging vase on the white post.

Can't wait to see the entries this week and make sure to check out the rest of the designs from the team.

take out smore summer boxes

Good morning.  We are back with another challenge this week at Inspired By challenge blog.

Here's the inspiration this week.

We are finishing up with summer school and I have created these boxes for the teachers and staff working this summer, to be delivered tomorrow for the last day and send off.  

The boxes read:  "takeout smore summer"

 Inside the boxes are little bags of marshmallows (with toothpick roasting sticks), golden grahams  and Hershey's chocolate kisses.

Make sure to check out the challenge and what the amazing team created over on THE BLOG.

Fabulous Sugar Peas

Good morning!  I hope you had a beautiful Fourth of July for our American friends!

We are back with another Inspired By challenge and we were sponsored by the wonderful Sugar Pea Designs.  I was lucky to get to play with the Simply Fabulous Stamp set and the Sugar Cut Fabulous die.  The stamps are so easy and beautiful to use and the die cut my card stock perfectly!

Here is the challenge photo this week

loooove.

I was inspired to create three cards this week inspired by the colors, the cherries, the design of the flowers and cute patterns of the towels.

You Don't Look a Day Over Fabulous card

love this sentiment!

Have a Fabulous Birthday and Make Today Fabulous cards

Make sure to check out what the design team did over on THE BLOG, what the Sugar Peas Design Team created and the generous prize they have offered this week for one lucky participant!!